GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1836, 23 August 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TflJograpli—Frees Association—OopyriffM

EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY PARITY, (Reo. August 22, 11.20 p.m.) ' _ Suva, August 22. The British Parliamentary party have been entertained by tlio Chamber or Commerce. MUREX REFLOATED. s(Rec. August 22, 8.50 p.m.) London, August 22. The steamer Murex, which went ashoro on tlio island of Celebes, in tlio East Indies, oa July 19, has been refloated. DEAR LIVING IN GERMANY. (Reo. August 22, 9.45 p.m.) . Berlin, August 22. Chiefly owing to tlio increased. cost of living the Savings Bank's deposits during tho year have been depicted of ,£700,000. SJRXKES 'AND THE COAL OUTPUT. (Reo. August 22, 9.45 p.m.) London, August 22. The output of_ coal for the United Kingdom m 1912 decreased by over nine million tons aa -the result of tho various strikes. PREHISTORIC FIND. ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.) London, August 22. The skull, lower jaw, teeth, and legs of a rhinoceros, twenty thousand years old, liavo been unearthed in a garden near Barling, EMPIRE MUSIC HALL BURNT. ("Times"—Sydney "Sim" Special Cables.) London, August 22. A fire- at tho Empire' Music Hall at Chiswick was caused by the fusing of an electrio wire. The firemen's efforts to quell the conflagration were unavailing owing to their inability to lower the safety fire-proof curtain. Tho damago is estimated at .£16,000. NEW GOLD FIELD DISCREDITED. ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.) Brussels, August 22. Regarding the now gold field which was reported to have been discovered near ICito, in Belgian Congo, M. Rankin, tho Belgian Colonial Minister, in answer to a question in Parliament, said that ho was unable to confirm tho report that a great goldfield had been discovered in tho Congo county, BIG FIRE IN NEW JERSEY. ("Time^"— Sydnoy "Sun" Special Cables.) New York, August 22. A. fire at Jersey City destroyed twenty dwellings, four factories, and two lumber yaTds. The damage is estimated at .£200,000, THE CHANNEL SWIM. ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.) London, August 22. Miss. Lily Smith, tho long-distance swimmer, started to swim tho Channel this morning. She covered five miles, and then abandoned tho attempt owing- to the ooldnesa of the water. , BANK CASHIER'S LAPSE.' t t t*. >~ > London, August 21. Joseph Phillips, aged 6-1 years, second cashier in the Bank of England, who was charged with forging South American share transfers, has been committed for trial." Ho admitted that he had got into tho hands of money-lenders owins to Stock Exchange speculations, FALCON ISLAND DISAPPEARS. _ , Sydney, August 22. .Lhe commander of tho German gunboat Cormoran has officially reported that Faloon Island (formed by a volcanic eruption in 1885) in the Tonga Group, has disappeared. A ROYAL "HOLD-UP."-mi p a rl 's, August 21. rho newspaper "Le Temps" state 3 that the lung and Queen of Rumania wero motoring near Sinaia, in the vicinity of one of the Royal palaces, when robbers ordered tho chauffeur to stop. The chauf™r ' however, sped beyond tho danger, lhe robbers threw missiles, but the Royal party escaped without injury, BRITISH METALS IN AUSTRALIA. »r ,n r , Lon . don ' August 21. Air. Aiune, the Special Commissioner to tho Board of. Trade, who has been investigating tho probable trado outlook alter the opening of tho Panama Canal, in his report to .the board, draws attention to the striking advance in the British metals trado with Australia. COAL YARD EMPLOYEES. Melbourne, August 22. Three hundred coal yard employees have «ruck against the Industrial Appeal Board decreasing wages and increasing hours after tho Wages Board had fixed them. A serious position is threatened. CYCLONE IN MILAN DISTRICT. Rome, August 21. „ A oyclone destroyed all tho vines in the Milan distriot. - FIRE AT GHENT EXHIBITION, m, „ . , Brussels, August 21. lho Spanish pavilion at the Ghent Exhibition, with many valuable exhibits, was burnt. ' DEATH OF A JOURNALIST. London, August 21. Mr. John Archibald Adey, mi Australian journalist, died here after an operation. PREVENTION OF LOCK-OUTS AND STRIKES. London, August 21. The Board of Trade is organising a far-reaching inquiry as to tho relations between the railways and tho State, with a viow to preventing lock-outs and strikes. BRITISH EMIGRANTS. London, August 21. For tlio seven months of 1913 ended, t , emigration from Britain to Canada totalled 140,012; to Australia, 37,490.; and N,ew Zealand, 7902. During July tho emigration to Australia totalled 4(509 a decrease of 3789; Canada, 17,515, an im crease of 3000. WOMEN WORKERS' MINIMUM WAGE. Sydney, August 22. 1 lie Labour Council lins accorded its support to the Women Workers' Union m its demand for a minimum wage for women. Union representatives declared tunt tlio women worn being slowly killed by tha epsodine-uo process,