GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2345, 30 December 1914, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph.—Presa Association—Copyright

PEACE CENTENARY

MB. CARNEGIE'S SENTIMENTS, (Rec. December 29, 5.10 p.m.) London, December 28. . Mr. Andrew Carnegie, roplying to Earl Grey, on behalf of Mr. Rooaovelt, at the Peace Centenary, said: "This is sacred work, endeavouring to adjust international disputes by pacific arbitration, and our two countries thould be foremost in the matter. Lot the Eng-lish-speaking raco unite and, reach tho goal, when war would bq dotlironed and peace proclaimed.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)

MISSING TRAWLER

ANOTHER STEAMER TO SEARCH. Sydney, Deoomber 29. •The steamer Grantala leaves to-day to join in the soarch for tho Endeavour. She has been coaled for a longthy cruise, starting from the south of New Zealand 1 . BRITISH BY-ELECTION LABOURITE RETURNED UNOPPOSED. London. December 28. Mr. William C. Anderson, chairman of the Independent Labour Party, has been'returned unopposed for the Attercliffe (Sheffield) seat;, in the House of Commons, vice' Mr. Joseph Pointer (Labour), deceased. [At tho last general olection. Mr. Pointer defeated Mr.. S. Walker (Union-: Ist) by 6532 votes to 5354. He was born in 1875, educated at Sheffield Council School, Sheffield Central Higher School, and Ruskin Hall;. Oxford. At the ago of twenty years he joined the ' United Patternmakers' Association, aid '( was elected by it as a Parliamentary,' representative ill 1903. A Socialist in politics, he was ; a total abstainer, and at one., time a local preacher in one of the Methodist bodies. Mr. Anderson, the new member for Attercliffe, joined the Trade, Union: movement and the Independent Labour Party at Glasgow in 1900.] ■ ASSOCIAiON~FQOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST. London, Becember 28. At Association football in the League championship contest, Burnley beat' Chelsea by 4 goals to 1, and Sheffield United - defeated' Notts County by 1 goal to 0. / A SITUATION NORMAL IN THE.PHILIPPINES. Washington, December 29. Details indicate that the rising in the Philippines , was not serious,, and that only the most ignorant revolutionary Filippinos were concerned. A. few have been killed. ..Everything is now quiet, and the situation normal. ■' POULTRY AND EGGS . PRODUCTION IN VICTORIA. i > . Melbourne, December 29. The Government Statistician estimates the gross value of the poultry and egg production for 1913 at £17,067,000. COST OF EDUCATION ■' : . HIGH IN VICTORIA, Melbourne, December 29/ ; It is' offioially, estimated: that education coat the Stat4 per head for the present year. ' ■ OIL IN PAPUA .r • _ DEVELOPMENT URGED. (Reo. December 29, 10.20 p.m.) Melbourne, December 29. ; Dr. Wade,, a London scientist/ who examined tho, oil-bearing deposits in Papua, has recommended the Commonwealth Government, to immediately develop the same. The ad\ice is based on the discovery and evidence of petroleum along a belt 8 to 12 mlies wide. Surface indications 'we;a found oyer an . area of .1500 square miles. . PASSENGEOiSAPPEARS . FROM THE MOERAJU. (Rec. 1 December 30, 1.6 a.m.) Sydney, December 29. During the trip of the Moeraki a saloon passenger named W. H. Berry disappeared. He was last ■ seen in his bunk at 10 o'clock on Thursday night. *'J3e was then in good health and spirits. Search was'ftiade the following morning,- but was unavailing. It is supposed that he fell overboard. Ho boarded the Moeraki at Wellington. It is. understood his : sister lives near Nelson; ' P.O. BALANCE-SHEET ■ ' LOSS OF HALF. A MILLION. London, December 29. It is anticipated that the Post Offioe balance-sheet will show a losb of £500,000 for last year. ', • NEW IMPOST ON NEWSPAPERS. Sydney, December 29. The Coimtry Press Executive has joined the inter-State protest against - the new impost,on newspapers. ; CONTROL OF LIGHTHOUSES. Melbourne, December 29. The Commonwealth takes control of ocean lighthouses' on April 1. HEAVY RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Rec. December 29, 11.30 p.m.) Sydney, December 29. ' , Bountiful monsoonal rains are falling ] over the greater par|, of the State. j , .. . i