GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1940, 24 December 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—frcs-3 Afesciatiou—Oop-yriclst CLYDE SHIPBUILDERS-RECQRD YEAH, (Ike. December 24, 0,5 a.m.) • London, December 23, Tlio output of tho shipbuilding industry on the Clyde for tlio past year totalled 767,000 tons—a record. PROHIBITION IN UNITED STATES. Washington, December 22. A memorial has been presented to President Wilson, requesting a constitutional amendment providing for liquor Prohibition throughout the United States. _ Tbo President has ordered the publication of tlio memorial, without comment. RECORD BALLOON FLIGHT. Berlin, December 23. A German balloon has travelled on a non-stop flight from BittersDold to Perm (in Russia), a distance of 1630 miles, which is ii record, Tlio balloon was 87 bour-3 in the air. BANK CASHIER'S THEFTS. London, December 22. Walter Robson, cashier at tho London office of Hie Commercial Hank of Australia, oharged with stealing £7000 in bank notes, the hank's property, haa been committed for trial. INTER-STATE CRICKET. Sydney, December 23. _ Tho weather was roasting hot, and tho wisket fast for tho conclusion of iiio inter-State cricket match between South Australia and New South Wales. South Australia won by 19' runs. New South Wales, in tho second innings, made 245, Folkard securing 42. Crawford took five wickots for 71 runs; ICirkwood, three for 38; Chamberlain, cno for 72: Moyea, one for 28. sir lioneTphillips. Johannesburg, December 22. Tlio omiditigii of Sir Lionel Phillips, who was shot at by nn assassin named Nissttm outside tho Rand Club on December 11, is grave. Tho doctors havo ! romoved tlio bullet from Sir Lionel Phillips's leg. THE "MONA LISA." Pads, December 22. Two brothers named Lancclotti, and ■also a woman, liavo been arrested as Perugia's accomplices in tho recent theft of the "Mona Lisa" picture from the Palace of tho Louvre in Paris. DESTRUCTIVE BUSH FIRE. Melbourne, December 23. The bush tiro at Aspemialo sw-epi for miles along tho ForosWc Upon which stood a lnittdrcd houses and Imngalotrs of week-end campers. The damage is estimated at between. £20,000 and £30,000, which is mostly covered by insurance. (Roe, December 24, 0.5 a.m.) Melbourne, December 25. Tlio official report states that 94 residences, irrespective of temporary structures, have been destroyed by tlio bush lires in tho Aspcndale district.

ARRESTED JOURNALIST RKLEASED Loiidnn, December 22.

Mr. Alan Ostler (tlw "Daily Espross" special correspondent who was recently arrested for trespassing in Somali'lan-d) has bean released from gaol or Uit> rirder of.tho Secretary of State for. the Colonics (Mr. Lawis Tircourt).