GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1840, 28 August 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association— OopjTlght INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL CONGRESS. (Rec. August 27, 10.50 p.m.) • Brussels, August 27. The Belgian Minister for the Colonies welcomed the delegates to tho International Colonial Congress. BRITISH TRADE WITH SOUTH ■ : , AFRICA. (Rec. August 27, 10.50 p.m.) \ London, August -27. A Blue Book states that in 1912 the United Kingdom's share of the import trade of ; Sout)h Africa was 60 per cent, of tho total, arid, draws attention to the increase of foreign competition. ' FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. (Rec. August 27, 10.50 p.m.) London, August 27. A boiler at a steel works in Leeds exploded, four men being killed and sixteen injured. DESTRUCTIVE CLOUD-BURST. (Reci/August 37, 10.50 p.m.) New York, August 27. A cloud-burst has caused serious damage at Ely City, in Nevada. One man was drowned, while there wore a number of narrow escapes. LEAGUE FOOTBALL. (Rec. August 28, 0.5 a.m.) ' Brisbane, August 27. The League football match between Now Sotith Wales and Queensland resulted in a win for tho former by 29 jjoints to 10. ■ LATE SHIPPING. (Rec. August 28, 0.5 a.m.) Newcastle, August 27. Sailed: Northern' Chief, for Auckland. , YOUTHFUL TRAIN BANDITS. (Rec. August 28, 0.5 a.m.) Vienna, August 27. • Fourteen armed youths, by pulling the alarm cord, stopped the mail train from Leraberg, but the postal authorities frustrated an attempt to enter the van. The aggressors Shattered the windows with revolver bullets and escaped into a forest. PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. Madrid, August 26. In a oollision .between two passenger trains at Oruna, three persons were killed and many injured. ' BANKER'S PHILANTHROPY. London, August 26. Sir William Du.im, the banker, has bequeathed £750,000 to alleviate human suffering, especially among children, to encourage education, and promote emigration. TRADE UNION FUNDS. Sydney, August 27. Tho Industrial Court "has ruled that a union cannot levy upon its members for funds to support a proposed daily newspaper.