GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1876, 9 October 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By XoloEraph—Press Association—Oonn'lglit BRITISH ASSOCIATION. (Rec. Octobor 8, 10.30 p.m.) London, October 8. Tho following liavo been nominated as Presidents of their respective Sections of the British Association:— Mathematics! and Physics, Professor F. Trouton; Chemistry, Professor W. J. Popo; Geology, Sir T. H. Holland; Zoology, Professor A. Dondy; Geography, Sir Charles Lucas; Economics, Professor Conner; Engineering, Professor Coker; Anthropology, Sir Edward Im Thurn; Physiology, Sir Charles Martin ; Botany, Professor F. Bower; Education, Professor John Perry; Agriculture, Professor A; Hall. SYDNEY NAVAL FETE. (Rec. October 8, 9.25 p.m.) Sytlnoy, October 8. The Government entertained tho crows of the Australian fleet at luncheon. Various other festivities were also provided. Two thousand school children visited tho ships to-day. Tho city and fleet are illuminated at night. BOMBAY BANK CRASH. (Rec. October 9, 0.20 a.m.) Bombay, October 8. Tho Bombay Banking Corporation has suspended payment. Its liabilities total fifteen lakhs of rupees. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. (Rec. October 8, 11.15 p.m.) London, October 8. A man named Young, a Socialist, and another, William Macdonald, visited respective houses, in Liverpool and shot dead Paul Gaze/, and Miss Mary Compton, and wounded a youth named Roberts. . They then committed suicido. The motive of tho crime is unknown.' PRINCE KATSURA ILL. Tokio, October 7. It is officially stated that Prince Katsura, ex-Premier of Japan, lias colj lapsed. Ho is suffering from brain com'/ plications. BURIED CITIES OF THE DESERT. London, Octobor 7. Professor Sellin, who is conducting excavations at Jericho, lias definitely located Shccliem (one of the frco Lovitical cities of tho Jsraelitish regime in Palestine, and dwelt in by Jacob and his sons), at Balata, a short distance east of Nablus. FATAL AUTOMOBILE EXPERIMENT "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables'. tßeo. Ootober 8, 6.30 p.m.) Berlin, Octobor 8. In consequence of an accident tfhich befell him owing to wires being stretched across a road, a motorist invented a eontrivanco for removing obstructions. Ho tested his invention twice and the experiments were successful, but on a swerve trial the contrivance failed to act and the automobile dashed into a tree. The motorist and chauffeur were killed. , BRITISH-AUSTRALIAN LOAN COY. (Rec. October 9, 0.20 a.m.) London, October 8. The British Australasian Trust and Loan Company has declared an interim dividend of 6 per centum. A SPENDTHRIFT PRINCESS. (Rec. October 9, 0.20 a.m.) Vienna, October 8. A creditor of tho Princess '' Louise, daughter of the lato King Leopold of Belgium, has applied to the Courts to restrain her from spending her father's money until debts amounting to £680,000 have been paid. SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. (Rec. October 9, 0.20 a.m.) ■ Sydney, October 8. Three cases of smallpox were reported to-day. SUGAR FACTORY DESTROYED. (Reo. October 0, 0.20 a.m.) Berlin, October 8. Explosions in fi powder mill caused a' firo in l Michaelles Sugar Factory at Hamburg. The damage totalled £100,000. Six hundred hands aro thrown out of work. SIX-DAY CYCLE RACE. (Reo. October 9, 0.20 a.m.) Sydnoy, Octobor 8. The proposed six-dav cycling races from Sydney to Melbourno this season have been abandoned. DEATH OF A PRISON HUNGERSTRIKER, .: London, October 7. Albert Daviß, a prisoner sentenced for theft at Bedford, "liungor-struck," and died. Tho gaoler, giving ovidenco at tho inquest, stated tliat it was not necessary to acquaint tho Home Secretary with regard to hunger-striking unless forcible "feeding was employed. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. KAISER AND WIDOW.' Berlin, October _9. The Kaiser has accepted half of the 'TJnorr property, which, £150,000 in value, was bequeathed to tho Emperor by a wealthy landowner to bo used in strengthening the army and navy. The widow, who was practically disinherited under tho will, which she disputed, receives the other half. London, October 7. Tho Admiralty has sold by auction three pioneer submarines of tho Holland type. Perth, October 8. The death sentcnco passed on two voung men, Thomas (aged eigliteon) and Williamson (aged twonty-threo), who fatally garrotted and robbed an immigrant, have bcoir commuted to imprisonment for life.