GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1841, 29 August 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Toltfriph—Proas Association—Oopyrlsht :—o GOVERNMENT LABOURERS STRIKE (Roc. ■ August 28, 9.55 p.m.) , London, August 28. Tho labourers employed by the Hoard of Works have refused tho offer of Earl Beauchamp (First Commissioner of Works) to arbitrate on tlio question of the linlf-peim.v increase in their wages. The whole question of the strike has now been left in the hands of the London _ Building Industries Federation. [The Hansard workers, it was previously reported, have struck, and fifty thousand men aro likely to join.] PUTUMAYO ATROCITIES. Lima, August 27. Twenty-three warrants'hare been issued for the arrest of persons suspected of complicity ill tlio Putumayo rubber atrocities. • NEW DOCK AT SINGAPORE. Singapore,. August 27. Tho King's dock, the largest dock eastward of Suez, has been opened. It is capable of accommodating tho steamer Olympic. i' ■ ■ BURROWS,' CLUB-SWINGER. London, August 27. Tom Burrows, the Australian, is attempting a club-swinging record at Earl's Court. ■ ! .MURDERER'S APPEAL DISMISSED. ' Sydney, August 28: The appeal,.of Thomas Edwin Brown, found guilty on July 31, and sentenced to death, on a charge of murdering Polico-Sorgeant Hickey on May 1 last, .against tho sentence oil the grounds of misdirection of tho jury and tlio wrongful admission of evidence, has been dismissed. fßrown. was found guilty, villi a recommendation to mercy, on the. ground of his apparently eccentric state of mind. The sergeant was shot when, hi company wi.th a constable, ho endeavoured to serve a warrant on Brown, an orehardist, who had been concerned in much litigation.l DEATH OF AN EX-FEDERAL M.P. . London, August 27. Mr. William Knox, an ex-member of, the Commonwealth Parliament, whose death was announced yesterday, had suffered a second paralytic stroko. lie wont to Folkestone, hoping tho ehango would bo of benefit, but did not improve. A London specialist was summoned, and declared the case hopeless. Mr. Knox died peacefully in tho pre6011C0 of his wife, daughter, and son. BRITISH DOMINIONS' EXHIBITION. London, August 27. . The British Dominions' Exhibition, Limited, will hold an Imperial Exhibition in London in 1915, coinciding with tlio Imperial Conference. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Colon'ey Seely (Secretary of Stato for War), and Mr. Churchill. (First Lord of tho Admiralty) support the project. , INSANITY IN NEW SOUTH. WALES. Sydney, August 28. Tho report of the Inspector-General for the Insane in New South Wales shows that the admission' to asylums ' in 1912 totalled 1213. and that the recoveries totalled 40.06 per centum. RICHES OF THE TOMB. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. Rome, August 27. Excavations at the Necropolis of Veium disclosed six hundred golden collars, also vases and sculptures, in the tombs of wealthy families. SHIPWRECKED JAPANESE. (Roc. August 29, 0.40 a.m.) Brisbane, August 28. Two Japanese, the survivors .it a crew of six, have drifted ashore. Their hoat capsized near Double Island. They were • terribly exhausted, 'having clung to tlio boat for 48 hours; The othors became exhausted, dropped off, and were drowned. THE MISSING 'POSSUM HUNTER. (Rec.'August 28, 9.'v p.m.) i Hobart, August 28. Mrs. Elizabeth .Tones, who, with her husband, Daniel Jones, we.ro jointly charged with tjio murder of William John Mullins, a v farmer, or Mathinnoti, who mysteriously disappeaietl. while all a 'possum hunting expedition, has been discharged, there being iimifliciont evidence to warrant tho.polico proceeding further. SYDNEY CITY RAILWAYS. • (Rec. August 28, 9.55.p.m.) Sydney, August. 28. In tho Now South Wales I,emulative Assembly Mr. W. A. Holman (Premier) cleared tho way for the intioduiuion of tlio City Railway Bill. \ BROKEN HILL SHOPS STRIKE. (Rec.- August 28. 9.55 p.m.) ' \ Sydney, August 28. The Now South Wales Govciiinient ( has appointed a Board to 'kal with rlie ( Broken Hill strike of shop alid warehouse assistants. STRIKE (Roc. August 28, 8.10 p.m.) Molbourno, August 28. During tho last quarter £131.003 in wages was lost in Austraii" through i strikes, 8972 persons, directly, and 7858 i indirectly, being involved. ' . \ THE "SEAT-JUMPER." | "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables, t (Rec. A-igust 27, 6.40 p.m.) i Paris, Atigust 27. j The Court at Laon lias decided ihat a ' passenger reserving a> s_p-.it> in a train and placing an article thereon is eiititled jto that seat, oven though lie leuiporarijv f auits tho compartment. ' 'U