GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1869, 1 October 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TclccTaph—Pr<K3 Association—OopyrieM EX-KING MANOEL'S BRIDE. Berlin, September 29. Ex-King Manoel of Portugal is r«« turning to England. His brido will remain at Sigmaringen for tho. winter.. There aro persistent rumours ia Munich that ex-King Manoel's wife wil} not return to him.

A LAND FQR FARMERS. London, September 29. Sir John Fuller, Governor of Victoria, ' who has just arrived in London, interviewed, said 1 that Victoria's chiof w'ant was young farmers with reasonable capital, say £400. Men who knew their business and were prepared to work would find a prosperous future. Tho country was hardly to be equalled by any part of tho Empire. AH parties in tho State were agreed on a policy j of development. MR. ROOSEVELT GOING A-HUNTING. ~j Now York, September 29. ■; Mr. Roosovclt is arranging; for a hunting trip in the South American wilds. A party of naturalists and explorers will accompany him. Ho intends travelling in Chili, Paraguay,- ■ Argentina', and Brazil. ' -i-j TRAIN WRECKED BY BRIGANDS. (Rec. September 30, 10.20 p.m.) ' London, September 30. Brigands tore up tho rails on the Vladikavkaz-Caspian line, _ and wrecked a passenger train, forty being lulled and l a hundred injured. : MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL ' ELECTION. . Mexico City, September 30._ It is considered that tho Presidential ; election in Mexico will be postponed till 1914, becauso of tho feeling that fair balloting would bo impossiblo underthe ■ prosent conditions. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. (Rec. September 30, 8.20 p.m.) « Sydney, September 30. - Thomas Edwin Brown, who obtained leave to appeal to the High Court, has' in the meantime been sentenced to imprisonment for life on tho charge pro. ferrcd against him of'murdering Police. . Sorgeant Hickov on May 1 last. . ! - [Brown was found guilty, with a re- . commendation to mercy on tho ground of his apparently eccontrio state of . ' mind. On July 31 the death sentence was formally passed.] THE POPE'S HEALTH. ' Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. ' (Roe. Soptember 30, 7- p.m.) ' Rome, September 30. : The Popo, though not suffering from any specific malady, is in an ..'unsatis-;.., • factory -stato of health'. It is believed that rest can restore him. Though audi- 1 onces have not been officially suspended, ■ Papal receptions aro being discouraged. ;

. CHURCH AND . STATE. i ''Times" —Sydney "Sim" 1 Special Cables. Buenos Ayros, September 29. 'A Bill has been introduced' in the ; Argentine Parliament for separating \ Church and State'. !

DEMAND FOR. ENGLISH HORSES. London, September 29. Tho energetic purchasing of English horses by Continental agents is causing alarm, in view of tho unsettled European situation. _ Tho Prussian Government is shipping hundreds ol borees weekly to Hamburg. LATE HER.R BED EL. I Berlin, September, 29. ! Tho Socialist Congress at Stuttgarti has rejected the proposal to erect a monument to tho !ate Hen- Bebel, thff Socialist leader. WOMEN'S FRANCHISE IN DENMARK. Copenhagen, September 29. The Premier (M. Zalilo) has iiitr.V duced a Bill in favour of granting th< franchiso to women. LATE J. P. MORGAN'S ESTATE. ' (Rco. September 30, 7 p.m.) New York, September 30. The lato Sir. J. P. Morgan's . estate has been valued at a hundred ■ million dollars, including his art collection, which is valued at fifty million dollars. Preliminary death duen amounting to half a million dollars have been paid out of tho estate. .