GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 197, 15 May 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

SCHOOL FACTORIES. Sydney, May 14. Tho Federal Government has. decided to establish school factories for the industrial education of all youths-.who enlisted under the age of eighteen; It is estimated that at least fifteen thousand men will be thus trained to trades'.—Aus.« N.Z. Cable A'esn.' BOXING CQNTEST.' : London, May 12. In a twenty-round contest for a purse of at the National Sporting Club M'Goorly knocked out Reeve in the third round—Aus.-N.is. Cable Assn.' TROOPSHIP BOEDA SAILS. (Bee. May 14, 5.5 p.m.) • London, May 12. The troopship Borda, with nineteen' hundred troops on board, has sailed from Plymouth. The bands of the warships played arid:.the/;'crew6 cheered.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn! ■■ -.." '.'' ' ■■''''-. AUSTRALIAN .'WHEAT FOR THE EAST. (Rec. May 14, 9,5 p.m.) Melbourne, Hay 14. The Federal Government has accepted the offer of the Flour Millers' Association to grist'"'3o,ooo'. teas df-second-grado flour from the 1916-17 wheat "crop, presumably intendecWor export to Java, Sin'gaporeand other Eastern markets. Tho contract will probably absorb a million, and a half bushels of wheat thus partly solving the -problem arising: out of the recent allegations.—Press Assn;OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX. • (Bee. May 14, 9.5 p.m.) ' Sydney, May 14. The steamer. Khyber has arrived from London with smallpox l on board, de- ' veloped en route. The vessel has been quarantined.—Press Assn. AUSTRALIA'S WOODEN SHIP CONTRACTS. , (Rec. May 14, 9.5 p.m.) Melbourne, May 14. Mr. Watt (Federal. Acting-Premier) an* nounced tho. Government's agreement to cancel the remaining contracts for building wooden ships in Sydney.—Press Assn* OVERSEAS WAR EXPENDITURE. (Rec. May 14, 11.5 p.m.)" 7 " • Melbourne, May 14. It is officiary annonced that Australia's war expenditure totalled JE291.000.000; ■ Canada's, 'i25'5,000,000j New Zealand's, ,£75,750,000; South Africa's, .£23,000,000; - Now Foundlahd'fl, £18,500,000.-Press Assn. INFLUENZA RESTRICTIONS" IN SYDNEY. (Rec. May 15, 1.15 a.m.) , Sydney, May U. The Medical Council recommends tho lifting of all the remaining influenza restrictions. It is expected that tho theatres will reopen on Saturday.—Press Assn, , LATE SHIPPING- •.. (Rec. May 15, 1.15 a.m.) Sydney, May 14.' Arrived.—Bcssa, from Wellington. ;