GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1934, 17 December 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Assoetatioa-Oopyrijlit .— 4 —_—„ . MR. CHURCHILL. (Rcc. December IG, 11.io p.m.) ■>r „•• London, December IG. Mr. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty)- will spend tlio weekend in Pans. Uo will afterwards spend tliroo weeks on a private visit to Germany. SIB, LiONELPHILLIPS. c ,. .. Johannesburg, Dccoaibcr 16. tor Lionel Phillips, the mining magnate, who was, recently attacked' by an Indian named Nissum, is progressm" favourably. Ni-ssum has been reran nd°cii in order that evidence shall be taken as to his mental condition. i The bullet in Sir Lionel Phillips's neck nas been extracted, ami tlio patient's condition is now satisfactory. Tho operation for the extraction of tlio other bullet has been postponed. * FIRE ON A BHmSH STEAMER. Sydney, December IC. A firs on tlio British India steamer Janus senouslv damaged her of ]i»te and chaff in No. 1 and 2 holds. NORFOLK ISLAND. Melbourne, December 16. flic Federal Senate has passed tho Norfolk Island Bill, with amendments providing that all members of the E.wu. tire Council shall be chosen liv adult islanders, and that no Crown lands in the future bo sold osccut in fulfilment of previous .contracts. ":' '.'T.V'.-fYov OBITUARY. Sydney, December 16. Ihe death is announced of the Rev. A. B. Davics, formerly Jewish Rabbi of Sydney, at the, ago of 85. LOCAL OPITOnTn CANADA. Ottawa, December IG. As the result of tho Local Option poll held through tho Province of Ontario, 502 municipalities decided in favour of Prohibition, out of a total of 833. AT THE BRITiiTijIPIRE CLUB. London, December LI, Captain Muirhead Collins, Official Secretary in Great Britain of the Commoiir wealth, entertained at luncheon Lord Mersey and the leading delegates of tlio Life-Saving Commission, and the Hon. A. L. Stanley, Governor of Victoria, at the British Empire Club. FAMOUS CASTLE DAMAGED BV FIRE. Berlin, December 15. A portion of the Grand Duke of Mcck-lenhurg-Sciivveriii's famous castlo «t Schwerin has- been burned. A quantity of furniture, precious gobelin tapestry, and pictures wore destroyed, GREEK FLAG- FLOATS OVER. CRETE. Athens, December M. Amid great rejoicings and an impos- , ing ceremonial. King Constantino, hoist- \ oil the Greek Hag at Canea {the capital of the island of Crete). Afterwards ho attended a To Dcum service in tho « Cathedral, a thanksgiving service in ; the Synagogue, ami gave a reception ; and luncheon to the Consuls. \ "' i HALF-A-MILLIOX BABIES SHORT. | (Rcc. December 15, 7.25 p.m.) i London, December 14. The Earl _of Rosobery, speaking at Glasgow, said that ho deeply regretted : to have heard the statement that Great Britain was lialf-n-inilb'on babies short in its vital statistics. It was all very , well to talk of a world-wide Empire, but- ; what was nn Empire with the popula- ■ lion falling off in the home centre of it? ■ "Times" Sydney "Sim" Special. , KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE. Berlin, Decembcv 14. i The Kaiser has been reconciled to the. Crown Prince, and the latter will now join tho General Staff at Berlin. (Rec. December 10, 1.10 a.m.) Sydney, December IS. Qnp case of smallpox was reported itt the city to-day.