GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By tFclegrcjjk—Pr-csa Association—Copyriiiht AUSTRALIA'S REVENUE. (Roc. January 3, 0.30 am. MClbwrnflj January 2. The Commonwealth Customs and c.\ciso revalue for tins nasi six months ori'ied December 31, totalled £7,J53,7-Ui, a. decrease of £466,493 from tho previous return. Tho' postal ns'onuo totals £2,205,472,- an increase of £153.073, as compared, with the same period of last year. ... LATE SRIPING! Sydney, January 2. _ Sailed.—Tahiti (7 p.m.), for San Fran* cisco. • ! . - • "GUNBOAT" SMITH BEATS PELKEY. ■ San-~vf-r-ari.cig.co, January 2. "Gunboat""'Sii'iitl'i. Mocked' out Ai l thnr Pclkey in tlie fifteenth round. HEAT WAVE IN AUSTRALIA. . . Sydney, January '.'.-- T'O'day was the hottest nf tho season ; flfi-J degrees were recorded in the city, while much hip;li(sr records? ;iir.o 'reported from inland districts. The heat wave is general, throughout Australia. FIRST AVIATOR AT THE HOLY CITY. Jerusalem, January. 1. Bonnier, tho. first aviator to visit tho Holy City, lias arrived. Tho wliola population, open-mouthed, watched bis lauding. . . . . ■ Cairo, ■ January-2..» ; The aviator Bonnier has completed his flight from Jerusalem to Cairo. NEW YEAR IN NEW YORK. New York, January 2. The Now Year celebrations:,wore tbfl sanest and quietest on ' record. 'J'ba police arrested, scores of people for attempting to play instruments and for making 'hideous iwises.—Sydney "Sim' 1 Special. ...... "PARSIFAL,"

London, January 2. The copyright of Wagners opera, "Parsifal," having .now., expire;!, tho work has boon produced' in Berlin and Paris. INCREASED PAY FOR ARMY OFFICERS. Loncfonj January 1. TliO pay for all Army officers, from lieutenant-colonels downwards, has been increased by Is. Gd. a day. Rankers, who receive commissions, mil get an outfit allowance of £150 and £50 a year extra pay for the first three years. SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S REVENUE. Adelaide, January 1. The revenue of South Australia- jut the past half-year amounted to £'.',lOl ,■ 929, an increase of £133,087 oyer ihfi figures for the corresponding half-year. CHIDLEY RELEASED. Sydney, January % W. J. Chidloy, the "simply life" apostle, who was arrested for addressing a meeting in public, has boon released after three day's detention ir the reception house. BOY LABOUR IN AUSTRALIA. LCEition, January 1.

The Now South Wales and Victorian Immigration Department is advertising extensively for inexperienced _ hoy labour, guaranteeing ths boys' farm cmnlovinent, commencing \vith wagos <tt froin 10s. to 15s. a w-cck, witn. Irco board and lodgings. ' THE FIRE AT PATHE FHEBBS'. London, January 1. Bight thousand pounds 5 worth of cinema films were destroy*} in the lire at Patho Frercs' depot at Soho. DUBLIN STRIKE RELIEF FUND. • . London, January 1. The Dublin Strike -Relief .Fund- total!) £80,000. autonomylnl'he coxgo.- .- ■ ■' Uirulnn, January T. Renter's agent at Brussels states that the Government has drafted a Hill <;«• tablishing responsible HUtonoroy m tlin Congo. AUSTRALIAN "aTMMPTS SUICIDE, tendon, January 1. John Lyons, .in Australian, who had attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the Thames from Waterloo Bridge, has been ordered to the Workhouse Infirmary on tlie prison' doctor's report.