GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1837, 25 August 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrlsthi ■ BATTLESHIP SINKS GUNBOAT. Stockholm, August 22. Tho liAtlesbjp ffikn, 3700 tons, collided with tho. gunboat Urd, 600 tons. Tho lattor sank in shallow water. The crew were savod. AIRSHIP OVER LONOON. ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.) London, August 22. The military airship Beta to-day hovered above all parts of the city, and made people feel a horrible sense of insecurity. EX-KING MANOEL OF PORTUGAL. Madrid, August 22. Tho approaching marriage of ex-King Manoel of Portugal is causing agitation among tho monarchists, who are belioved to bo 00-operating with, committees in London and Brazil. MILK IN RED BOTTLES'. Hague, August 22. Milk rotaileis are using red bpttles on tho strength of doctors' opinion that red . glass or red wrappago prevents souring and discourages sonuiiolent bacilli in tho milk from developing. London doctors deride the contention, ' CHANNEL TUNNEL. Paris, August 22. Mr. Sartieux, tho administrator of the French Channel Tunnel Company, warmly advocates tho scheme as recently rovived. Ho regards tho sea passage as the greatest obstacle to close relations between Britain and France, and the whole Continent of Europe. ARMED MEN ROB SAVINGS BANK. Berlin, August 22. I Two armed mon robbed tho Savings Bank at Wilhelmsburg, near 'Hamburg, and shot and soveTely wounded the cashier. They then escaped in a motorcar. NO PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. (Rec. August 24, 5.5 p.m.) •' London, August 23.. Tho Government does not intend to send a punitive expedition to Somali.land, wlioro a. detachment of tho Camel Corps was recently attacked and badly out up by Dervishes. OUTLAWS' TERRIBLE REVENGE. ' Rome, August 23. A band of outlaws at Palermo murdered a well-to-do Sicilian family (the father, mother, four sons, and a daughter). who were suspcctcd of acting as police spiSs. "JUGGLING WITH THE POSITION." London, August 23. At a joint conference, the Postal Workers' Associations denounced the Govoniment's proposed increases, which wero declared to bo insufficient, and merely juggling with tho position. The associations hare requested tho Government to relieve tho acute dangerous situation. UNITED KINGDOM'S HOP CROP. London, August 23. A preliminary estimate of the hop crop of tlio United Kingdom sets it down as likely to be three-fiftlis to fourfifths of the crop of 1912. CENTENARY CELEBRATION. London, August 23. A' sum of £200,000 has been raised towards tho £260,000 required for the celebration of the Wesleyan Missionary Society's centenary in October next. 'AN HONOUR FOR FRANCE. Paris, August 22. ( Jack Johnson, tho negro pugilist, who has been hero since the beginning of July, declarea that he is totally indifferent to English attacks. He says ho has shown in France that lie is a gentleman, and has decided to rosido in France, because it is tho only free and unprejudiced country in tho world. AUSTRALIA'S NAVY. Adelaide, August 23. Admiral Sir George King-Hall, Com-mander-in-Chief on tho Australian station, in a speech on naval matters, said ho ,was thankful that tho Australian Navy was a national force outsido the sphere-of politics, and supported by all parties irrospcctivo of political complexion. Long might it so remain. . FIFTY MINERS KILLED. . Delhi, August 22. It is- reported that a cage in % the Edgar shaft of the Mysore gold mine fell to tho bottom, killing fifty men. 1 RAILWAY PASSENGER TRAFFIC. London, August 22. Tho numbor of railway passengers in the United Kingdom during 1912 decreased by 32,000,000, compared with 1911, ovrinK to the 'conl atrikq mid bst,t«r smftibuw«CTjcoP-> • ''