GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1844, 2 September 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph-Press Aesooiatlon—Copyright AUSTRALIA'S GIFT TO THE HAGUE PEACE PALACE. (Rec. September 2, 0.45 a.m.) Melbourne, September 1. Australia has presented to The Haguo Peace Palace a table built of magnificent examples of rich Australian figured woods, with symbolic carvings representing tho fauna and flora of Australia. AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (Rec. September 1, 6.50 p.m.) Lisbon, September 1. _ The Government will pardon all political prisoners on October 5, tho anniversary of the establishment of tsio Portuguese Republic. WATTLE DAY IN SYDNEY. (Rec. September 1, 8.25 p.m.)' Sydney, September 1. Wattle Day was celebrated A goodly percentage of peoplo in tho streets wore sprays, and wattlo was also displayed on motor-cars and other vehicles. Bunches wero sold by a bevy of young ladies, in aid of the Frco Kindergarten Union. MAHARAJAH COOCH BEHAR DYING. (Rec. September 1, 10.25 p.m.) London, September 1. ; The Maharajah Cooch Behar (Raj Rajondra Narayan), of Bengal, who is at present staying at Cromer, a water-ing-place on tho coast of Norfolk, is reported to bo dying. IN THE THICK OF THE FOG. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (Rec. September 1, 6.50 p.m.) London, September 1. A burglar, during a thiok fog which prevailed at the time, broke a jeweller's shop window foi Bpnd Street, and' stolo a string of imitation pearls of tho apparent value of £1500. SMOTHERED IN A R ABBIT BURROW. Sydney, September 1. . Wiiile two boys wero rabbiting near | Parkos, one, named Flaunery (13), entered a burrow head foremost, and tho sand fell in on his head. He was got out, but not beforo ho had been smothered. AUSTRALIAN MEAT IN i GERMANY. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.

London, August 31. Sir Georgo R-eid (High ..Commissioner for Australia) is obtaining a report on tlio prospects of pushing tlio Australian meat trado in Germany. Rccent events suggest tlio possibility of a. great expansion there. MURDERERS TRACED BY DOGS. St. Petersburg, August 31. After six days' fruitless attempts to tracotlio murderers of a Jciviish family of fivo .persons near Kishneff, tho authorities utilised dogs, and followed tlio trail to tlio infantry barracks, whe.ro thoy found l)loodstained clothing. Two soldiers confessed to tho crime. KILLARNEY HOUSE BUR-NED. . London, August 31. Killarney House, tho seat of tho Earl of Kenmare, has been burnt down. It oost £200,000. ' Valuable furniture and cjliina were destroyed, but priceless art treasures woro saved. OLUB-SWINGER COLLAPSES. London, August 31. Tom Burrows, the Australian champion club-swinger, collapsed after 9/J hours' club-swinging at Earl's Court. [Burrows undertook to swing the clubs for ono hundred hours at a minimum rate of 120 to tho mimito. Sir George Reid was nt tho head of tho list of those who pledged thomsolves to keep Burrows uiu(pr observation throughout tho display.] HUGE BIRTHDAY CAKE. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, August 31. A record birthday cake, 16ft. high anil 25ft. in circumference at the base, and composed of threo tiers, has been manufactured in order to celebrato the coming of ago of the Confectionors' Exhibition on Saturday next. PRINCE ALBERT JOINS THE FLEET. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, August 31. Prineo Albert, tho King's .second son, lias been appointed a midshipman on tho battleship Collingwood, 19.250 tons, the flagship of Vino-Admiral Sir Stanley Colville, Commanding tho First ron of tho First Fleet. The Admiral was a lieutenant oil tho corvatto Canada in 1883, when King Georgewas a midshipman on the same warship.