GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2210, 24 July 1914, Page 8

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Br Telegraph—Press Aesociation—Oopyrieht . ——— SMALLPOX. . (Rec. July 24, 0.50 'a.m.) Sydney, July 23. There was one case of smallpox reported to-day. EWES AND LAMBS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney,' July 23. The Government Statist estimates tlie number of ewes in. New South Wales at ;18,793,000, a'decrease of , 244,000; . and that the winter lambing will produce 7,184,000 lambs, a decrease of. 297,000, while the'spring lambing is estimated to produce 3,887J000, an increase of 537,000 compared with last year. '

| FLOODS IN BULGARIA. ' ; Sofia, July 23. ' Severe floods are being experienced in the Jambol, Lom.Razgrad, and Eskojumaya districts. A hundred- bodies have been recovered.... Many < million rfrancs', damage has been done.. . PROHIBITION OP MARGARINE ADVOCATED. Sydney, July 22. Mr. O'Callaghan, tlie chief of the dairy branch of the Department of Agriculture, addressing the Dairy Farmers' Conference, urged the prohibition of tlie manufacture and importation of margarine. WATT LIBEL CASE. ' Melbourne, July 22. \ A 1 letter was responsible for the libel case brought by Mr. Watt, ex-Premier of Victoria, _ against the "Age." ' The letter contained an allegation that Mr. Watt subscribed two-thirds of the cost of the portrait presented to him. v STORMS IN NOVA SCOTIA. *.' ~ Ottawa. July 21. Severe storms are raging on the Not a Scotian coast, and : several steamers have been -wrecked. . : SYDNEY PROPERTY VALUES. ; Sydney, July 22. ■ Recent city property sales disclose the fact that values during the past year increased by. 25 per cent. ' GREAT RAINS. > Sydney, July 22. Great rains aro falling iix the coastal districts: ""'OVer seven inches was recorded at.Clarenc© River. V 'A' MiiifepERLINOK PLAY. ! ' London, July 21. ■ The censor-has withdrawn the ban oh MaaterlinokV play, "Mona Vanna," which will ba produced in London today. PRICE OF BREAD IN MELBOURNE. „ Melbourne, July 22. ' The bakers have decided to increase the price of»tlie 21b. loaf to 3Jd. from August l.\ T THE AMERICA CUP. . London, July 21. Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Shamrock IV las' .sailed from Falmouth for America to< race for the America Cup.'

SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON. . London, July 21. Sir Douglas and Lady Mawson havo left on their way home to South 'Australia...

i FATE OF TWO BURGLARS. • "Times," and Sydney "Sun." Services; - , (Rec. July 23, 5.15 p.m.) Paris, July 22. ■ -Two burglars operating in Lord Egeriton'Sj villa,at Cap Martin, on beingdisturb'ed 'jumped.on'to "t'li© railway' line from the top:of an embankment and. a passing train killed both. ■- ■ ~

BOORABIL LAND CHARGES. - ." : Sydney, . July 23. Parliament passed an Amending Bill widening the powers of tlie Judge (Mr. Justice Pring) inquiring into tho bil land charges to tlie full, power of a Supreme Court Judge.

■ Mr. Osborne, a member-of tho N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, and Mr. G. A. Jones, an ex-member, recently sueil the agent for the sale of the Boorabil Estate to.-lthe Government for closer seit|emant purposes, for iE2OO commission. The ver-dict-was in plaintiffs'. favour. Ak a result. of . Press criticisms regarding legislators acting as-.agents, Cabinet,- at a protracted sitting, decided to appoint a Royal Commission on Inquiry.