GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1856, 16 September 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Frees Association—CoDyrislii

PACIFIC CABLE BOARD. "Times"—Sydnoy "Sun" Special Cables. (Rcc. September 15, 6.55 p.m.) London, September 15. Tho Pacific Cable Board is not appointing a' manager, but has promoted tho account-ant to the position of secrotary, believing that tho administration in London is of a puroly clerical nature. Mr. Millward will return to Australia. Tho Board entertains littlo liopo of laying a British cable across tho Atlantic. DEMAND FOR BANNED BOOKS. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (It-ec. September 15," 6.55 p.m.) London, September 15. There is an enormous dem'and for the two novels which were recently banned by tho public libraries —"The Woman Thou Gavest Mo" (Hall Caine), and "Tho Devil's Garden" (\V. B. Maswell). EDISON'S HOLIDAY MAKES HIM ILL. "Times"—Sydnoy "Sun" Spccial Cables. (Roc. September 15, 6.55 p.m.) New York, September 15. Mr. T. A. Edison (tho inventor) is incapacitated from work owing to having takon a fortnight's holiday. His doctor declares' that tho rest made him ill and that ho should never take auothor holiday. THE PRINCE vOF WALES. "Times" —Sydnoy "Sun" Spccial Cables. (Rcc. September 15, 6.55 p.m.) London, September 15. South Africa is dosirous of arranging for tho Princo of Wales to open tho now Government Buildings at Pretoria in October, 1914. Tho Princo will probably pay a visit to Australia subsequently. FOUND DEAD IN A PADDOCK. Adelaide, Soptember 15. A man named Frederick Henry Stophons was found dead in a paddock at West Adelaido at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, with three blood-stained bottles alongside him. A woman who had been seen in his company has been detained. Slio says she doos not remember tho occurrence. VICTORIAN LOAN. London, Soptember 13. The Victorian 4 per cent loan is now quoted at about ss. premium. 'DISASTROUS CLOUDBURST. New York, September 14. Following a cloudburst-, floods at Goldfield, Nevada, drowned five persons and swamped scores of residences. Communication has been cut off. It is reported that tho village of Touopah has boon wiped out. A RUN FOII HIS MONEY. "Times" —Sydnoy "Sun" Special Cables. Vienna, September 14. A Russian labourer unexpectedly inherited £62,500, and immediately lived in tho most expensive manner in St. Petersburg, keeping a yacht and racchorses. -Within a year ho had not one penny left. Ho gave a great revel, and on the following day applied-for and obtained a job as a crossing sweeper at three pounds a month. SICIC MAN'S TRAGIC END. , Nov/ York, September 14.. Mr. Timothy Sullivan, a noted politician (nnd a partnor in ono of tho largest theatrical circuits in the world), who rose from newsboy to Congressman, eluded his nurses during an illness and was found dead on the railway at Polham Park., The body lay for thirteen days in the moi'guo before being; identified. BIG FIRM CLOSING DOWN. London, September 14. John Aird and Co., the well-known contractors, have decided to close down when existing contracts havo been com-1 pletcd. TH6 MAD MULLAH. Aden, September 14. _ . Tho mad Mullah continues to raid friendly natives. His latest escapade was to burn Burao, killing six families. SUFFRAGETTE INCENDIARIES. London, September 14. Suffragettes burnt down tho Kenton station, Newcastle. A thousand pounds' worth of luggago was destroyed. SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. (Rec. September 16, 0.45 a.m.) Sydney, September 15. Twftlvd cases of sniAllpos were reported to-day. I