GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1957, 14 January 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association— CopyrlnUt _ 3 MR. ASQUITH AND MR. \ CHURCHILL. (Rec. January 14, 0.10 a.m.) London, January 13. Mr. Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty) has had a long interview with M.r Asquith (the Prime Minister), who goes to tho Riviera to-day. Mr. Asquith will not visit Paris. DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE. (Reo, January 13, 10.30 p.m.) Sydney, January 13. Another c.vclono lias occurred in the Tamworth district, severely damaging property and crops. Numbers of buildings were, unroofed and destroyed. NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. (Rec. January 13, 9.35 p.m.) Sydney, January 13. ■. Mr. Holman, State. Premier of New South Wales, has accepted tho invitation of the Scienco Congress to visit New Zealand next month as ite guest. NEW ZEALAND' CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA. (Rec. January 13, 10.30 p.m.) Adelaide, January 13. The team selected to play for South Australia in Friday's match against tho New Zealanders is as follows:—Campbell, Crawford, Hill, Goodcn, Howard, Mayno, Rumlell, Steele, Smith, Pellew, and" Willsmoro. CARDINAL MERRY DEI, VAL. Rome, January 13. Cardinal Merry del Val, Papal Secretary of State, has been appointed ArchPriest of tho Basilica of St. Peter, in succession to the late Cardinal Rampolla. SECRET MILITARY CONFERENCE. London, January 13. General Sir J. D. P. French (Chief of tho General Staff) is presiding at a four-days' secret conference of the Imperial General Staff at Sandhurst. PRAHRAN FIRE LOSSES. Melbourne, January 13. Tho insurances on the Coliseum fire at Prahran are £11,250, including £3500 in the Now' Zealand Office. The Town Hall wns insured for £10,000. AUSTRALIAN NAVIGATION ACT. Sydney, January 13. Mr. L, E. Groom, Federal Minister of Trade and Commerce, has stated that as soon as tho new Navigation Act has been proclaimed the State Navigation Department will automatically bo vested in tho Commonwealth. INTER-STATE COMMISSION. Melbourne, January 13. The Inter-State Commission is sitting. to take evidenco regarding the tariff, particularly the tariff and wago conditions in tho Commonwealth and other countries, the production, cost, profits, and prices as affected by the tariff. DEATH OF AN EMPIRE-BUILDER. Ottawa, January 13. The Hon. David Laird, first Commissioner of tho North-West Territories, is dead. He negotiated many treaties with the Indians whereby large tracts of territory were added to the Dominion. BIG FILM FACTORY DESTROYED. • London, January 12. Tho premises of Kinorn, Ltd.. film manufacturers, at LotchworTiT, Garden City, have, been burned. The damage is estimated at £35,000.' It is believed the fire was due to a short circuit. N.S.W. RAILWAY COMMISSIONER. Sydney, January 13. Tho Government makes iio secret of the fact that the iW. Chief Commissioner of Railways (to succeed Mr. T. R. Johnston) will not be an imported man. EXCHANGE OK GALLERY PICTURES. Sydney, January 13. Mr. Mann, Director of the National Art Gallery, declares that if the schemes of exchange of pictures arc successful there is a suggestion that a similar arrangement should be made with the South Island. AUSTRALIA'S NEW PENNY STAMP. London, January 12. An order for a die for the Commonwealth's new penny.stamp hns been placed with Messrs. Perkins and Bacon. BIG AEROPLANE' IN SYDNEY. Sydney, January 13. Jules Maillard, a well-known tourist, has landed a seventy horse-powtr Farman aoroplano. Ho informed a gathering of motorists that his next trip to Melbourne would bo by tho new acroplanei COMMONWEALTH'S NEW DREDGER, London, January 12. The parts of tho Commonwealth's dredger Defence will be shipped to Australia, and put together there. PURE DIKfiO EXTINCT. Sydney, January 1.2. Mr. I.e. Soeuf, Director at tho Zoo, states that tho pure strain of the Australian dingo no longer exists, and that probably a distant strain of tho slicop dog runs through ilingops. even in tho few remaining unexplored corners of tho continent. THE LANSDOWNE ESTATES. ' London, January 11. The Man us of Lansdowno has transferred his Scottish estates to his sons. That at Einueff goes to Lord Kerry, and those at Triilly, Boogies, and Aldie to tho Hod. Charles Fitrmauxioc.