GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1927, 9 December 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright SOUTH POLAR PLANS. (Roc. December 0, 1.10 a.m.) London, December 8. Captaim Pciinell, lately master of Scott's exploring ship Terra Nova, in a tetter to the newspapers, states that Commander Evans, Lieutenant Campbell, Dr. Atlunsoiij and other members of the Scott Expedition of 1010-13, and also Lady Scott iierseif, point, out that, however attractive th-e chances of Lieutenant Stack-house's South Polar expedition rea.v seem to'be, tlioy am tmnw,"vo. tliat tho lato Captain Scott proposed any plans, excepting thoso which lie carried out himself, for tho Lieutenant's expedition. He adds that tlio officers of the Scott expedition protest against tho unauthorised liso Ot their late leader's name. SMALLPOX. Sydney, December 8, There aro two more smallpox cases at Coolah. (Roc. Decomber 9, 0.10 a.m.) Sydney, 'December 8. Two eases of smallpox were reported to-day., CRYSTAL PALACK PURCHASE FUND. London, December 7. The Crystal Palac'i Purchase Fund still requires £30,000, towards which £10,000 has beeii anonymously promised, provided the rest is subscribed. A VI AToITDiTo'WNED. St. Petersburg, December 7 ~ Lieutenant Waichsimit-h, while flying over tho soil at Lilian, fell iniil was drowned. • +

FIGHT WITII MOUNTED ROBBERS. St. Petersburg, December 7. 'Twenty mounted robbers plundered the- estates of the Governor of the Caucasus, at Kavkasknia. During a fight eleven persons were killed and six wounded. JAPANESE 'N'AVY. TokfO, December 7. i The new shipbuilding programme provides for three battle-eniisers. SHARP LESSON FOR BANK DIRECTORS. Bombay, December 7. 'A' petition tor "tlio winding up of tho Merchants' Bank lias been dismissed. The Judge held that the petitioners sought to take advantage of the financial crisis and should bo taught a ' lesson. FORMOSA. ToUiOj December 7. Six men have been senteuncd to death and 131 to long terms of penal servitude in coniioetion with a conspiracy instigated by Chinese revolutionaries in Formosa. REPRODUCTIVE GOLD. London. December 7. Sir Newton Moore, Ajioiit-G'enoral for Western Australia, responding to tho toast of "The Dominions" at a gathering of the Ediiibiiijih Merchants' Association, said that every sovereign' Australia borrowed Wits spent nil reproductive work, and devclomuent of markets for the British trader. EIRE IN A MmE-13 FATALITIES. Berlin, December 7. A fire has broken out in a mine at Rybnik. Prussia. Thirteen persons have been killed and three aro missing. TEN-MILE TUNNEL IN C.P.R. Ottawa, December 7, Tho Canadian-Pacific Railway Company has let a contract for the construction of (i ten-mile tunnel through tho Reviews Pass, British Columbia. The work is to lie completed in three years,—Sydney "Sim" special. GUARDING SERVIAN PASSES. Athens, December 7. Servia is reinforcing her passes an the Bulgarian "and Albanian frontiers, with the intention of apprehending marauding bands who attack tlio new Servian territories. AUSTRALIAN MEAT IN FRANCE. London, December 7. Mr. John Cooke, after tho fullest investigation, insists that there is no . prospect of any considerable Australian meat- trade with France for the next (en years, unless tariff reciprocity is arranged.—Sydney "Sun" special.

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