GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2148, 14 May 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Bj TeJcBM-Dh—Pwes AfieooSatloa—CopjTiirbt WIRELESS TELEPHONY. * (Ucc. May 14, 0.15 a.m.) Berlin, Jhiy 13. Successful experiments in wireless telephony have ten conducted ttoUvct-ii Xoticn and Pohi, a distance of sis hundred miles. . 300 MILES AN HOUR! LoiTslon. May 13. Electricians who examined Maeiwk-tc's model air rashvaj- at Saffron Hill, whith i is capable of a speed of -300 wiles an hour, were greatly imnrc-ssed with the possibilities of tho invention.—"Times" ami Sydney "Sun" Services, "LONG FIBM^~SWtNDLES. Paris, May 13. Twenty "long firm" swindlers have been arrested for operations covorinp many yews, dnriiiQ n-hieh tlwy netted -iW0.,000. NOKTH GERMAN LLOYD STEAMEHS TO AUSTKALLV. Borliis, May 12. I'hero are hopes limt tho withdrawal of the Norddetitsciter-Llovd's steamersfrom tho Australian service will not bo permiMiciit. The comptuiy iia-s uiformcd tho Goveoimeht that a. subvention of half a railHou sterling is iteoessary. FATAL EXPLOSION IX STEAMER'S ENGINE-KOOM.. Nosrfnlk (Viriinla),' 'Mdf hP' Ail explosion in tho engine-room of the. steamer Jefferson killed eight of tho ■Mgiiie-rbom isre'tv. UELICS OP EXPEDITIOK. . Londftn, May 12. i A col'ectien of Arctic specimens flatllered by. the jFraukKn expeditioli ill J 1811) has been in Its original wrapping, i.n tho museum of-the Jloyal Naval Hospital at Haslar, 6os]joft. The collection eotspsises iniuwals and palect- i saic fossils. —"Timiis" and Sydney I I "Sun" Services, DANISH BOTALTi' IN LONDON.. Loh'dDrt, M&y 12.. Tlie King and Queen of Domaarfs Were accorded a great public ovation.. They wero ciitortamcd at tlie Guildhall. , GENEROUS G-IFTFDB- OHPHAN , HOMES. Sydney, May 18. An anonymous donw- has given £30,000 to tji* Buntsido Presbyterian Orphanage Homes, ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA. Vcrsiioty May 12. Sir George Eeid, High Comriiissiofier J for Australia, has arrajtgttl for a C&inmoinvealtii exhibit at- the Lyetis JSxlubiUoii. . ' > N«nr South Wales is tutaiiigiiig for an I exhibit G-f hardwoods, tlecowttiyc furnishing, tiiniiors, and other primary pro- ! dnets. . I PRESBYIISBUN OSURCH. ' tMbowna, May 18, I Tho Rev. Sir. Crooksbon has been : elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Goßeral Asscrobly. ■ I,ATfi"iHIFl > [Nf.l. Sydney, May. 13, from Neiv Zealand. Meib-nwrrD, Slay 13. Sailed.—Kaiapai., iv' l ' , lc ' IU " C a in tow, for Kew ZealaiKl.