GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 157, 29 March 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

v ALL-AUSTRALIA PEACE EXHIBI- •- TION. ■ e Adelaide, March 27. "The All-Australia Peace Exhibition," r the most comprehensive display of Aus--0 tralian-iuade goods yet provided iu the - Commonwealth, has been opened, and . will last for eight weeks—Press Assn. t SAID PASHA ARRESTED. Constantinople, March 21. The British have arrested Said Pasha, the Military Governor of Constantinople. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. KING GEORGE TO VISIT BELGIUM. f (Rec. March 28, « p.m.) i- ' Brussels, March 25. e The newspapers stato ihat King ;. George will shortly visit Belgium and will confer a military cross on Ypres.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MEAT STEAMERS DELATED. London, March 25. Commenting on the Government offij oials' inefficiency in discharging meat fronv steamers, "Fairplay" gives details \ of twenty-four steamers with Govern-ment-owned frozen meat arriving to .' tho end of 1919 and detained in port an 2 average of thirty days in excess of the normal time, also twelve which arrived in. 1919 and still awaiting discharge. It is pointed out that the loss in earning power of these steamers represents almost, a fabulous sum.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; GENERAL BOOTH SAILS FOE NEW 1 ZEALAND. London, March 25. General 'Booth lias left London for ■ Australia and New Zealand.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. 1 NO BUILDING WORK ON SATURDAYS. Sydney, March 28. Mass meetings of the building trades resolved not to work on Saturdays.— Press Assn. SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW. Sydney, March 28. ■ The Sydney Royal Show will onen on Monday. Thore are record entries.— .Press Assn. \ BABY WEEK TN SYDNEY. , Sydney, March 28. Baby week commenced on Saturday. The object is to stimulate interest in the conservation of human life.—Press Assn. NORTHERN TERRITORY INQUIRY. Melbourne. March 28. The Northern Territory inouiry las been resumed. Dr. Gilruth denied having an interest in Vesteys and said he never proposed to sell the Territory.— Press Assn. BUTTER FOR ENGLAND. (Rec. March 28, 11.30 n.m.) ' London, March 25. The Treasury has sanctioned the Food Ministry's continuance of the policy of purchasing all available 'butter. Negotiations are proceeding with Argentina, Denmark, Holland, and France.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE RATD AT PIMLICO. (Rec. March 28, midnight.) London, March 25. At the Old Bailey Corporal King pleaded guilty to common assault and was bound over.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Last month three detectives raided a house in Pimlicq, occupied by King, who was an Australian _ military police corporal, as it was believed the proceeds of recent big burglaries- were concealed there. King fired a revolver at the de- - toctivos, the bullet wounding DetectiveSergeant Cooper in the breast. He was charged with attempted murder. It was 1 suggested that King believed the police ] to be burglars.]