GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1864, 25 September 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Tatesmph—Frees Aeaoolation—CoDTxlEtht WOMAN AND THREE CHILDREN MISSING. Sydney, September 24. Mrs. Leslie Gaggin and three children, who left Lismore on September I by train for Brisbane, are missing. Mr. Gaggin received a telegram reporting their safo arrival at Tweed Heads, but tiiero has been 110 further trace of them. No reason can be ascribed for their disappearance It is stated that the'woman, was subject to fits. VICTORIAN"LOAN. London, September 23. Tho underwriters receive 53 per cent, of the Victorian loan. It is understood! that tho loan subscriptions are about equally divided between tho publio and conversions.

NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS. Sydney, September 24. The Legislative Assembly haa read a second time the Railway Loan Bill, nrovidiug for the raising of four millions and' a quarter for the duplication of works.

STOLEN JEWELLERY RECOVERED.

Sydney, September 24. The remainder of the jewellery Btolen from Koilmann's shop at Albury lias been recovered. Detectives visited Chiltern with two prisoners. One showed £400 wortli of jewellery hidden under the bark at the foot of a tree in a paddock j the other revealed the hiding place of £500 worth. M. POINOARE AND SPAIN. (Reo. September 25, 0.10 a.m.) Paris, September 24. M. Poincaro (the French President) will visit Madrid on October 7. Ho will accompany King Alfonso to Cartagena when lie reviews a portion of the Spanish fleet. / GERMAN WARES 'ABROAD. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (Rec. September 24. 7.40 p.m.) Berlin, September 24. Sixty firms of manufacturers have formed an association to endeavour to place their goods abroad, especially in overseas countries. Its memuers have engaged to supply only good and substantial wares, with the fullest guarantee as to quality, and to be irreproachable in their dealings.

FIRE IN A SYDNEY SUBURB. (Rec. September 24. 9.15 p.m.) Sydney, September 24 A fire at Alexandria destroyed fivo weather-board cottages and damaged two others. Tho inmates, who were asleep, escaped scantily clad, but managed to save some of their belongings.

THE CROW'S NEST TRAGEDY. (Rec. September 24, 9.15 p.m.) Sydney. September 24. All tho victims of tho tragedy at Crow's Nest are improving. On September 22 II r. Mackay Woodruff, a well-known city fire insurance adjuster, apparently seized witli -tl fit of madness, attacked and injured his wife and Eon while they slept.

"JEALOUS RUBBISH OF ENVIOUS WRITERS." .

• Montreal, September 24. Lord Nortlicliffe, speaking at tlio Canadian Club, said that Canadians wero often too ready to swallow "jealous rubbish invented by envious writers in tho United' States and Germany to tho effect that tlio British Empire was declining." This, ho said, was not true. Tlio Empire was sound everywhere, and Britain was never more activo or alivo than sho was to-day.

KAISER'S LAND PURCHASE DENIED.

(Rec. September 25, 0.10 a.m.) Dorlin, September 24, It is officially denied that tho Kaiser lias purchased land in British Columbia, as previously reported. THE EGYPTIAN ARMY. (Rec. September 25, 0.10 a.m.) Cairo, September 24. Tlio "Egyptian G'asratto" .announces that at Lord Kitchener's instance an extra infantry battalion is coming to Egypt.

BIG INSURANCE COMBINE. (Ken. September 24, 11.15 p.m.) London, September 24. The Hearts of Oak, National, Standard. anil General Assurance Societies liave agreed to amalgamate.

SYDNEY'S SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC, (lice. September 25. 0.10 a.nO Sytlnsy, September 24. Throe cas<j6 of smallpox wcroreported to-day. Tho doolmo of the epidomio ip viewed with oomplawax^