GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1899, 6 November 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Tekemiili—Preca Astooiallda-Oopyrisht SUTHERLAND DEER FORESTS. London,' November 4. The Duke of Sutherland* lias definitelv offered to soil to tho Government 210,000 acres of his. doer forests at 225. 6d. an acre, and 200,000 acres {mostly for sheep and cattle grazing), at 255. an aero. (Reo. November 5, 10.30 p.m.) London, November 5. Tho Duko of Sutherland, writing to Mr. Lloyd*Gcorgo (Chancellor of tho Exchequer), gives hi 3 opinion that his deer forests wero not fit for cultivation, but 160,000 acres along the north, coast of Sutherland might possibly bo so. Si» William Schlich (Professor of Forestry at Oxford University) .estimates that the outsido value- of tflio land in Sutlierlandshiro is 20s. an acre. Not more than 40,000 acres out of 250,.000, are. plantable.. ; NORWEGIAN FORBIDDEN IN BERLIN. (Reo. November 5, 5,55 p.m.) Berlin, November 5. Captain Amundsen advertised that ho would deliver two lectures in Berlin, one in Gorman, and the other in Norwegian, but tho police have forbidden him to address his audicnco in Norwegian. STEAMER'S PROPELLER BLADES. LOST. (Reo. November 5, 9.45 p.m.) London, November 5. The steamer Hellenic, from Adelaide, haß arrived at Algiers with two 1 of her propeller blades lost. RICH "STRIKE" AT BROKEN HILL Sydney, November 5. iA' rich ore body has been struck at the 1300 ft level in tho Central Broken Hill Mine. SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. Sydney, November 5. Five cases of .smallpox from ono house have been reported, the victims being the father, mother, and three children. NEGRO LYNCHED.

(Bee. November G, 0.10 a.m.) Wewoka (Oklahoma), Nov, 5. A negro acoused of killing the Depu-ty-Sheriff was captured by a posse, seized by tho mob, and hung from a telephone polo in front of the. Courthouse. AUSTRIAN EMIGRANT HUNT. (Rec. November 6, 0.10 a.m.) Vienna, November 5. Domiciliary visits to the homes of officials of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and other companies, resulted in two hundred arrests on Monday night. TUNIC OF THE PROPHET MAHOMMED. (Roc. November 6, 0.10 a.m.) Vienna, November 5. The polico have traced the tunic of the Prophet Mahommed, which had been missing since the . capture of Adriauoplo. It was in the possession of a Bulgarian officer. Tho tunic, which has been preserved in the Selim Mosquo and is embroidered with valuable jewels, has been handed to the Turkish Embassy. BOXING—DAVE SMITH BEATS BILL LANG. (Roc. November .6, 0.15 a.m.) Molbburne, November S. Dave Smitli beat Bill Lang, on point l ?, in twenty rounds. COMMISSIONS FOR THE LOWER DECK. London, November 4. The Admiralty has selected nineteen warrant and petty officers for eventual promotion to commissions. Tho fees for one-fourth of the now cadets at Osborne and Dartmouth will henceforth bo £40 yearly instead of £75. Now York, Ncvomber 4. American farmers who recently toured Great Britain to investigate agricultural conditions there, report thai thoy were greatly impressed by tho character of tho farming and tho superior typo of live stock. They wore struck bv tho entire absence of worn-out land and tho thoroughness of cultivation.—Sydney "Sun" Special. Tokio, Novembor 4. The brain of Prince Ivatsura, tho eminent- Japanese soldier and statesman, who died 'recently, weighed sixteen hundred grammes, comparing favourably with thoso of the greatest thinkers of the world. It was exactly the same weight as that of Iminanucl Kant, tho celebrated German philosopher, born in 1724, and whoso death occurred iu 1804.—Sydney "Sun" Special.