GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1936, 19 December 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

B^.Telegraph—Press .Ass.ociation-'-pppyrlsijt '' —;.<■ $' !■!■ J; ' BOYCOTT OF ROYAL COMMISSION. (Ree. December 19,. 1,10 a.ni.) Durbattj ;])ecembcr 18. Mr. (Jokhnlo (Leader of tho Indian Nationalists ill Bombay), has cabled to tho Indians in South Alnca advising thwa to boycott the Royal Commission" ers' inquiries. LOCAL OPTION POLL IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Roe. December If), 0.10 a.m.) ' .. Sydney, December 18. fourteen further results of the Local Option poll at the State general 00 _ lions in New South Wales show throe electorates voted for reduction, and eleven for continuance. CRYSTAL PALACE PURCHASE-. London, December 18. Lord«Plyniouth's donation of' £30,000 will complcto tiro amount-required for tho purchase nf tho Crystal Palace for the nation. The shortage was duo to CambervrcH's refusal to contribute, and also to tho redaction of the T'engc contribution. by £15,000. CHIEF JUSTICE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, December 18. _ Tim Chief Justice of Western Australia (Sir Stephen Henry Parker) lias resigned. 31 r, Justice M'Millau has been appointed his successor. 'NEW SOUTI-I WALES ASSEMBLY. Sydney, December 18. Parliament will bo opened by Commission, and will adjourn after tlio election ,of the Speaker and passing Supply. AN OCEAN LEVIATHAN. Berlin, December Tho North German Lloyd'Co.'s '11.800ton steamer Coiumbns, which will have a speed of twenty knots and accommodation for 3522 passengers, has been launched at Danzig. LOST STEAMER, NARVIK. Uorlilii December 17. Tlio cargo of tho Gci-mmr steamer Narvik, which was reported to have been discovered, keel uppermost, at the mouth of the Ems River, was of coal dust, and it is supposed it shifted in a heavy gale, causing tho vessel to capsize. ■ INDRAnARAIUSTMEAT CARGO. London, December 17. The Salvage Association, reporting on the condition of tin? cargo on board the Indrabarali, which took tho ground in Uio Suez Canal, states that the temperature of the meat was maintained at normal. ■ AUSTRALIA;,"Toi.D AGE PENSIONERS. Melboumo, December 17. Eighty-two thousand nine hundred and forty-three .old age pensions havo been granted in Australia, which number is commented upon, as being very largo for a young country.