GENERAL CABLEGRAMS
By Teleiraph—Freaa Association— Copyright t VENEREAL DISEASE COMMISSION. (Reo. October 26, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 25. Lord Sydenham has been appointed' Chairman, of tho Commission on , Venereal Diseases. ENGINEER COMMITS HAiRIKARI. t (Reo. October 26, 5.5 p.m.) . , London, October 25. c After quarrelling ; with;anct.. wounding i his married sister at Edinburgh, a man i named Ross, a. civil engineer, who had recently boon in tho Far East, com- i mittod suicide • in- "harikari" fashion, j Ho open his penknife,' placed 1 the handle on tho table, and fell on tho blade, s which wounded him near tho heart... He i died in. a few minutes. ( ' ———— ' J ■ CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN , , STEAMERS. , t (Rec. October 26, 5.5 p.m.) 1 Ottawa, October 25. Tho Federal Government has renewed its contract with tho Now Zealand Shipping Company for a service between Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. The subsidy is £28,000 per annum. 1 , 1 ZANZIBAR—RUMOURED TRANSFER DENIED. London, October 24. ] rumour that Zanzibar is shortly i to be transferred to- Germany in ex- * change for territory or cossions in other < pjirts of Africa, is officially donied. The ] rumour is quite unfounded. : FATALLY BITTEN BY VICIOUS , HORSE. Sydney, October 25. ' Wilfred Crewe, a stud groom at Trelee Station, was girthing a maro when tho animal gripped his windpipe with her teoth. Crowo was bo badly injured that ho died. KINEMATOGRAPH ACTOR'S . THRILLING EXPERIENCE. New York, October 24. At Niagara Falls, Poter Langeard, in order to provide a now picture film sensation started ill a motor-boat through tho whirlpool rapids. Tho boat's motor failing, tho boat • circled around the whirlpool for four .hours before resouera reached him in anothor motorboat. LOST FISHING SMACK WASHED ASHORE. 1 Melbourne, October 25. The motor fishing smack Ormo, which left Cumiinghamo two years ago and had not sinco been hoard of, was washod ashore near Cape Conran. There wero fivo persons aboard when sho sailed. < THE WHITE PLAGUE. Berlin, October 24. The International Tuberculosis Conference emphasisod tho necessity for the isolation of cases in advanced stages. Complimentary references were made to tho reductions in tho rate of mortality in Australia during tho last ten years.— , Sydney "Sun" Special. INCITING A SPY. London, October 24. Karl Hontschel, a British subiect, and a teacher of languages, has been remanded for inciting Parrott, an exgunner in tho Navy, who in January last was sentonced to four years' im- ! prisonment for espionago. The prosecuting counsel stated that Hentschcl had been charged on his own confession. SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. ' (Reo. October 27, 0.20 a.m.) Sydney, October 26. One case of smallpox was reported on Saturday and two to-day. A caso is also reported from Tuinut.-
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1890, 27 October 1913, Page 7
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