GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 271, 12 August 1919, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

BELGIUM RATIFIES THE PEACE TREATY.Brussels, August 9. The Chamber of Deputies unanimously ratified tho Peace Treaty.—Renter. MUNITION DUMP EXPLODES. Paris, August 9. An English munition dump at Bnilleul exploded and razed a i»reat part of the reconstructed portion ot tho town, burying numerous inhabitants and British soldiers. Three todies have been recov-ered.—Ans.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. CANADIAN LIBERAL PARTY LEADERSHIP. Ottawa, August 7. Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King has been selected by the National Liberal Convention to succeed Sir Wilfrid Laurier as leader of the party.—Heuter. AUSTRALIAN WOOL AT NEW YORK. New York, August 10. A shipment of 10, Wo bales of Australian wool arrived aboard tho 'Norwegian sailing vessel Cate. The consignment is said to bo tho largest wool shipment ever landed in tho United States. -Aus.-N.Z. Uablo Assn. GERMAN PROFESSOR DEAD. Berlin, August 9. Professor Haeckel is dead.—Renter. [Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, biologist, was born at Potsdam in 1834. He began his professional lifo as a doctor, but abandoned that career for the study of zqology and biology, in which lie achieved a world reputation. With other professors he signed tho notorious manifesto of German intellectuals, giving complete support to the German war policy.] FIRE DESTROYS A RAILWAY STATION. Paris, August 9. A fire destroyed tho railway station at Bnsancon. The damage pmounts fx> 6everal millions of francs. Two people were burnt to death and soveraLseriously injured— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOTHER DRAFT SAILS. London, August 9. The Corinthic has sailed for New Zealand with 12 officers' and 350 men. Some wives are on board—Aits.-NZ. Cablo Assn. SPANISH LOAN PROPOSAL. (Rec. August 11, 7.50 p.m.) Madrid, August 10. Lerroux, leader of the Radicals, proposed in tho Spanish Chamber of. Deputies the raising of five million pesetas (iffiOO.OOfl), in order to make loans to Prance, Germany, and Austria.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. FRANCE'S DIMINISHED POPULATION. (Rec. August 11, 7.30 p.m.) Paris, August 10. Tho "Petit Parisien" states that the population of France, whioh 'before tho war was thirty-eight millions, is now thirty-four millions—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn,

A LOAN TO JAMAICA. (Rec. August 11, 10.30 p.m.) New York, August 10. A dispatch from Kingston states that the British Government has approved ot n lonn of to Jamaica in oyder t<> provide work for returned soldiers.—Aus.IS'.Z. CaWo Assn. BLOODSTOCK SALES. (Rec. August 12, 0.55 a .in.) Melbourne, August 11. At tho sale of the Rajah of Puddkota's raeohorses Mr. W. Komball purchased Lord Nagar for 220 guineas. Kilflinn fetched 150 and Kilfoylo 100 gviineas.— Press A6su. V LATE SHIPPING. (Rec. August 12, 0.5b a.m.) Sydney, August 12. Arrived—Niagara. Newoastlo, August 12. Arrived—Prinzesslu, from Wellington. Sailed—Northern Ohief, for Auckland. —Press Asm.