GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1942, 27 December 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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NEW FRENCH DREADNOUGHT, '■■■~ (Roc. December 26, 11.-10 p.m.) Paris/ December 20. Tho next group of Dreadnoughts will cany sixteen 13 !2-5-inch, guns, and also an anti-torpedo armament, consisting of twenty-eight ujj-inrh guns. A MUNIFICENT GIFT, Vienna, December 26. : . The Archduke.Frederick, who has inherited from his uncle, tho celebrated Field-Marshal Albrccht, over 4i millionssterling, has undertaken, as a gift to tho nation, to build ft splendid museum to hold ln'a Albertinu collection, comprising 145 of Albert Dnvcr's original drawings and 200,000 engravings. Tho Arcluluko Frederick has also purchased the Augustine Monastery, where a cel-k-ction has hitherto been housed for tho purpose of rebuilding. FISHING BOATS FOUNDER IN A GALE. Copenhagen, December 2G. Three fishing boats at Thorshnven have foundered in a storm. Nineteen fishermen were drowned. P. AND O. STEAMERS. London, December 26. Tho P. and 0. steamers, beginning in April nest, will call at Tangier (Morocco), on alternate Tuesdays, on tho outward run, before touching at Marseilles ; Homeward-bound steamers will call at Tangier in the intervening necks. LEEDS GLASS-WORKERS RESUMING. London, December 26. Four hundred glass-workers at Leeds are resuming on Monday next. TRAIN DERAILeBTfIVE KILLED. Tito Hague, December 26. Five peoplo Were killed, including a soil of the lies - Premier, Herr Vandor. linden, and twelve others, injured, by a train derailment at Groningon. LATIN AS "SHlflS SPOKE." London, December 25. I The public schools have agreed to teach pronunciation in the, study of Latin, as recommended by the Classical Association. The Latin heard at Ox-i ford is described as "a farrago of eacn-'j phonous jargon." J PATHAN OUTLAWS, j POBhawur, December 23. : Pathan outlaws, supposed to bo th.n same as those, who recently attacked/ the mail train, raided Khiiirabad Railway Station, killed two people, and kidnapped tho stationmaster. '•.. British officers on board the Peshawar train collected all available, arms and made a show of force, which frightened the Pathan outlaws a.way. THE CURRENCY BILL. Washington, December 23. President Wilson has signed tho Cur* roncy Bill, which passed the Senate and House of Representatives' conference practically unchanged. LORD KITCHENER. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, December 24. It is asserted in military circles that Field Marshall Lord Kitchener will be appointed Viceroy of India, and that the appointment will bo gazetted in a few weeks. EVADING MILITARY SERVICE, •'Times I '—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables,

St. Petersburg, December 23; It is reported that after two years' investigations the police have discovered an organisation with branches in many parts of Russia to enable young meii to obtain -exemption from military service.

RECOVERY OF TSAHKYITCrT. • St, Petersburg, December 2,1. Tho Tsarevilch, who has boon suffering from a soriotis illness for some (iino past, has completely recovered.