GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1986, 17 February 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Tolsgrdpa—Pr««« Assbclayon-HBopyrlghV, ,—

CRICKET.

(Rec. February 17, 1.15 a.m.) Adelaide, February 16. Ssuth Australia, in the secojid in-, niitgs, havo lost seven wickets .for -'292 runs (Smith 34, WB.smore 3i>, Hill 60, Moycs 32, Campbell not oUt ; l2, Pelow not out 11).

ALLEGED RITUAL MURDER,

St Petersburg, February .14. Goutehamk, a peasant, has beeji arrested for murdering a. boy iiamed Josef Pasgkoffj at Faste'if. ThlrtesJii punckiro marks were found m the neek similar to those on tho body of Yusiiehiwky. The police state that the hoy Was a'■ fjliristian, who was Btoleii and eirc-uro-. cised by Pasgkoff, who swears that tho. ■corpse was tins body of one of his sons. I In connection with, tho recent murder of a boy at FastofF, near. Kieff, ; Pasbkoff, a Jew, who claimed to 'be the father of tho boy, has been arrested.

RIFLE SHOOTING.

London, February 15. The National Rifle Association carried a resolution postponing tho War Office changes in the program-mo. until .1-915 in order to permit tho overseas Dominions to participate in tho nest .meeting.

HIS MAJESTY'S INTEREST IN QUEENSLAND.

London, February 14. The K.inp: gave a private audience to the Hon. Thos. Mastamzio (New Zealand's -High Commissioner) at Dnekiii.Rhajii Palace- to-day, nnd also to jfr. Deivham (Premier of Queensland}, His Majesty manifested a. warm and lively interest in Queensland and reviewed happy recollections of his visits. Ho inquired closely of Queensland's progress and bade Mr. Penham convey his best wishes for its continued prosperity. LEFT COURT WITHOUT A STAIN ON HIS CHARACTER. London, February 13.' Inspector Potter has been acquitted of the charge of assaulting a Suffragette during the recent d'isturbsuCie. Ho left t-ho Court without a stain on his character, stated tlio Magistrate. , THE KAMI. OF MIM'O. Loridon, February 14. The Earl of Minto, a former Viceroy, of India, whose serip.u.s illness was recently reported,, is in a critical condition. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. London, February 14, Applications for inctasjen in tlio oversea party of the British Association fe* the Advancement <jf Science, which meets in Australia this year, are greatly in excess of all estimates. FRAUDS IN ARMY CONTRACTS. HomO, February 14. An anonymous communication led to tlio discovery of frauds, involving four, million liro in connection witb contracts for the Army at Libya. i .■■■■■ MILITARY CANTEEN SCANDAL'. London, February 1.1 Sawyer, in evidence,- at the trial in connection with th© Military Csimteoii seanslnis, said that it was .always, the ease that Liptons were farced to do what other ■contractors did. They 10-st sever si Salisbury Plains contracts because they refused to give as mueb'as. other*.