GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 228, 20 June 1919, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

THE FLOATING DEATH.

Melbourne, Jnne 19. •An enemy mine has been washed ashore at :Cape Everard.—-Press Aran. .-,

THE BIG BLAZE IN SYDNEY. Sydney, June 19. The fire in Chalmers Street destroyed the eight-storied grocery warehouse of Burnett and Company and buildings oa either dde ocoupied by a dental hospital, the Sydney Importing Company, the Lincoln Motor Company, and the Cres. cent shirt factory. The damage is estimated at ,£loo,ooo.—Press Assn. ' AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. London, June 1&. Yorkshire scored 210 in the second intings—Hirst 88. Gregory took 6 wickets for 79 and Collins 2 for 29. The Australians scored 170 for 9 wickets. Gregory jnot out) 41, Trennery 39. The Australians won by one wicket.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FRANCHISE FOR YOUTHS. (Rec. June 19, 8.50 p.m.) Sydney, Juno 19. The Inter-State Labour Conference ha« unanimously resolved that the franchise should be granted to all , t per6ons reaching the ago of eighteen—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BIG DEAL IN LINEN. (Rec. Juno 19, 11.15 p.m.) London, June 19. The British Government hns sold to liv. Leonard Martin forty million yards of linen originally intended for making aeroplane.wings. Tho material is suitable for clothing and household punoses, The price realised was four millions' sterling.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.