GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1880, 14 October 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TeJoarapli—Prees Association—Oopyriffht

NEW ZEALAND RIFLEMEN IN SYDNEY. (Reo. October 14, 0.65, a.m.) ' - Sydney, October 13. _ At the Now South Wales Rifle ciation meeting at Randwick Range, Rifloman Franklin, a Now Zoalander, won £2 iij tho "Referoo" Match. *

DR. DIESEL'S FAMILY IN STRAITS. (Rec. October 14', 0.15 a.m.) Berlin, October 18. The Munich newspapers assert that Dr. Diesel, the inventor of tho Diesel engine, who was lost ovorboard while crossing tho North Sea. left his family in a, desperate ...financial .plight. His ■money was invested in unproductive oompanies. SYDNEY WOOL SALES.' (Reo. October 14, 0.55 a.m.) - Sydney, October 18. At the, woo] sales to-day the .bidding was animated, with strong demand, full late rates being fully maintained. AN UNKNOWN'S DEATH. (Rec. Ootober 13, 9.30 p.m.) • Sydney, October 13, All unknown mail, about twenty-two years of age, was fatally injured by a train at Sexham. A card was found in his pockot, bearing -tho name of-Rohorfc Burnett Lindsay, showing that the bearer had been vaccinated' in Auckland on September 29. •COCAINE SMUGGLERS. Bombay, October 12, A steward ii\ the employ of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and a shore employeo of the company have been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and fined" a thousand rupees each, in connection with a record seizuro of £2666 worth of cocaine. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. Sydney, October 13. Mr. AJan Burgoyne, British M.P. and naval critic, has arrived liero. He coiir siders there is a colossal future ahead of the Northern Territory, though it is not yet a white man's country. f A FATAL BUCKET OF WATER. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. New York, October 12. A peculiar fatality has occurred at Los Angeles. A firo started on a boat owing to a defective electric wire and an- engineer named Alvenas threw a bucket of water on tho blazo. Tho column of water completed the circuit, and a current of electricity 2000 volt 3 in strength flashed along it and killed Alvenas. FATAL PANIC IN A SYNAGOGUE. Vienna, October 12. During a panic in a sviiagoguo at Cholojow, Galicia, fifteen women wero trampled to death, and manv persons injured. " AN INTERESTING I ITTLE COUNTRY."

Sydney, October 18. Mr. Ulysses S. Grant, a son of the famous President of the United Slates, recently visited New Zealand. Ho says ho found it' a very interesting littlo country. Ho could not help being struck by the great) destruction of the forests wltich had gono on there, the same as here. " Trees," ho said, "must como down when the land is wanted for crops and grass, but don't destroy ithe treos unnecessarily." FLOODS IN CEYLON. Colombo, Ostobcr 12. There have been heavy floods in Ceylon. About 250 persons liavo been drowned at Ratnopiira alone FRENCH HOUSES VETOED IN GERMANY. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. Berlin, October 12. Count Hoick the best-known rider in the German Army, was forbidden b,v the military authorities to rido a. Fronch horse in an important race at Berlin on Sunday last. The prohibition did not apply to other foreign horses. SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. (Rec. October 14, 0.15 a.m.) Sydney, October 13. Three cases of smallpox wore reported to-dav.

Probably no development of industry has been accompanied with more thought for the housing of the people concerned. At the same time the tale told b.v.tho "Glasgow Herald" shows that industrial expansion comes at a serious cost of the liner qualities to the men and womon, without whom such expansion is impossible,