GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2121, 13 April 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Ai?.Bdiaitlon«Oocjrlic!i< _3 _ CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES, (Rec, April 12, 0.25 a.m.) Lontfon, April 11. ' Tho scores in tk» billiards championship now stand:—toman, I7 3 700; Stevenson, 18,779. NEW ZEALANJTixHIBITOHS. ~ , Paris, April 11. . inhibitors at the Salon' include Misses Margaret M'Pherson aiid Mota ? fhomp,, son, of New Zealand, CONSUL-GENERAL TRANSFERRED. Washington, April 11. President Wilson lias ordered tiiat ConsuJ-General Joseph Brittaili l>6 transferred from Coburg to Auckland. NEW SYSTEM IN THE NAVY. London, April 11. The «sfienment of abolishing, ships' polios on the battle-cruiser Queen Mary has been successful, and will mw be extended throughout the whole Navy-

WILDING BEATS BftOOKES. Paris, April 11. In the final of the Cannes lawn tennis championship, A. Wilttlng beat Norman Brookes, 6—2, 6—2, £-2. A COtTNTEBTiEASTIRE. " St. Pe-tereßM-B, April 11. ■ Hie Duiaa. Committee' on Agiiculture and Finance agreed to a tax on grain, peas, and beans of thirty Isopeclse per pud, as a eouiitoi- measure to tlio veiled export bounties granted on.German exports to K-Ussia, A Bill imposing this tax has mow been read a second tiano in tho Bmmi. THE KAISEB PAYS THE WAR TAX. Berim, April 10. Though not required to pay the war tax, the- Kate has coiitribitted his quota <5f £200,000. HOW TO HANDLE CUSTOMERS. Berlin,. April 11. _ A municipal school has been established here to teaeh shopcirls how t-o handle customers, especially these who ur<j hard to please. THE MARCH OF YOtJTH. V}onna, April. 10. A dub cf schoolboys rjoiiiattds the oleotian, of sehooJ teachers anil the dismissal of tin.popnkr teaehors. It prep&_s.es the abolition of tlio homo: to bring pressure upon patents to owtafn flats; and invites suggestions for up-to-date substitutes for school and home. ,•■ NEW TREATMENT , FOR PARALYSIS Paris,. April Iβ. Professor Kotli-, of the French Afiatlemyof Medicinftj.has. successfully treated gcjiGfal paralysis by injecting serum taken from a healthy person who had recovered from infantile paralysis culture. ■ ■ LONG-BRAWN 'i'RIAt. Calcutta., April 8. The CroSvn haß ontcj-ei a petition for

nolle proseqtil in tte case of Boy, the st-udeat charged with tile Min-der of PoliceJ-iispeetor Ghose. Roy had been twice acquitted, bat retrials were- at* detail. WAR OFFICE EXPERIMENTS. "SSjnea" aid Sydney "Stin" Bfcrtiees. London, April tl. The. War Office is experimenting with a sew typo of cartridge for a new Army rilio. TliQ experiments liavo yielded most promising results, and may possibly lea 4 to the adoption of rifles winch will cost £3 10s. to make.