GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

.By- Tel«eraph-Press Associatiou-CopjrlL'lit

? "? TRADE UNIONS AND POLITICS^ ; January 5, 10.55 p.m.) f;S : : ■■' ; '-----, ■ ,-■. ■ '.'Londont January.s.- y: , ■ .Tho "Weavers' "Amalgamation has dc-. eided to. fa tout political action, under 'the-Trade.Unioiv Act of 1913. . :.y./, t REECE-.GRAY--'BILLIARDS MATCH... '¥.■"■■ '-. '-"'■.■"-'■■"■ ■■ Loflflon, January o. V ■ One liiuidrcd pounds a side liss lieen added to the stake- in tho Kcece-Gray billiards match.. ■• . :.. . '-..■.-,. fetiin/MADAME MELBA.".-' : ' i '.;■- ffi'- ! -.':'r?f'-■'■'■■■i ' Sydney, January-5.' '''■/■ Madame', Melbn, the celebrated singer, ■ is vcturiiing to Australasia—pro■bably in Ai>ril. -After rosting for a sJ'ew. months, she may give some . con-certs-before resuming at Covcnt. Gardeii.','--;" .'';■■''■■ ; . -. ■ '■' :;'■■■ vSTEAMEB. TASMAN CONTINUES v-^-.- : -'-rvHER VOYAGE. - -. ■ :„:. -.:? 6;; - ""'U , "- "''. ■ ' Sydneyj January -5.'' 1 ' .' 'Tlio' steamer Taaman left Tlnirsday Island.for Java on Snmlay. The daraago to the vessel when she wns stranded on a reef , is not so serious as nsid been, anticipated. Temporary repairs have, been effected. ' '. i4feC :AIjLEG ™^rc RDER - '•' ' ■ ■:.,:;,.;:-^ : ! i. ■ ■ gyfjtjeVj January 5. ■'■■■■'Alick Marina, sgfd forty-one, a coloured .man, has been charged with tiro nunrler of Patrick SuHivaM. wlio died in tho hospital from tjjo effects of a fractured skull. .- Marina alleges tlmt he struck Sullivan In solf-defence.' He has been remanded.-.. ;■ ..' ■ ... : pneujionia patuont commits ■":;,::, _..;.-.■■ suicide. ■ , '.;'■■'■'> " .. Sydnoy, January 5. The Rev. Mr. Wenborri, an Anglican j clergyman at Doniliquin, who was suffering, from, pneumonia., escaped through, tlio window of a private hospital in the absence of his nurse. Mis body was subsequently fonnd in tho river.-.-...-v'-;- 7 . . ■ FROJi; THE,CELL~TO THE ALTAR. ' .': :, ; V-?. 1-%:'-■ ■' ■' Melbourne, January 5. ■ " A prisoner named Clark escaped from the city lock-up about a fortnight ago. A detective discovered that lie had arranged to.be married, and on Saturday, night," with tho prospective bride, lie hid in the house. When Clark arrived a desperate struggle took place. Ho knocked down tho detective,' slipped out of his coat, and. again escaped. ■ ■ FIRE DESTROYS A BUSINESS ■ ■;i/\ : -.- ;-. BLOCK. ■■■ ' ■ --.■ , Erisbanei January 5. A fife has wiped out the business portion of the town of Rosewood. Nine premises were destroyed, including tho Royal Bank, and a larijo hotel. The extent of tho damage is not stated. ■*~, V < LAST'FBNIAN BUT ONE. .. . %"■'.' :: ' Pertfi, JniiHarf o. The death is announced of Thomaa I Diiggan, aged 92, th-e last but one of the sixty frc-mans transported in 1868. ' TWENTY MILLION LOAN FOR '.'■■■ ■:':'.; ''." GREECE. '■'■'■' ,;I v ' '.' Athens, January 4. ' ■ A Bilj has , be;Mi rend a- first time authorising a- £20.000,01)0 5 per cent. loan, issuing at S7 J. ' .' TURKEY'S NEW AVAR MINISTER. < Constantinople, January 4. .' Izzet Pasha lias resigned the portfolio of-Minister of War. Enver Bey snecceds liini. %■'■ BELGIAN CONSUL FOR AUSTRALASIA. : .'..'/'■- Sydnoy, January,s. Provisional recognition lias been., granted M. Matfceuw as Belgian Consul at Sydney for Now South Wales, Queensland, New Zealand, and British ; possessions in the, Pacific. ; .%* AN AUDACIOUS ROBBERY. ■ s Melbourne, January 5. ■An audacious robbery occurred vA Posner's,.jeweller, of Burke Street. A window was sniftsiiec! in the- early morning and 44 silver watches, valued at £1(30, removed. ' STRIKERS FINER IN %^ : .SOUTH AFRICA. i.?. ; "" .'■" Cap 6 Town, January 4. ■VScventy-nino indentured Indians have been, fined 10s. or a week's imprisonment for declining to work. NEW YORK BIGGER THAN LONDON ■■■'~■; New York, January 5. ';. .Tho newspapers claim that tho city of New York has passed London as the | .nicsfc: ! • dniisely-popnlatcd city in tho world.: ; They point out that the population of greater London is 7,411,000, while I , Greater Now York is 5.476,066. Tho aro!t of tlio former is 703 acres; that of fclin latter is $26 square miles.—. Sydney "Sun" special. . , ;■' 'INCREASES FOR BANK CLERKS;. .■■ London, January 5. '■ Several of the leadiur; London banks have increased the salaries of their staffs as an acknowledgment of the increased cost of living, and recognition of ■ merit. It is stated that salaries I have increased by fifty per cent, in tlio !ast- !: twenty, years.—Sydney "Sun" Special.. ~-...■ |£f.TANnO CRAZE ABATING. ';: i '•&jf%-'.. • ■ ' London, January ">. -.' Tlio ; tango crasw is altating. Leaders of London" society condemn it as a moral death, and- have barred it at .West End dances. It is also distinctly loss popular at the music-halls.—Sydney iJ'Snii'l.-Spprial; . '.-.'. killed. ■ ..<■■ . London, January 4. jTvAn'explosion of lircifomp in u' mi>in !'atfvuija,• in Central Asia, lulled sixlpcn c()|li£vaOj;^ : i'j l iiV' . -..■..'- v.'lv ■ '■ "".' '■'?■ Hewcastls, January-5.'" ; Arrived': Mok-om, Karori, and Xga-liut-a,,from. New Zealand..■.β^o-:/■ - ; j ■.:■%' :-^:-.^- ! ----' ■: COFPFiE. -.. , : - : ' " .'■■■■■■■■■' ' ■ ' Lfindiin, ihhwirr S. tViepet.—Suppllnsi «i*sl ffl-ati i'illTeriflf, M,C!rf ton*i Bt-jokc, ai.KO Mb*; flfloftt. m JiOMj i;uias-»ia jiilble supslj, J3.520 toaSi--, r---,.-,.'.«e,-A.,M_ -■*.-.-V. --.-:; .--.,t»»-..>- / ..,,-MH-j-i , si .