GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1944, 30 December 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TdeffraDh-Press ABgoeidUott-Oopj'rlirht

MOTOR-CYCLE RELIABILITY RACE. (Bee. December 30, 0.50 a.m.) Sydney, December 29. Sixty-four started iii the Mot-of-cyclo Reliability Race from Sydney to Melbourne. N.S.W. LOCAL OPTION POLL. • Sydney, December 29. The lota! option vote returns for thfi late State general elections are still incomplete. SMALLPOX.. Sydney, December 29. One ease of smallpox was reported in the city to-day, -i- :■ Ii LKSi^ : MAJESm , ' : ■ St. Petorsburc, December 28. BrnsMmvsk.y, ;i private detcct-ivo, who ■was a witness in the Yu?hchiiislt.y rase, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment in a fortress, on a charge of leso majosto, lie remained seated during tlic jsecoud and third performances of tlm National Anthem at Kicff Exhibition, though lie stood up .at the llrst, BURGLARS TRAPPED UY THEIR OWN ACT. "Times"—Sydney "Sim" Special Cables. ; London, Dccembei' 28. ; Tlnon men burgled a mansion nt Kingston Hill, and stole £C 5. In encaping they cut the telephone wires, which caused a bell in the telephone exchange to ring. TJi-e dlanii brought tlio police, who caught tlie b«rglars/—Syd' : )iey "Sab" Special.

ARTESIAN FLOW DIMINISHING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, December 29. The annual report 'on tho ■ artesian water supply ill Now South Wales indicates a argely diininistad supply 'rom tho lores, HOLIDAY DROWNING FATALITIES. Melbourne, December 2,9, Tho holidays were responsible for live Heaths by drowning—an engaged couple, Jame Spenco and Bnby Williams, tapsized in a «anoo in the Yarra : two boys named Ferguso.i and Lewis, whilst bathing; and Johns, jv oiic-time prominent footballer, whilst surfing at Sorrento. ECCENTRIC SIR. CIIIDLEY, Sydney, December 29. Chidley, of "simple life" fame, is again in trouble. Ho has been arrested for addressing n meeting in the Domain ami taken to Darlinglnsrst reception house. DOYEN OF THE TiHITISII PRESS. London, Dcccmbej; 2S. A deputation headed by Lord-'North* cliffc, reiHTsentiiig 200 British, Canadian, Australian, and Continental journalists, i»rcs<Mted an address of congratulation to Lord Buruliant (principal proprietor of the London "Daily Telegraph"), tho doyen, of the British pfess, oa his eightieth birthday, TSAREVITCH HESTORED TO HEALTH. "rimes"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cahlas. St. Petersburg, Decomher 28. Tho onlv remaining traco of tho Tsarevitclrs illness is a slight lameness in tho loft leg. £20,000 FOR STAMP COLLECTION. London, Domnhei- !!9, Mr. Sparrow, a .private collector, has purchased for £20,000 Earl Crawford's collection of stamps'. EEMBIANDT RELICS, : l-cndon, December 29. Mr. Frank Snbin, of London, hus purchased from ii Doteh family Rembrandt's ivory palette-knife and his tort-o-ise-shell niahi-Btifik. A scroll, bearing tlio autograph signature of every owner of tho Jcnifo a lid mahUstick since Rumbrflndt's death, .leeojiipanieii the relics. HEAVY SNOWFALL. Paris, December 29. Owing to tv heavy snowfall In I'titie, the telegrapii wires to the provinces tire interrupted. NOISY St'FFBARETTES IN CIIFRCH. London, Drcember 28. A sensation was caused at St. JSthelred's Church) Fufiiain, where tliei'o was a con«refta'ti.oii of .1000 odd, by a livimborof 'Smffragottcs, wbo sung "(Jod save Emineiino I'ankhurst!'' nud intoirUirtefl I)r. Ingniiti's (tlie Bishop of I-ondoii) seritton "with shouts of 'T«tcs for Wemenl" Tiiev vreto cjecicd.—Sydnnv "Sun" Spccifll. OBITUARY. Berlin, December 29. The death is aniiouneed of Princess Ledpold de Hshettzollern. of Sigmpringeii, to whom thft Spanisli tliroiw was offored, an oft'or which ultimately caused the Fraflco-Geffl-aa jffar, of. ;.870,-