GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2358, 14 January 1915, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Prcea Association— Copyright

P. & 0. STEAMER WRECKED Tokio, January 12. Tho P. and 0. steamer Nile, 6702 tons, has been sunk. Her passengers and crew have gone to Kobe. The Nile struck a rock off Awashema Island, in the Inland Sea, at midnight on Monday. She sank in thirty seconds. The Eu'ku Jumaru rescued the passengers. The Nile was in charge of a pilot. ALIEN IMMIGRATION PRESIDENT WILSON VETOES BILL. Washington, January 12. President Wilson has decided to veto the Immigration Bill because of the insertion of the literacy test. The. literacy test was designed largely to exclude undesirable immigrants. Senator Reed proposed the exclusion of all immigrants except Caucasians. Great 'opposition immediately developed, and the amendment was finally overwhelmingly defeated. Proposals for the exclusion of Turks and East Indians wero also defeated, but a proposal to exclude Africans was carried hy a small majority. The Bill prohibited the entrance of all aliens over sixteen years who were unable to read and write English or other languages, including Yiddish. President Wilson announced his intention to veto the measure, as President Taft-did.' BRITISH CABINET . - GOSSIPS PREDICT CHANGES. (Rec. January 13, 5.15 p.m.) London, January 12.. Political gossips predict changes in the Cabinet.. Lord Haldane, ' Lord Chancellor, is retiring, they say. . and Sir Rufus Isaacs, Lord Chief Justice of England, is leaving the Bench and returning •to political life as Lord Chancellor, Sir Samuel Evans, President of the Probate, Admiralty, and . Divorce Courts beooming Chief Justice. KILLED IN HER SLEEP TRAGEDY IN WEST AUSTRALIA. (Rec. January 13, 8.55 p.m.) Perth, January 13. A tragedy has occurred at Marrinap. A girl named Bell, aged twelve, was sleeping on the verandah of her home, and was x later discovered dead, her head fatally shattered. . A man who was employed by the victim's father has been suspeoted of the crime. He has disappeared. Apparently there was no motive for the act. DETAILS OF THE CRIME. (Rec. January 13, 11.15 p.m.) Perth, January 13. The missing man, whose name was Facheri, insulted Bell's younger sister on the . night prior to the .tragedy, whereupon the father dismissed him. The police state that the victim was chocked and outraged before .her head was battered by an axe. Settlers and police are searching for the murderer. WOMEN'S VOTE IN AMERICA SET-BACK FOR THE MOVEMENT. (Rec. January 13, 11.5 p.m.) Washington, January. 13. , The House of Representatives, by 204 votes to 174, has refused to submit an amendment to tho Federal Constitution to enfranchise women. Enormous -interest was taken in the debate, and women's organisations invaded the capital in crowds. It was hoped to establish woman's suffrage throughout the United Statea instead of. working for =the adoption of . the' voto in iltdivi»' dual States. TRADE WITH JAPAN ! DELEGATION TO AUSTRALIA'. (Rec. January 13, 11.5 p.m.) Sydney, January 13. The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has given, a reception to the members of a Japanese commercial delegation, lie visitors urged that the war had opened up an unprecedented opportunity for increasing trade between Australia and Japan. In the past, they said, Japan had faced certain European competition that had now been removed. Japan offered a great market for Australian products, and was able to manufacture anything. Australia could absorb some of the manufactures. There would be no competition with English goods, ivhich were in a different class to the Japanese goods. The Japanese Consul added that they must help to trust and rely on each other. CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF 'ACTRESS AWARDED DAMAGES. London, January 12. Miss Gladys Cooper,- the actross, has been awarded £1200 damages against the "Weekly London Mail" for libel by an innuendo not mentioning names, which plaintiff said suggested that she was going to be divorced owing to misconduct with ■ Harael, the aviator, and Dennis Eadie, the actor. FEDERAL NOTE ROBBERY. Molbourne, January 13. An arrest has been made in connec-. tion with the Federal note robbery, the man charged being connected with the Post Office Department. COLLIERY TROUBLE. Sydney, January 13. Trouble is threatened in the southern collieries owing to the heavy fines imposed on the striking wheelers. A speoial meeting of the minors' delegates is called for to-day to consider the position. MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP. London, January 12. Rene Maxwell, of Sydney, won the principal scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music. It is worth £80 annually. SYDNEY'S REFUSE PROBLEM. Sydney t January 12. The City Council has adopted a system of destruction of refuse by fire, instead of sea-dumping. FIRE IN A WHARF. SHED. (Roc. January 13, 8.55 p.m.) ' Melbourne, January 18. A fire in a wharf shed containing cargo from the Warrimoo severely damaged a considerable quantity of hemp consigned to the Kinnear Company. The cause of the firo is unknown.