GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2396, 27 February 1915, Page 8

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

.VOLUNTAS,Y UPKEEP OF HOSPITALS.

B? Telegraph—Prees Association—OjpyriEht —» — QUEENSLAND LOAN FORECAST OF PROSPECTUS. London February 20. The Queensland loan prospectus will be advertised on Saturday. Tiie price will bo .99 redeemable in 1920-25. Converters will receive a pound cash, for the final instalment. Eighty-five per cent, is payable'on April 6, and a halfyear's interest on October 1. Four millions have been underwritten. [A cable message published yesterday stated that the Stock Exchange Committee had announced that the Treasury had approved and ■ the committee would allow dealings. in 11,728,000 .Queensland peV cent, bonds and stock, to be reported at the Stock Exchange. The loan would be of short currency, and would be issued at 89.] METHODIST MISSIONS \ REDUCING A DEFICIT. Sydney, February 26. _ At the Methodist Conference _ the Mission Board, with a view to wiping out its deficit, accepted an offer by, some missionaries and mission secretaries. to submit to a ten per cent, reduction in salaries,. and requested all missionaries to accept ■ similar • reduction A number of delegates took strong exception to this step, and suggested other methods, of wiping, out the debt. An arnendment was moved accepting £2500 as {be conference's share of the general deficit, and pledging itself to raise.the amount. , It was unfair and unjust to allow mission workers to sacrifice themselves. . Tho motion was carried ,by a large majority. Conference subsequently raised £600. '

SIR GEORGE REID BIRTHDAY. FELICITATIONS. London February 25. Sir George Reid, Hieb Commissioner for Australia, has received hundreds of congratulatory messages and telegrams, including those from.the King, Queen Alexandra, and tho Japanese Ambassasador, on the celebration of bis seventieth birthday.' • ' •• ;! Sir George R-eid's message to Australia spys:—"My heart is full of gratitude to Australia. It is grand to have bo many friends and supporters, but far grander to servo _ her. All the war clouds have one silver lining. The whole world-knows now what I always knew; that Australia is true to her care and loyal to the backbone." Sir George'Reid entertains at dinner at the Athenaeum Mrl W. H. Page (American Ambassador to England), the Archbishop of Canterbury (Rev. Randall, Thomas Davidson), Marquess of Crewe. Lord Rosebery, Earl Grey, Lord Kitchener, Viscount, Bryce, Lord St3mfordham, Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Colonial Secretary), Mr. Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer); Mr. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty), Mr. Bonar Law (Leader of the Unionist Party), Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Hon. G. H. Perley (Ottawa), and Hon. E. W. Wallington (private secretary to many State Governors in Australia, and also private secretary to Lord Hopetoun.when Governor-General of Australia). ■ BOMB OUTRAGE IN SOFIA DURING A GALA, PERFORMANCE. (Rec. February. 26, 9.45 p.m.) • i Paris, February 26. .4. bomb which was thrown during a I gala performance in Sofia on February 14 landed in the vicinity of the! box in which M. Radoslanoff " (the 'BulgarianPremier) and his wife were seated. Twenty . personsX have died from injuries received, including .a . daughter of General Titcheff; the Minister for' War , The motive of,the outrage has not been disclosed. There have been no arrests, THE SINGAPORE RIOT UNDERLYING CAUSES., : (Rec., February 26, 9.45 p.m.) Sydney, February 26 "A messenger-by the Mongolia from Singapore reports that, the regiment, which, revolted was composed of Malay troop 3.' It was really a police foioe, armed with rifles, to .maintain, order in the rubber; plantations. The cause of the disaffection, . the men allege, was. that they did not receive plantatioi fees, also because the white officers volunteered for. son-ice in France without consulting the rank and file, who were unwilling to go. ' ITEMS IN BRIEF WEST AUSTRALIAN INCOME TAX BILL. ■' ; Perthj February 26. . The Super-Income'Tax Bill has pass- 1 ed all stages.' ■ . [The Premier (Mr. Scaddan) ■ introduced a Special Income Tax ..JBill. for 1915, from which he. expects to deriye £200,000. ' The Bill,reduces the exemption from £200.'t0 £156. • All amusements must contribute one-twelfth of the total .receipts.]

. Sydney, February 26. The Australian Workers' Union Conference points out that wealthy people refuse to meet their obligations in respect to the voluntary upkeep of hospitals, and therefore .urges the Government; to take over the control, and finance the institutions. NEWSVENDOBS CAPITULATE. (Rec. February 26, 10.30 p.m.) • Sydney, February 26. The newsvendors have resumed the sale of evening editions, having capitulated to the proprietors' terms. The Commodities Commission refused the association's application to declare that newspapers were a' necessary commodity. TROUBLE WITH ENGINEERS. (Rec. February 26, 10.40 p.m.) London, February 28. The Clyde engineers have, by a large majority, rejected : the employers offer of an advance of Jd. an hour. ,The dispute affects 100,000- Another 100,000 Tyne engineers are demanding an extra sis shillings weekly. . The masters offer two. shillings. SOUTH AFRICAN CABINET. (Rec. February 26, 11.40 p.m.) Cape Town, February 26. Sir David Pieter de Villiere Graaff (formerly High Commissioner in London for the Union of South Africa)!has been appointed Minister of. Finance. . LATE SHIPPING. : (Rec. February 27, 0.5 a.m.) Newoastle, .February 26. Sajled.—Kauri, for Tunaru.