GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 112, 5 February 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

VIOLENT STORM IN QUEENSLAND

I — CYCLONE SWEEPS OVER CAIRNS ! (By Telogtaph-Press AEsociation-Copyrißht , Brisbane, February 4. A violent slorm has swept the northern seaboard. It destroyed half the town of Chillagoe (the centrc of a mining district), and interfered with telephone communication, isolating Cairns.—Press Assn. (Rec. February 4, 9.20 p.m.) s Brisbane, February 4. The cvclone has vouched Cairns, whore n number of residents were injured, and some dwellings demolished. Small tidal waves entered the ,streets. The damago ; is estimated at ,£Go,OOO—Press Assn. WOOING~TITE MUSE. , Milan, February 2. ! Puccini, the composer, has shut himtclf up in a lonely tower near Ortobcllo, for the purpose of concentrating on n three-act opera, with an English Elizabethan setting, based on the story of I Chrislooher Sly. from the introduction to "The Taming 'of the Shrew." The heav- ; iest part is allotted to a tenor, but there are also big soprani and baritone parts. Puccini receives a daily ration flung from a passing train.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' MUNICIPAL FT/FICTIONS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, February 4. The municipal elections under the new Local Government Act, instead of showing, as was anticipated in some Quarters, ■ a revolutionary trend, resulted if anything ill the opposite way. Labour did not gain the Ground that was anticipated and in such strongholds as Broken ; TTill, Litheow, MnrrW-ville, and New- : town wived a decided set-back. At Broken Hill, where the council was formerly wholly Labour, not a single endorsed Labour candidate was returned.—PreßS Assn. PRIZE COURT AWARD. London, February 3. The. Prize Court; lias awarded ,£31,000 , to tin* crow of Submarine 4 KM*, for sinking iha Turkish troopship flnjdienial, with t 0200 men aboard.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn EARTHQUAKE IN BRAZIL. : Buenos Ayres, February 3. ! An earthquake of unprecedented inten-' sity is reported from the Minos regior ill Brazil.—Router. 1 JUDICIAL' APPOINTMENT. 'j Melbourne, February 4. ! Mr. Justice Starke has been appointed ; to the High Court Bench in succession ; to the late Sir Edmund Barton.—Press , Assn. DEARER- BREAD. j Perth, February 1. : The price of the two-pound loaf ha? ; been increased to sJd.—Press Assn. END OF BOMBAY MILL STRIKE. , ; Bombay, February 3. Tho mill striko has collapsed, and most of the mills have resumed work, presum- ' ably on the terms offered by tlio nullowners—Renter. PETROGRAD'S POPULATION. . Copenhagen, February 3. The population of Petrograd has decreased to doo,ooo.—Aus.-N.Z. Assn. [Five years ago Petrograd's population was over two and a quarter millions.] A SPITEFUL ADMIRAL. Washington, February 3. Mr. J. Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, speaking before the Senate Investigation Committee, said that Admiral Sims, ow- 1 ing to personal spite. had. omitted Admiral Wilson's name from Ins .list rf to- ; commendations for decorations, while recommending junior officers in Admiral Wilson's command. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EXCHANGE CRISIS' IN GERMANY. , Brussels, February 3. The Government has prohibited traffic in foreign bills except for genuine commercial transactions, in the hope, .of preventing the gambling which has been prevalent owing to the exchange crisis.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. | | REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS. Managua, February 3. ; A revolution has broken out in Honduras. Tho revolutionaries were defeated, and are retiring towards the frontier of Nicaragua—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A6sn. IMPROVEMENT OF HOTELS. London, February 2. Tho London brewers, with a view to making licensed premises more attractive, • mul to develop the catering side of their business, are offering architeoßVa prize of .£,500 for the best designs fot a town publichouse and a country inn.-Aus,-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPATRIATED GERMANS. London, February 2. The War Office announces that the last of the German prisoners have been , repatriated from England. The total , -number of Germans repatriated from all : theatres is 27t,358.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INTER-STATE CRICKET MATCH. Brisbane, February' 4. Victoria won tho cricket match-with' Queensland by 153 runs. Queensland in their second innings scored 200 (Thompson 57, Hartigan 27). Armstrong took five wickets for 5S runs, Shea one for 35, J) remantle thrco for 73-Press Assn.'. JAPANESE LOAN TO CHINA. (Rec. February 4, 8.50 p.m.) , , Washington, February 3. . According to dispatches from Tokio, : the newspaper "Nichi Nicln Shimbum has published a statement that the Japauese Cabinet pronose to ueriuit a sepnrato emergency loan to China unless American and English bankers decido quickly on a joint loan—Aus.-N.Z. Cable , Assn. DIVISION OF GERMAN AEROPLANES. (Rec. February 4, 8,50 p.m.) ' Washington, February 4. I The United States has received 12 German Focker aeroplanes as her share under the terms of the armistice. The Aineri- ■ can General Staff has announced that Focker himself recently declared that Germany, shortly before tho end. of tho war, contemplated the construction of aerial bombs controlled by wireless.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MILITANT INDUSTRIALISM. Melbourne, February i. Tho Victorian Seamen's Union has decided to' sever its affiliation with the ; Trades Ilall Council, on tho ground that tho latter is a futile bodv from the point of view o£ militant industrialism.—Press Assn. EXECUTION OF SPY DELAYED. Paris, February 3. Louis Guiispero, a German Secret Service agent, was to have been shot with tho German spy Funck, but at tho last moment lie adopted the ruse of 8010 Pasha and Lenoir, and declared that ho had important revelations to make. His execution was therefore deferred.—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn. BERRIMA REACHES LONDON. London, February 3. Tho P. and O. steamer Berrinui, whicll wont ashore near Dover, and was reliant- : ed, has readied London. She was docked at the Albert Docks this afternoon, and ' tho passengers have landed. None of Wo passengers disembarked previously, al- . though a special train was prepared to take them to London. Two tugs stood by throughout tho day.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , UNITED STATES GOLD FOR ARGENTINA. •!. {911' (Rec. February 5. 0.20 a;m.)".r New York, February 4, It is announced that a group of American banks has shipped 17,110,000 dollars in gold to tho Argentine to settle the , trade balance with tho United States.-!, Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.