GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 221, 12 June 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

: >_ . BRITISH VICTORY LOAN. . London, June 50. It is expected that a modified fonn of premium bonds will be introduced for the coming Victory Loan. There will probably be annual drawings, by which tho bonds drawn may bo redeemed with a bonus.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, PAPUAN OILFIELDS. Melbourne, June 11, It is announced that the' British, ibd Federal Oovenunents are spending ,£50,000 each in exploring the Papuan ofU fields—Press Assn. WOMEN'S VOTE IN AMERICA. Washington, Juno 10. Illinois is tho first State ' to ratify, unanimously the Woman's Suffrage Amendment Act—Am-N.Z. Cable Aeen. ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET. London, June 10. Middlesex in the match ngainst Hamp* eliire scored COS for seven wickets-Hen* • dren 201, J. W. Hearne.2lß not out.— N.Z. Cablo.Assn.. ..'. AUSTRALIAN P. AND O. BOOKINGS i ■ . SUSPENDED. Sydney, June 11. Bookings by tho P. and O. Line for London have been suspended, as all accommodation is required for passengers from India.-Press Assn. A LABOUR BEAR-GARDEN. (Rec. June 11, 7.20 p.m.) I Melbourne, June 11. The Labour conference continues nmidet ihe rowdy sections, but little actual business is being done.-Prese Assn. A RAILWAY MYSTERY, (lice. June 11, 7.20 p.m.) Melbourne, June 11. II is now believed that the man who was found dead on the railway carriage roof climbed there to escape the ticket inspector, that the oscillation of the train and the smoke caused sickness, anil that the ■ regurgitation of food choked him.—Press Assn. SYDNEY'S GAS BILL. ' (Dec. Juno 11, 7.20 p.m.) Sydney, June 11. The price of gas has been increased to is. 7d. per thousand feet-Press Assn. j OBITUARY. (Eec. June 11, 11.5 p.m.). . Sydney, June 10. Obituary.—George Williamson, solicitor, a Rugby footballer, who toured Now Zealand in tho 'eighties with a New South Wales amateur athletic teom.—Press Assn. BIG .MOORLAND FIRE IN ENGLAND. (Rec. June 12, 0.50 a.m.) \ London, June 11. A disastrous moorland fire between Aysgarth aiid Mashani, in Yorkshire, has raged for four days. Ten square miles have already been swept barren. Mnnyslieep wero "suffocated and roasted, ami thousands of birds, mostly p liedjrlinge, destroyed.—Aus.-N.is. Cable Af-st.. . COURSING. .; (Dec. June 12, 1.15 a.m.) Sydney, June 11. The first; annual meeting i>f tho Bonrd of Control of tho Australasian Coursing Union has decided to hold (lie 1!) M Waterloo Cup in Brisbane, and to recommend that the fixture for t!io 1921 cup lie held in New Zealand.—Press Assn.

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