GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 860, 5 July 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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MB, ROOSEVELT DECLINES A NOMINATION.

(Bee. July 4, 11.40 p.m.) New York, July 4. Mr. Roosevelt has refused to be a can-

didate for the Governorship of tho State of New York.

AN AUSTRALIAN SINGER.

London, July 3. Owing to the indisposition of Madame llelba, Hdlle. Lalla Miranda, an Australian, daughter of a well-known Melbourne music teacher, took her place in a performance of the opera "La Traviata" at Covent Garden, and achieved a success. , .

GERMAN STEEL PLATE.

London, July 3. German makers have agreed to deliver steel plates to /shipbuilders on the Clyde at ss. Gd. a ton under Scotch prices.

NEW IRISH LOAN.

London, July 3. A four million Irish land loan at three per cent. ha 9 been issued at 925.

A JEWISH MEMORIAL.

London, July 3. Following the recent decision by London Jews to erect a hospital for Jews in .the East End of . London, as a memorial' to King Edward, a sixpenny fund is being promoted for that purposo by Hebrews in tho East End.

PORTUGUESE COCOA. ABUSES,

London, July 4. Sir Edwnrd Grey, Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs, replying to a deputation, said that if Portugal's new regulations resulted in the continuance of abuses in connection with tho cocoa plantations at San Thome, he would be unable to appoint a British Vice-Consul to be stationed in tho island.

TENNIS CHAMPION FINED.

London, July 3. Mr. Anthony 'Wilding, tho tennis champion, was fined 10s. anil costs, and will not bo permitted to ride again for a period, i'oi motor-cycling ut Fulham without having first taken out a license.

END OF NEWPORT TROUBLE.

London, July 3. Messrs. Houlder Bros.' steamer which was. tho cause of the Newport dookers' dispute has sailed. The police have been withdrawn from tho dock.

BERI-BERI ON A CRUISER,

London, July 3. Tho cruiser Proserpine has arrived at Plymouth with tho paymaster, two stokers, and a seaman in a critical condition, Buffering from beri-bori, contracted in tho Persian Gulf. Further cases on the ves* eel aro under , surveillance.

NICARAGUAN GENERAL EXECUTED,

• New York, July 3. A telegram from Blnefields, Nicaragua, states that General Matumy was executed for betraying the. cause of General Estrada, commanding tho Niearaguan revolutionary forces:

A RUSSIAN LYNCHING.

St. Petersburg, July 3. Villagers of Berezova and Kharkoff (Russia) dragged two horse thieves from prison and beat them to death, declaring that tho police were in collusion with the robbers.

NON-UNIONISTS BARRED.

Sydney, July 4. _ A mass meeting of Broken. Hill unionists decided that no unionist shall work with a man who refuser, to join a union.'

DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC.

Sydney, July 4. During Juno there were 2GO cases of diphtheria, which constituted a record. There is now a slight abatement.

NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.

Sydney, July 4. The No-Licenso, party has twenty-seven paid lecturers in''tho iield in connection with the forthcoming local option poll. The licensed victuallers also havo three lecturers out.

FORGED ARMY DISCHARGES.

Sydney, July 1. A number of forged British military discharges aro in circulation here.

TASMANIAN REVENUE.

Hobart, July <1. The Stute revenue for tlie year totalled X 1,008,755, an increase of ,t7-l,:i2:i over that of last year. Tho Treasurer hopes to announce a surplus of JJIO.OOO.

TRANSVAAL V. MIiITAI.N

Pretoria, July 3. Transvaal defeated the British Itugby team by 27 points to S.