GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1971, 30 January 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph-:Press AssoriMion~CoDJti.i:'.u ■■ '»■ ■■ SEVEN NFAV CARGO CARRIERS. "Times" —Sydney Special Cables(R.cc, January 29, S.4Q p.m.) London, January 28. Contracts for wwn largo meat car-- ! tiers liavo been placet! with Clyde shipbuilders, iii order to Mfp.Uid tlie ae.ciniimndation on (lie River Plate, Now Y'ork, and Francisco routes

GENERAL BOOTH'S DAUGHTER (Hoc. January L' 9, 102,> p.m.} New York, January 28. Miss Era Booth. daughter of C.'eO oral Booth, is reported tfi bo tlviiiß. GOOD WORK BY WIRELESS. (See. January 29, 8.30 p.m.) Sydney, January 29. The Dcwly-preetod Wifeless Station at Saint Stanishms 1 College, Bathiirst, lias lidded to it's already good record by getting in touch with tiio high-power station at Aivamtii, am) pickrd up, though faintly, it conversation rfith a ship.

■ ' I'OWELLISING SLEEPERS, • (Reci. January 29, !).20 p.fiu) Sydney., January 29. The. Federal Timber Commission has beiiH iuquiringyas to the.'vain® of "povr(•liiswig". railway sleepers. The itiajtrrity of tho wi'tnesso*., including a number of exports, favoured tho process for preserving timber.

IRON TRADES' DISPUTE. ttlelb.ou.rne, January 2S. Owing to tile decision of the iron trades unian.fi that nothing should bo done for tho Harbour Trust, twelve employees of Forman's, contractors for "trust repairs, have declined to tiCUtiitue work.

SHIPPING COMPANIES' FIGHT. London, January 28. The North German Lloyd Company lias instructed agents to follow every reduction niiido by the Hamburgh Amorika Company. - AUCKLAND CITY DEBENTURES. London, January 28. The City of Auckland debentures have been ovcr-sUbscribcd. A previous cflhlcsl'iun stated that Hift* City of Auckland was ismn? debentures for" «C!2i2'J-,50(i at 4J per ccni. <it par. DlSAS'niois FINE. Sydney, Jamiarv S&. A fire destroyed <1«> building of Oaki.il and Co., drapers, Wrtnilalvi'a. The ustU mated damage is £'7000. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. TREATMENT OK LIVE STOCK. London, January 28. Captain Muirhend Collins (official setfi ijcfary in Great Britain for the Commonwealth), in a letter to the Society for the Prevention of 'Cruelty to Animals, combats ' the accusation of cruelty ■- to ■ animals-in transit hi Australia, nntl describes Australia's up-to-date hmulliiiitariau treatment of livo stock. ACCEPTED CANDIDATURE. London, January '28. Mr. Austen Chamberlain lias nceopicti candidature for the West Birmingham seat, which has been held by his laUsor. Mr. Austen Chamberlain rty'iKisent* Worcostoi'sliiro iii the JJoaso o.f ■Commons. He Was Civil .lord oi' the Ail* mlralty in Utc TTjiiosrist Government 15!),51000, Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1900-2. Postm-asfrr-Gonowd lilfe, alio Chancellor of tho Exehnrier 1903-5,

NEW T\TK OK AJCROM/ANB. London, January 28. ■ The "Daily Mail" says tli.nt .the NVijr Oilico lifts dosißi<o<f a now typo 'if rcroplane, equipped for tho transport cf a pilot ami te.'t men. It will Ja\e i speed of a inilo a. minute.