GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1965, 23 January 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Bf felesrapk-Prcss — QTJEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL. (Roc. January 22, 10.SO p.m.) . London, January 22. j.lro Q;io<m Victoria Meinorinl Fund lias closcd fi'ith a total of £325,00fi. Tim King, inletter to Lord Bsbcr, exgrossed bis gratification <m the completion of the work on tlio eve of the law Queen's aiutiversaTy, and acknowledged the generous support which had been ac'eordeci tlw schomo throughout, the Dominions, Tlffi FRUIT TRADE. {Roc. January 22, 10.50 p.m.) London, January 22. Mr. Dennis said that other fruit markets wore developing tlicir . trade. It was not truo that the Fruit Brokers'

Association had fixed prices prior to sftle. He advocated closer packing of fruit general'!}', but th<v VitWrirti' pro duets were packed us well as could tic. SHACKLE'fON'S K r Kl 5 J^!Tip f \. | (ltec. January 23, 9. ft) p.m.) ! , London, January 22. Sir Ernest Shacklctou has invited Sil Daniel Gooefa ta join his expedition w Antarctica, Ilis aceoiiTanco yl Ibe in vitatioH is considered likely. AUST«ALIAX3?AVAL BOARD. (Rec. January .22, 9,30. p.m.) Melbourne, January 22, Captain Gordon Smith, at presei.t commanding H.M.S. Encounter, has been appointed to succeed Captain Hughes Onslow oil; the Australian Naval Board, at a salary of £',2000 a year. "PRIME ENGLISH." (Rec, January 23, 0.10 a-.tn.) London, January 22. Several butchers hasp been, fined for selling chilled jneat as prime English. KRUI'l' BRIBERY SCANDALS, (ftec. January 23, 0.40 a.m.) London, January 23. As the result of an ftppcal; tlie sen* tences imposed _ upon certain ®f th< min-or offenders in t!m Kriipp briber? scandal has been considerably reduced. AVIATOK KILLED. (liec. January 23, 0.40 p.m.) .London, January 22, A military aviator named Sohweissei has bec-n ltil'led by a fall at Schkisslieim.'' SUTTER INQUIRY. • London, January 22, The "Grocers' Review" asks why tffia Agent-General did not call. provincial witnesses to the butter. iivouiry. If' tlio report is to bo unbiased, then wit. ncsses from Manchester, Liverpool, Hull, Bristol, «nd Belfast should haw been. cailcd. MURDER OP AN OFFICER. Aden, January -21. Colonel Walker, Who was shot dead bji a native ranker, was attriohed to tha 109tl>, Indian Regiment. Ho'hart-'sen-tenced tlie murderer to a fortnight s imprisonment. '• DECREE OF GERMAN OFFICERS. Berlin, January 21. ■ The Kaiser lifts deferced that must not carry knives and arms whett in public.—Sydney "Sun" Special. HARNESSING SEWER GAS. Sydnoy, January 22, Tlie farranvatta Council has adopted, a scheme for utlising tlio siiwer teas from the septio tanks , for pumplnfi tho town water supply. Tho engineer has scoured a 'patent for the usb of fifiwG? gas. BRITISH RAILWAY SPEEDS. London, January 21. A thirty years' comparison of Eng.' lisli railwiiv speeds shows nil improvement ranging f'rem 5 to 15 per c|nt. The fastest nvrrnco is on the LonmmIteth line, 59.4 miles per feour.—Sydney "Sua" Special. ■ RECORD FIU'IT CROP, Hobart, January 21. Mr. Henry Hones predicts a record fruit crop; hidwtl, lie considers that it will be the heaviest erop in apples Auevraiia lias over bad. MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES. London, January 21. The Aiiglicmi Central Board of Mis51011$ collected £1,041,000 iu of the various activities in 1913. It is estimated that will be required for 101.4.