GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1920, 1 December 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Tfilegraph-Prcea Assaeiation-Oopyriglst — < __ SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. (Em. December 1, 0.35 a.m.) Sytl/ioy, November 30. V our oases of smallpox oceured durin" tuo week-end. ' " LATE SHIPPING. Newcastle, November 90. Arrived—Waipori (SatiuckyK 'from Mawko s Bay. Ngatoro, from Lyttcltoii. H.M.S.* PHILOMEL. Brisbane, November 30. H.JI.S. Philomel has arrived here, en route to New Zealand. KESOLUTIONIiF-PHE PEACE SOCIETY. London, November 29. At a meeting of the Peace- Society a resolution was carried protesting against compulsory training in any form. chuhclFfinance. London, November 29. ■ In pursuance of the recommendations ct the Archbishops' Committee in Ml. nearly every diocese has formulated a sdiemo of liiianco in conricctiou with the various voluntary funds for church purposes. MTILESITIFIm ITALY. London, November 29. Ino "Daily Telegraph" states that Italy has arranged to pnrchaso the Dreadnought Kio de Jareiro. ' THE SBiriAG'ET'rES. v . London, No\ ember 29. suffragettes attempted to burn the new Caei-lion Training College, at Newport, wliieh is costing £-10,000. The Home Secretary (Mr. 11. M'kcmia} had recently laid ti'.o fouudation-stono of the college. Fuses wore laid on tlio woodwork, which was saturated with petroleum. Tlio first was discovered in the early stages and serious damage, was averted. • POISON IN THE WATER. Madrid, November 20. One hundred and fivo persons havebeen poisoned at l'tineten through j ■drink ing had water. Thirteen died and many arc in a critical condition,

DIAMOND I!ORRERY ON A TRAIN. Amsterdam, November 23. j\r. Pinhoiro, a diamond lirokor, was travelling by train to Vicuna, when a stranger in the same carriage knocked I'im senseless and stole £12,'/00 north o!' diamonds. NEW GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA. London, November 2S. The "Westminster Gazette" congratulates t!io Hon. A. L. Stanley on his accession to so important and dignified an office as the Governorship of Victoria. Tie will, says the paper, have opportunities in democratic Victoria of tilling out n career which began With such promise. OVER £800,000 IN TWO WEEKS. New York, November Si). The Young Men's Christian Associa--1 ion raised' four miliiyn dollars (CBL'j,000) in a fortnight.—Sydney "Sun" Special. THE DUCHESS OK CON NATO I IT. Ottawa, November 2i). The Duchess of Comwught has recovered from her indisposition, which was declared slight, and such as to give no cause for nlar.u. It is understood that the Duke of Cnnmr.ight's term as Governor is likely to depend on the health of the, Duchess.

FASHIONS AND ACCIDENTS. Chicago, November L'fi. Accidents due to women's fashions have been numerous. According to n bulletin issuoil by Hie Chicago railroad companies, over fifty women were injured in October nncl forty in August, and September. respectively, owing to tight- skirts ami iriri'h heels. The companies suggest that women ought. to ilross sensibly when travelling. COMMONVVRALTR API'RAL CASE. London, November !?fl. The appeal of the Attorney-General of tln< Commonwealth versus the Colonial Sugar Company has opened before the Privy Council, and lias been adjourned until Monday. LORD SANDHURST (Roc. November ,'!(), r,.~> p.m.) London, November -!'• Lord Sandhurst, iho Lord Ch.iinborlain since li)l!2. has been operated upon for appendicitis. 11 is condition is critical. SK'SMOiHtAI'II t'AILKD. Mclbsnrno, November L't>. The seismograph failed to locoid an r:\i'!jir|U',il:o, though residents of Port Melbourne maintain tli.it the tremor .was of a fear-ins tilling ctaraclcr.