GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4 October 1919, Page 9

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

juirjjoo-xß.bread tip. ' Melbourne, October 3. Tlio bakers lire advancing (lie price of bread to lid. t lie • two-pound loaf. —Press Assn. ■ , Q.UEEXSLAXD -U.l'.'S SALARIES. •: Brisbane, October .1. Tiie L&islativc Assembly lias agreed r to ,1 motion to increase the salaries ot'. members to JC'iOO per annum.—Press: Assn. ' ITALY SEEKS CREDIT IN..URU- . GUAY. Montreal, October. !,. ;. A dispatch from 'Monte Video states thlil President Viera lias, sent - to -the' Chamber of Deputies an Italian application for n loan.of five.million dollars-for the purchase of Uruguayan products.— Aiis:->'//.• Ciiblß~Assn '

gre'at floods iX : jiexico;. New York, October 3. A ■ dispatch from .Mexico City states ili.'ii; ■ iiobtls in' I .the "northern part of Chiapas-.wiped out' (ho. town ot Chiton. Tlii)u'*nnds of jieoplo lire homeless.—Aus.X.'/i. Cable Assn.- ■ PROPOSAL TO SELIi AUSTRIA'S AHT TREASURES;- . . New York, October-1. The Chicago "Tribune's" Vienna correspondent nays the proposal to sell AusIria's art treasures in order to buy food for the populace is being seriously con-sidered—Aiis.-X.ft.' Cable Assn. .. SERIOUS FLOODS IX SPAIN. Madrid, October 2. : Serious Hoods are. reported, especially' in the Province of Valencia, and crops .lmye been widely destroyed.- .The town of Ca'itagona., is immdated, and peoplehave 'taken refuge in_ the upper stories of the housvs.—Aus.-X.Z. Cable Assn. (Hue. October f, 1.15 a.m.) -. Madrid, Dctobor 3. Torrential Hoods in Eastern Spain have ruined the rice crops. The Valencia trains are unable to run. Many people iiiive -been drowned. There is twelve fi.pt of water in o»rtagelia. A graveyard was washed out,and two hundred- bodies drifted witli tin:'Hood.—Aus.-X.Z. Cable Assn. i-:i'(';iiT-noi : K day in spaix. Madrid,'October-1. The. a pplic.it ion of the. eight-hoilr day to' nil trades and professions in .Spain, which had .caused apprehension in Gov.eminent cird'.es,' has been carried., out without incident.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ai;stkalia\.~skn'atk ei,i:ctiox . ; - • iIE-THOD. (lite. October !l', !U0 p.m.) Melbourne, October 3. '• Notive has-been given of the inlrodiic-. lion of .a Hill to. amend the Electoral Act: ami allrr Ihe method of electing the Senate.—l're.v' Assn.-AXT]-A.MUI?ICA'XIS.M IX SIBERIA.' • . EXPLAINED. . Washington,' October 2. ' .M'aior-Geuoral Graves declares that," owius to the aiifi-Aiuerieanisui of (he Cos'-'icks,■ lie is inclined to recommend' to the-Tniled Stales to render-)io fur--tlier assistance 'In Russia.—Aus.-XX (.'able A&n."

VICTORIAN WIIIIAT IIXI'ORT. 'PI!It'll KAISKD. (lice. October.:l, !I.:10 p.m.) . .'. Melbourne,' October ,1. The Victorian'AVhoat Commission has advamvd I lie export price, of wheat lu 8«. lid-Press Assu.

, Tllll. l :OST. SCIKXIN 11U : V AI ,IIAIUII. . ' ißcc. Oclober :1. 11.3J1 pin.) - .'■ . Mclboiirno, Oclober .1. "■The sclidnucr Valmarie has been abandoned,—l'ices Awn.