GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1830, 16 August 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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BIG BUSINESS EXTENSION, (Reo, August 15, 8.30 p.m.) Sydney, August 15. Messrs. Farmer and Co., drapers, have purchased for oVer ,£IOO,OOO a block with, an 82 feet froutago on Georgo Street. The block adjoins their present premises, and when, in 1915, the leases of the nowly-acquired block expire, they propose to extend their premises. A ROYAL CONVERT.. ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Spccial Gables.) Madrid, August 15. Prioeess Beatrice Victoria of SaxeCoburg, who marriod tho Infanto Alfonso Maria of Orleans in 1009, is abjuring Protestantism, and embracing Roman Catholicism. PREHISTORIC 'AUSTRALIA. ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.) . . Hague, August 15. Dt. Subrecht. a member of the Dutch expedition, wliicli scaled Wilhelmina Peak, in New Guinea, is returning with Geological specimens, which, it is beieved, will 6Upply proof that Australia and Papua were onoe connected. AJ MISSING BARONET. London, August 14.. The newspapers report that Sir Walter Strickland, for whom his friends have long been searching, is living quietly at Gonova-. He took a prominent part in ttie recent formation of a committee to ■promote froer trade .for Tn'dia, DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. (Rec. August 15, 9.30 p.m.) London, August 15. Sir Ralph Paget has boon appointed Assistant-Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. [Sir Ralph Paget, K.C.M.G., C.V.0., has boon Minister at tho British Legation at Belgrade (Servia) since 1910. He entered the Diplomatic Service in 1888, as au attache, and has held various posts at different embassies.] MISSING SCHOONER AMERICANA. London, August 14. The schooner Americana, which left Columbia River on March 3 last for Sydney, and regarding which all hope has been abandoned, has now been reinsured for 92 guineas. APPELLATE JURISDICTION BILL. London, August 14. Tho House of Lords has passed tho Appellate Jurisdiction Bill, to increaso the number of the Law Lords from four to six. BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION. London, August 14. A syndicate (including Biggart, Lums(len, and Company, of Glasgow) of tho Shipping Employers' Federation has j formed an iron and steel corporation I with a capital of two million pounds. I APPEAL FOR CODY'S FAMILY. ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cnblos.) London, August 14. > Tho Aerial Leagues aro appealing for . subscriptions for the family of the Into Mr. S. F, Cody, tho aviator, killed a few days ago, Too family )im bona loft In . 'trMtoMd BiremudtwiQCfl, <