GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1873, 6 October 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Talcirraph—Press Association—Copyright SYNDICALISTS' CONGRESS. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cableß. i London, October 3. Tho Syndicalists'.Congress decided to establish an International Bureau in. , Holland for tho purpose of distributing ' : information regarding tho movement. ! PASSIVE RESISTERS. (Reo. Octobcr 5, 5.5 p.m.) Johannesburg, October 5. Tho authorities decline _to arrest Indian women passivo resistors, Tho Magistrate imposed nominal penalties . ■ only on unlicensed hawkers, and de- _ clared that ho was not going to maka them martyrs..' POLITICIAN KILLED BY A MOTOR ; Sydney, Octobor 5. Mr. Edward Lonsdale, aged seventy, a member of tho Legislative Asaombly, : whilo crossing a street at Uralla was ■ ' knocked down by a motor-car and suocumbed to his injuries. DISASTROUS FLOODS IN TEXAS! "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. : Now York, Octobor 4. | Disastrous floods have occurred in : southern Texas. Twclvo persons, woro , drowned. Tho damago is ostimatod at ' six million dollars. ■ • ; BIG DECREASE IN THE PRISON j POPULATION. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables • London, October 3. ! Tho Prisons Report shows a decreasfl of 9726 in Britain's prison population, Tho decrease is attributed to tlio trade boom. - FLOODS SURROUND A TRAIN. 1 Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, October 3. j Tlio express train from Paris to -Bar- j celona was pulled up on account of ' floods, and the passengers passed tha night in the carriages surrounded bywater. They woro rescued by boats. CONVERTS IN MILLIONS. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables,, Delhi, October 3. 'A mass movement amongst the do. graded castes in India towards Chris- ; t-ianity is attracting attention Two mil- • lions and a half of converts are ex- : pectnd. PANIC IN JEWISH SYNAGOGUE. Now York, Octobor 3. 'A gallery in a Jewish Synagogue collapsed during the New Year celebrations. Ono hundred persons woro precipitated, screaming in panic, on to the heads of thoso beneath. Only four persons wero seriously in. jured, but many woro shaken. THE INDIAN BANKS' SMASH. Bombay, October 3. i Tho Credit Bank of India and two smallcr'Jianks havo suspended payment. The threo woro-managed by Indians. THREE BOYS DROWNED. Launceston, October 4. Threo boys—named Leo, Betts, and Fawkncr —wore boating on the river, and wero carried seawards. They attempted to swim ashore, but wore drowned.