GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telesrauh-Presß Association- CoDrriKi i —« — DEATH OF LORD JUNTO. (Rcc. March 2, O.'lo a.m.) London, March 1. The death is announced of the Earl of Jlinlfl, a former G<3v<s.eiioivG«?.i.to:rgj; <jf | Canada and Viceroy of India.

BILLIARDS. London, Fcbntary 2fi.'-, ' Gray ran out when Falknior'i? .score ivas 1i,772, - -

GENERAL ELECTION POLLING. London, Februarv 23. The House of. C'onniiors .passed' the KdiWlicJ: tfcadijl'g "oSi-it pritaie Bill tt oondimt polling foi ; a general election 0:1 .the -saute day tbrbu-ihout '-ho United Kingdom. It wa*£fr iiiwif Verney's Jill.'., ; alid W.as lidoptftd, by Mr. ilerbeit .San-.'ic! (.I.aeal : G<)veriini('iit Board) 011 Ix'half of the Government. I'ATAL SNAKE BITE Calcutta, February 28... Professor Fox, the Australian snake expert, while dermmstnain;; at the Zoo tiio. value of a snake iiito antidote, was acctdcntnlK b'tten and died Jlj'. e\pm-RK-nts aii animals were eminently sue-ee-sful, ' ' '

FRANCE AND FISCAL REFORM Paris, February 28. ■ Til® Chamber of' Deputies, by *■ 32!) votes i<t 214, approved tlic Government's Fiscal Reform policy—notably to relieVe. land from taxation.

NINE SUCCESSIVE LOOPS .. Paris, February 28. Lord Edward QrosVenoj, In. $w ' stir 'machine, looped (lie loop nine times in snec fission. !' ' . ,

POISON SUSPECTED Pokln, February 28: An ex-Fremier, Clino I'inixciian Tntnh o)u!ii>, rijrlit-Ti.ni>u man of the Prjskfeiii {Yuan Cbth-Kai), died suddenly. Poison is suspected. SHELTER FOR~ilßSlill'S Berlin, Felntaij A revolving sholier is bp.ihg. norsi ruet-1 ■ed at Heligoland. to receive an airship in ;ii:y wind. It may lie lowered in ii trench and beeonis invisible, wheii used in time of war. .> GOVERNMENT HELPS TO BRE.sK A :'STRIKE. Paris, February -28. The Frimcli Government lias decided to lend tho Mcssageries Maritime Com-' pnnv any available ciiainoers to i'opiaee strikers and enable the company to liiaiiitain tiro mail services.^—Svdiiny j "Sun"' SfrcEial. ' I

SMALLPOX. Sydney, Fp.ljrii.arv 28, Tlic smallpox is extending to il'.o. country. A cftsfe is roporieii frftii) ! piir* roiv brook.

STATE INSI'R \.\TF, SCHEME i Berlin, February 27. Tb» Tteriin Stfltc iflsvriftiefc sffheino ftir domestic. servants lias broken down because 10 p'.:r com. of ibn •s'orVa-ii.ts' 'ivagos lias beo;.; taken., It has iiwn decided to create n &oifcirate-f.!ass, mtftsir oil 'solely to ''Sun" c< i il

IRRIGATION ON LABGF. RCAI.K St. Pcttrsburgj February 27.

The Russian Government Ims jiippatod a Bill providing far 1li« irripation of tho HXiivrabagli Steppe (part"' stf %!? Sliwlja ciistri'i: o!" linku), at :t -cost of fi million .pb.imds slci'linc. 1 KigMy-onc thousand ueies will lio devoted to cotton plantation, . ■

director or xyvig.ytiox. Melbourne, February '28. - Applications liavo boms invited for tlie nosii.ion of Diroi'ter of Xayiaaiiou at a~srdary of frc.ni £800 to £1000 si .vear.' '■ MUSICIANS AND M YN'AGERS Sydnoy, Fcbinavy 28, Tliq musicians and theatrical crs have a-.rived at a settlement., ami tin award of tins Court, lias beeii obtained. , ,