GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1826, 12 August 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Prc6s Association—Copyright INTER-STATE COMMISSION. (Rec.iAugust 11, 9.20 p.m.) Melbourne, August 11. Tho members of the Federal Inter-State Commission have been sworn iu. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S HEALTH. ("Times"—Sidney "Sun" Special Cables.) London, August 11. Sir George Newman, Chief Medical Officer to tho Board of Education, states that 50 per cent of the school children havo defective teeth; 10 per cent are defective iu vision; 10 per cent are unclean ; 5 per cent are deaf; 3 per cent aro suffering from car disease; 5 per cent from adenoids; 1 per cent, ringworm; 2 per cent, totalling 120,000, suffer from tuberculosis, while 10 per cent suffer from malnutrition. BARQUE ZEPHYR WRECKED; CREW SAFE. Hobart, August 11. The barquo Zephyr, timber laden, en route from Wallaroo, was wrecked during heavy weather on Maria Island. The crew of seven landed safely. ■ 1 THE BALMAIN.FIRE. (Roc. August 12, 0.2 a a.m.) San Francisco, August 11. Tho previous estimate of tho damage ut the Balmain firo was excessive. Tho actual figures will probably not reach ■£20,000. OBITUARY. (Reo. August 11, 11.45 p.m.) London, August 11. Tho death is announced of Mrs. Secly, wife of Colonel Secly, British Secretary for War, in cliild-birtli. The infant, a daughter, survived. " KAISER'S JUBILEE AMNESTY. Berlin, August 10. In commemoration of tho Kaiser's jubilee an amnesty has been granted to 21,000 prisoners. BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES, London, August 10. The proceeds of the estate of Miss Maria Mcrcey, daughter of the inventor of cali-co-printing total A'llo,ooo, of which .£130,000 goes to charities, chiefly Weslejmu. i ? £ jf. ,!.» PRINCE'S LOST JEWELS, i London, August 10.

Brinco Alexander of Battenberg lost liis luggage between Yorkshire and London. Five thousand pounds' worth of ■ jiwellery is missing. , ; COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. Melbourne, August 11. At tho annual eonferejico' of the Commercial Travellers' Association, tho president stated that hp had received- a eablo mes9ago from tho New Zealand Associaition, stating that the latter had unanimously resolved to join tho Federation. • FATALITY AT SEA. Melbourne, August 11. While tho steamer Eumofalla was off Warnambool, a big wave broke aboard and dashed a. man named Mohoney and his wife and sister against the winch. Mahoney was killed and the others lanUy injured.

CHESS CHAMPION. . (Rcc. August 10, 5.5 p.m.) 11 , Berlin, August 9. < At the chess tournament Scheveningen von Alechin, . aged twenty-two, carried off the championship. Janowsky was second. Lasker aaid Yates competed.' CADDER MINE DISASTER. ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.) London, August 9. The colliery proprietors have accepted responsibility for the relief of G3 dependents of the twenty miners who lost tlieir lives in tho recent fire at tho Caddcr Colliery, Mavis Vallfcy, Glasgow. .BRITISH TRADE IN JULY. London, August 8: Board of Trado returns show that tho imports for July increased by .£3,'187,253, exports by ,£5,177,845, and re-exports by <£1,217,674* compared with tho previous July. NEW SOUTH WALES LOANS. London, August 8. Applications for the New South Wales per cent, million loan aggregated ,£453,000. The underwriters take G'J per centum. INTER-STATE COMMISSION. Sydnay, August 9. ' The Commonwealth Intcr-State Commission will oommence work next week. A MISSING SCHOONER. Sydney, August a. All hope of the safety of the four-mast-ed schooner Americana has been abandoned. She was lumber-laden, and is 158 days'out from the Columbia River to Sydnoy. UNIONIST ACTORS ONLY. Sydney, August. 10. The Federated Theatrical Association has resolved to enforce tho preference to unionist employees' principle at all theatres ana picture shows. OBITUARY. London, August 9. The death is announced of Fa ther Joseph Ohrwalder, who was captured by tho, Mahdists iu 1882 and remained in. captivity for eight years. [Father Ohrwalder escaped from Omdurman with two cap- j tivo nuns in December, 1891. Ho pub- ! lished the story of his adventures in a] book entitled "Ten Years in Captivity in tluo Mflhdi's camp."]