GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Tolegrapli—Press Association—Oopyrlglit § — INTERSTATE CRICKET. (Rec. December 6, 0.30 a m.) Melbourne, December 5. In the inter-State cricket match, Queensland v. Victoria, Queensland isi their lirst innings lr.ado 110. Victoria have four wickets down for 221. DAMAGES AGAINST JOHN NORTON Melbourne, Dcecmber 5. Benjamin Hoaro has been awarded £750 damages against John Norton, proprietor of the newspaper "Truth," for alleged libel published in the defendant's paper. • JOURNALIST'S "WRONGFUL DISMISSAL. London, December 4. Tho "Globe" newspaper has been or-, dered to pay Mr, Lotingn (''Larry Lynx") £215 damages for wrongful dis« missal. FIRE AT JESUS*COLLEGE, OXFORD London, December 4. The upper portion of Jesus College, Oxford, has been burned. A defective lluo was the cause. Tho undergrade ates escaped safely. OBITUARY. Sydney, December 5. Tho death is announced of Mr. L. S. Spiller, Commissioner of Taxes for New South Wales sinco 1901. BRITISH PATROIf ANNIHILATED. Paris, December 4. While Captain Hartmann, in Timbuctoo, was pursuing sixty natives, a detached patrol was annihilated by natives. RUSSIAN CONCESSION TO BRITISH FIRM. St. Petersburg, December 1. The Russian Government has granted tho British lirm of Vickers, Son, and Maxim, in conjunction with loading banks, a concession to establish extensive gun works in Vsurilsyn. Tho concession extends for fifteen years, and orders aggregating a million sterling have already been placed with the lirm. —Sydney "Sun" Special.