GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 3

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Piees Association— Ooiiyiient TROUBLED MEXICO . NEW REBEL MEXICO. Washington, December 6. Attempts* to start a new revolutionary movement ia Mexico are reported from El Paso. Salazar and Caps, two former federal Generals, are heading a rising in Chihuahuan towns. LUXURIES AND COMMODITIES ' PRICE OF DRINKS RAISED IN SYDNEY. Sydney, DecemW 7. The Sydney hotels ate increasing the price of drinks . from to-day. West Australian hotelkeepere and tobacconists are also giving the publio the benefit of'the increased duties, and other, States will follow suit. FIXED PRICES RESCINDED IN ' .QUEENSLAND. ;'.' Brisbane, December 7. All prices fixed in the southern districts for commodities, excepting the retail price of meat, have been rescinded, as it is considered that trade has resumed its normal course. PREFERENCE FOR STATE INDUSTRIES NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERN- ' MENT CONTRACTS. • (Rec. December 7, 8.60 p.m.) , 'Sydney, December 7 : The State has decided that the State brickyards, and timberyards are to have preference over other suppliers of material for Government contacts. . . • ; ITEMS IN BRIEF ; TAXATION OF LEASEHOLDERS. Sydney, December 7. The Commonwealth's new scheme of land taxation includes Government leaseholds, i which have previously escaped. They are estimated to produce an extra yield of £800,000 to £900,000. SHAOKLETON'S EXPEDITION. Sydney, December 7. Mr. K. L. Jack, science master at Dookie College, has been selected to accompany, the Shackleton Expedition. NEW ' SOUTH WALES PREMIER ■, GOING TO LONDON. ' • Sydney, December 7. It is understood that during the coming recess Mr. Holman,-' Premier and Treasurer . f New South Wales, will visit London in connection with the State loans. EUREKA STOCKADE: .GOLDEN JUBILEE.. ~ . Melbourne, December 7. The Trades Hall has celebrated the eolden jubilee of the Eureka Stockade fight. v ...-J' ■..-•; BUMPER SEASON TO FOLLOW DROUGHT. .• • ■ ■,' Sydney, Demebre 7. Mr. Sidney Kidman, the "Cattle King," estimates that following'the bad year, Australia is on the: eve of several "bumper" se'aeons. . CAPTAIN COOK'S LETTERS. • Sydney, December 7. : The Government, has declined an offer of. two of Captain CooK's letters, descriptive of his first-and second voyages in the South Seas. The price wanted is £1030. The dealer who is offering them recently paid £550 for the letters. CAIRN TO COMMEMORATE . , ■ FLINDERS, Melbourne, December 7. . Admiral- .Creßwell on Saturday unveiled a oajrn- at Arthur's Seat] near Dromana, in memory of the explorer Flinders. , , ■■:; ; i, - . death: sentence commuted. , Melbourne, December 7. . . The sentence of death■ passed on .Edgar Linsporn, for shooting his father at Strathbogie, in August last, has been commuted \o 'imprisonment for life.