GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 75, 22 December 1919, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

WAGES LOST DURING STRIKE. Washington, "December 17. Statistics show t'hat the miners lest twelve millions steiiiup in wages during the recent strike.—Router. AUSTRALIAN GENERALS' -RETURN. Perth, December 20. Sir W. R. Birdwood and Sir John jronash have arrived, and were enthusiastically welcomed—Press Assn. SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING. Melbourne. December 20. The Legislative Awmlily has passed the Permanent Six O'clock Closing Bill.— Assn. INCREASED RAILWAY FARES. Sydnev, December 20. The Federal Cabinet has unproved increases in railway fares by 20 per rent., ami freights by Ifl per cent., nnd increases on tram fares by a halfpenny on second and t'liird sections.—Press Assn. SALARY GRANTS TO SOLDIER. TEACHERS. Porth, 'December 20. The Cabinet is paying a fortnight's salary, in lien of leave, to all teachers who wont to the front for each year spent on active service.—Press Assn. THE BOXING DAY HOLIDAY. Sydney, December 20. The "Herald" and "Daily Telegraph" will not publish en Boxing Day—l'ress Assn. LOUD DATAI IvN'Y OBTAINS A DIVORCE. Ilioo. December 21, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 18. Lord Dalmeny has obtained a divorce on the ground of his wife's desertion — Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. rjjord Dalmeny. who iff the elder son of the Earl of Roscbery, married in 1000 the youngest daughter of the lato Lord Hoiirv Grosyeuor.l