GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2123, 15 April 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Ttteeraph--]?*ess AEseoiation-Cppyrieht

CHESS INTERNATIONAL, (Bee. April'li, 11.5 p.nj,) The Hague, April 11, In the chess filial, England seeured . twelve games, and Holland four. . COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS IN CONFERENCE. Mqlbaurno, April 1,4. At the Commercial 'J>»votai' Otonfetfetice it was announced that- tho Ne* Zealand Association had affiliated with Australia. Previously only tha Otago Assfjoifttion had been.'affiliated, THE PACIFIC CABLE. . Sydney, April 14.' .Discussing the Faciiie caplo question, isir Jciscpli Ward (ivho arrived by the Maunganui) declared that it was never intended that tl-ie scheme eiiould end with the laying of a cable to the Canadian shore, but should .extend across t"ho Atlantic. Jt was a matter far regret that tiie scheme had itofc been carried to a. conclusion.

JOURNALISTS AND TEADIS UNIONS. London, April 14. The Journalists' Conference, sitting • at Liverpool, has rejected a proposal to affiliate with the Trade Union Congress. —"Times" and Sydney "Bxin." services. WIRELESS MOBSE REOORDEK. Paris, April 14. Dueretet and Roger, two French en-f gin.cers, have perfected an autoiiiatin apparatus which records morse- messages by wireless on a paper rinbon at a distrinoo of .300 leilometres (roughly, 310 miles).—"Times" am}. Sydney "Sun" service. AUSTRALIA'S. EASTER WEATHER. . Sydney, April M. Brilliant weather prevailed over the holidays throughout Australia.