GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2155, 22 May 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By 't'elEsra-ph—Pjcss Aesofiiatfon-'Oep-yrieiit — SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. (Rec. May 22, 1 a.m.) London, May 21. 0«a case of smallpox was reported today. : NATIONAL PROHIBITION IN AMERICA. New York, May 21. Mr. R. P. Hobson, speaking iu the.United States House of Representatives, announced that he would jiofc press for notional prohibition until the Senate bad considered the matter. The State j rights involved Viced careful consideration. RAIN IN SYDNEY. Sydney, May 21. Heavy and general rains sre falling throughout the State. CANADA'S NAVAL RESERVE. Ottawa, May 21. Order-iii-Council, establishing: a Naval Reserve, has been passed. The formation of the Reserves is already making headway; British instructors will bo engaged. PANAMA EXHIBITION BOYCOTT. Landau, May 20. In the House of Commons, Mr. .F. 1), Acland, Parliamentary Under-Sqcretary for foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, denied the existence of any obligation to Britain, mora) or otherwise, which _would prevent Germniiy's 'official participation in tlio Panama Exhibition. PRESS REPORTERS ON THEIR DIGNITY. Sflva, May 21. Owing to discourteous treatment, tbe Press withdrew from a meeting of the Council of the High Chiefs, anil tho Uorornor's Speech was not reported. . -BUSINESS MEN AND TELEPHONE ADMINISTRATION. London, Mr.y 20. Business men are convinced that telephones must bo separated from the Postal, and plared under special authority, with a policy neither capitalistic nor. political.—"Times" and Sydney "Hun" Services. RAYAHS 01 PONG-KONG PLAGUE OUTBREAK. ! ri HORg-Rong, May 20. : Tiie plague is showing alarming activity. Sinco January (hero have been j H";l ctws and 1301 deaths,—"Time?" I w«l Sydnoy. "Strn" Services.