GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2203, 16 July 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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SMALLPOX. - (Rec. July 16, ■ 0.30 aim.) ..''•: Sydney, July 15. i,. One case of smallpox was reported io-day.;_. . BRITISH ASSOCIATION; DELEGATES v RomJj July 14. Over one hundred delegates to tho British Association Congress in Australiamailed by the'steamer Or'vieto. ' ' PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL CASE. London, July 14. In the Privy , Council appeal case, Curie versus MacDermoj;t, the appeal was dismissed, with costs. . ;; a divorceT'case.. . London, July 14. John Hissey, a barrister, is suing for a divorce from his. wife, an actress named Queenie Mcrsill, Albert Wholan, a music hall artist, being joined as corespondent Hissey gave evidence that he had run through a fortune of £30,000, and that his wife then claimed the right to frequent night clubs. ■ Sho had confessed her guilt. The further hearing ,of the case, wa* adjourned; • PRICES OF BOOTS RAISED. Melbourno, July 15. ; The boot manufacturers are increas*, ing the prices of footwear by 5 per j cent '' \ VICTORIA'S MINERAL OUTPUT, j . '■' Melbourne, July 15. . ,' The Minos Department report for 1913 '( shows that the gold yield was 439,932 N ounces, valued at £1,847,472, a decrease ,| of 45,198 ounces compared with the pre-'. vio.us year. The coal yield was 593,912 ■ tons, valued at £274,371, an. increase ' cf 4470 tons. . LATE JULIUS WERNHER'S ESTATE. ; \, .■ London, July 15. ! A revised estimate of the late Julius j Wernher's estate places the amount at ■ £ii,5oo;ooo. , \ ■ ■: DOGS FOR ANTARCTIC ' '. EXPEDITION. London, July 15. Ninety-nine of Sir E. Shackleton'a dogs have arrived at Millwall, fron* Canada. Only one was lost. WIRELESS ON MOTOR-VAN. London, July 14. A suburban traveller for the Ardath Tobacco Company has a wiroless equipment on his motor-van, which ho uses to communicate .with tho head office to supply urgent orders. NEW P. AND 0. STEAMERS. London, July 13. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has placed with Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Belfast, an order for a steamer of 15,500 tons. A contract for a similar vessel has boon placed with Messrs. Caird and Co., Greenock. BULGARIAN LOAN. ■ Sofia, Jujy 13. , A contract with German banks for 3 twenty-million loan for Bulgaria has been signed. The Sobranjo is now discussing tho terms. The loan carrion 5 per cent, interest, and the first hall is to be issued at the end of i'be year at 84. BULLFIGHTER'S BIG FEE. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. ■ (Roc. July 15, 5;35 p.m.)'■■•'■ ■-< Madrid, July 14. Elgallo, the famous toreador, is under contract to partake in 105 performances at bull-fighting this'season for a fee of twenty-ono thousand pounds sterling. , LORD NELSON'S' LOVE LETTER. 'Times" and Sydney "Sun" Service*. ' London, July 14. (Rec. July 15. 5.35 p.m.) Two hundred and forty-two cuto. graph letteis, written by Lord Nelson to his wit'o .from before their- marriage to tho date of their separation, have been sold for £2200.