MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

FRENCH VINEYARDS UNTOUCHED. (Reo. October 7, 5.25 p.m.) « : Paris, October 6. ; There are prospecte of a fine vintage in the champagne districts, as the Germans did not damage the vineyards. WIRELESS IN THE PACIFIC. . (Rec. October 7, 6.5 p.m.) New York, October 6. Marconi stations are now open at San Francisco and Honolulu capable of affording direct communication.— "Times' and Sydney "Sun" Services. UNDERGRADUATES AT THE FRONT. ■ (Res; October 7, 11.15 p.m.) London, October 6. The University Rugby match has been cancelled and probably the University boat race will not be held. Seven of the 1914 Cambridge crew, about half the Rugby team, and sixty per cent, of tho undergraduates of Cambridge have joined the Army. STEADY TRADE REVIVAL. London, October 6. The Board of Trade returns reveal a steady revival. There is also a steady revival of employment. NEUTRAL STATES' SEA TRADE. Washington, October 6. The British Ambassador (Sir 0. A. Spring-Rice) has announced that shipments of copper to neutral countries will not be molested when covered by an agreement between the shippers i and the consignees that the copper is intended for domestic use only. YACHTSMEN'S OFFER. London, October 6. Mr. Walter Marks, of Sydney, has offered the Admiralty to secure a hundred expert Australian and New Zealand yachtsmen for the Royal Naval Reserve. The Admiralty in an appreciative lettor states that the opportunity has not arisen at present to utilise such services.