GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2000, 6 March 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

fly Tsle^ra-ph— Assooiaiion-^OoßyriVi-i . PANIC IN RUSSIAN BOURSE. • (K«c. Ms«h Li, 0.35 p.m.) . - Stv Petergbwrg, March 5. Tho Minister of Finance, k; a. statetfiaSi Gerinan umi's-papers alariiiist liuttonj'S Imve eaiuied e-j;--kv.mo conste-fnation. on Mib Bonr-se. Tto rumours are ■atealutcly n'itlloirt foUjKlaiion. _'■■-.

AtJSTHiLIAN CIIGKET TOUR-S, . ■ S'Sdnßy, March. 5. Tiib praposed fccrtii- of a Kew Soiitli Wales team fcd West Austejliiv at the end of Match may fall; thvoifgli.. The AVcst Austl-ijlian AsSßtfiatwiJ lias stipulated that thes team should include Traiftpc* and , Macartney. Failing dither, tliqu BaTclslcy. It is iHifetooi tJmfc Ma.eartue.y has stated his inability to go. ,'lrampei' Mug a-Wiyy,' lie is nwt lilifil.y to be able togp Wesfc | RIVALS FOR SOUTH FOLE ; . ': Uonclon, Mareh 5. Lieutenant Fifctoier asserts Wiji-t lio traaisfeßecJ to Pα. . Koeuig tire fight to carry,on ,llie ii.n.eo.mj?l;Oted pfflgranwiie ei the FiiclMier Expedition, ivliibh wftitiot eutitfe Koenig to' priority over ShaqMetoii. : • PERSdNAL. Sydnoy, Maxell S. A frwato eabiegtam i'roa \Lendoji aijnattaces the deotJi of i.£r> David Aiidersoiij the lato geiiofal nasmagw of the Orient Steamship , Oompaijy in Anstfafe. THE sSiTcbtOT. ' • St. Petitsbiitg, Mta-ch G. I'lie PoMib Prosccrtor has appealed against. Coimt Mietoviisliif's (the Red Count) .acqaittaJ.

TRAGEDY IN AftMAMjCNT WORKS. Sit. Petersburg, ATardi 4. A faremail k the sJifispiwl tube section of tiio PuUloff works, actuated by voiigeanee over a private grievance, , k'Hod tviih a crowbar Captain Von StaWj the director of the sen-timi, jmkl then committed, suicide by jumping into : tke. electrical fflarhmejy. . SYDNEY'S SUNDAY tRAMS. ; Sydney, Um.cH a. As -statistic* diowcd tJtot- 40,000 persons availed themselves oh » rotfcirtiysfforddd Op,iorteiWt.y at travellhig dltriiJjJ elmrch iioui's on Sunday nigliti tlio Tramway Commissioners 3wro" turned down » protest by the Evangelical Council agamsi Suadtty evmHJig trains, tfentlon. Slarch 4. Lord Nejvton's Jlwieylwidcrß Bill has been resti a tiiird time in tl* House of iortl.3. BOBBED O:'F HIS B-AOI3 WINNINGS. Sydney, Jfnreh '5. Albert Patiafetra, a soil of . slago;w Pspakura.'the New SJesland guJdc, wjis knoE.kpfJ dokvu sifter daj'js iti a street ft Oα reeovoriJag coiiiscioueiics? lie dissevered be luwl lenii rohltcd- »f £20 w'ijich 'he liatl w«m at the races,' THE BRITISH ARMY. ' ■ Uoiio'dn, Mai-e'i 4, Lftrd Liicas, s.pcahiap iii ilio House of Lords-, stated that *Kp jH'ssent establislitnefit of tto Ikgtilar Arniy consist' (M of 10,547 oJfioefs iuid 233,218 noii(:tm«»issioiied efficors ami iweit: the • Special Reserve totalled 7S/71.4, ami tljfl : TotviUirMs 312,408.— "Ttjnrt&" wid Syi- ] ney "Sun" Services. ] A.RMf¥tJiTOK. Londorv. March 5. ■ Owing to the obtusion of froxou nuitton .from tho Army coutrafts, Wμ Hrti), T, 3lafk«iizi(.' (Hifrti C'omtgisii.-iwr) lias offered to demonstrate to t!i& War Office tho suitability of Xiv; Zealntid Hint* '■mi for Army rations*