GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 895, 15 August 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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HORSE SALE. ' AD.,., A l ir -,„-,„

(Rec. August 15, 12.18 a.m.) . Sydney, August 13. At the horse sale on account of Mr. Thomas M'Callum (Christchurch), Prince Rothschild was sold for 62£. guineas.

REMAINS OP A.ROMAN CITY.

' London, August 12. Explorers at Caerwen, Anglesey, Wales, unearthed 13D skeletons and remains of a Roman city.

CHINA'S POLICE.

London, August 12. The police system of China is to bo remodelled on the English basis. With that object in view, Chinese officials are visiting London.

ALLEGED FRAUDS.

New York, Auguot 12. The Illinois Central .Railroad is tak-. ing over the entire. property of the Memphis. Car .Company. This action is due to alleged frauds by high officials of the Car Company. The officials jn question are to be prosecuted.

DEATH SENTENCES IN RUSSIA.

St. Petersburg, August 12. During the last six months Russian courts-martial have sentenced 294 persons to death. Of this number 184 have been hanged. ■

VICTORIAN ARTISTS' SOCIETY. '

London, August 12. Mr. Tom Roberts, the painter, has secured an excellent collection of Australian artists' pictures and sculpture for the. Victorian Artists'. Society.

MOTOR-CAR FOR TOURING.'

(Rec. August 14, 5.5 p.m.) August 13. The Treasury mil exempt from the Inland Revenuo Tax motor-cars which colonials bring for touting purposes. ■

A FATAL BLOW.

, (Rec. August 14, 5.5 p.m.) :-,., „., London, August 13. The police are making investigations regarding the death of Madame Delevan, whose husband is in New Zealand. Deceased was the proprietor of a small hotel at Eustbn. , She received a blow in the eye from a man who was refused lodgings; and .succumbed next day. :

\M ENGAGEMENT DENIED.

London, August 12. ' It is reported that Miss Zena. Dare, the actress, is engaged to be married to the Hon. Oliver Brett.

London, \August 13. Miss Zena Daro gives an emphatic denial to. the ,report, of her/ engagement. ; ;',■•.':' '■ '■

AN EX-NEW ZEALAND FOOT- ; BALLER.

(Reo. August 15, 12.18 a:m.) ' ; Sydney, August 14. Con Byrne, an ex-New Zealand footballer, now of North Sydney, has been granted transfer to England.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

'."' Melbourne, August. 13. In inviting the British Association for the Advancemeut;of Science to hold a meeting in Australia, the Federal Government is' offering ten thousand pounds towards expenses. • [The British Association meets this year at Sheffield.]

A LONG DROUGHT. ' ..-

Sydney, August 13. The captain of. the-steamer Muniara states that the Gilbert Islands are suffering soverely from a long drought. The Government is. supplying-the natives with stores.

CYCLE OF DROUGHT THEORY.

Melbourne, August 13 Mr. Hunt, tho Federal Meteorologist, states that he has no faith in Mr. Wragge's cycle of .drought'theory, Mr. Wragge having predicted that Australia' is on the verge of another cycle of dry seasons, extending to 1916.

A MARKET FOR FRUIT.

, Hobart, August 13. ' The Fruit-growers' Conference decided to exploit New York as a market for fruit.

NAVAL FLAGS.

. Melbourne,' August 13. Senator Pearce, Federal Minister for Defence, suggests that the question of the Dominions' naval flags should be discussed at the nest Imperial Conference.

FIVE YEARS WITH HARD LABOUR.

Perth, August 13. The trial of John Black, charged with stealing moneys from the Freedman Company, Limited, has concluded. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. Mr. Justice Burnside said the prisoner backed up serious frauds with perjury, and sentenced him to five years' imprisonment with hard, labour.

FOREST FIRES,

New York, August 12,

Two infantry battalions have >been withdrawn from the military manoeuvres in Washington State to fight the forest fires which are raginp in ■ Western Montana and Northern-Idaho. '

DEFACED COINS,

Sydney, August 13. The banks and tho Mint have decided to refuse wilfully defaced silver coins except at their intrinsic value. '

SENT TO A REFORMATORY.

Melbourne, August 13. A twelve-year-old boy .pleaded guilty to five charges of housebreaking, and was sent to a reformatory. <.;■■.

STEAMER SERVICE.

London, August 12. The Union Castle Lino has arranged a monthly passenger and cargo service to South Africa, via Naples. Suez. and. Mombasa,