GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 907, 29 August 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Toloeraph—Pretfl Association—Oopyrighl, '—. *~ DUTCH AVIATOR KILLED. (Rec. August 29, 0.25 a.m.) London, August 28. A Dutch aviator named Vannaasdyk' fell at Arnheim, Holland, 'and was killed. MR. ROOSEVELT ON TOUR. New York, August 20. Mr. Roosevelt is on tour. • He received frenzied ovations in the different places he has so far visited. . '. v CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. • London, August 27. • Atkins has won the British chess championship by eight and a half games. Yates and Blackburn won seven and a half games each. ' MR. BALFOUR'S HEALTH. London, August 20. Mr. ,A. J. Balfour, Leader of the Opposition, who has been on the Continent, has returned to England. His health "has improved. TOWN-PLANNING EXHIBITION] London, August 20. The King has consented ,to become patron of tho Town-Planning Conference, to be held:in October next. , ■' OPERA FOR AUSTRALIA. ' London, August 20. Mr. 7. C. Williamson has completed the selection of. his opera company for Australia. Tho company, , which includes over a dozen of the best-known European and American artists, will produce sixteen operas. DISPLAY OF ART DESIGNS. , London, August 20. Tho Royal Academy will lend tho Burlington House galleries for a display of' designs from Britain and the Dominions. Foreign countries will be largely represented at the exhibition. 1 BIG PRICE FOR ORANGES. ' ... ■ London, August 20. . Pipless South African oranges aro selling in London at eightpence each. FISHERMEN DROWNED. Paris, August 26. A Dutch steamer collided with and sank a steam trawler at Boulogne. Seven of the trawler's crew wero drowned. RUSSIA'S'NAVAL PORTS. St. Petersburg, August 2G. The Tsar has ordered an inquiry regarding the. dockyards and naval ports, with a view to their reconstruction and reorganisation. ' THE BEDFORD WRECK. Tokio, August 20. . Tho Japanese Navy has condoled with the British Admiralty over the loss of the cruiser Bedford, adding that it (tho Japanese Navy) is rendering the utmost assistance. SEISMOGRAPH RECORD.. Melbourne, August. 27. The seismograph recorded a ' severe earthquako on August 11. AUSTRALIAN NOTE ISSUE. Melbourne, August 27. In the ( Federal House of Representatives the Australian Note Issue Bill was read a third time. THE FIRE ON THE INDRANI. '' Sydney, August 27. • Spontaneous combustion is believed to have been the cause of the fire on the Indrani. The survey is incomplete, but the constructional.' damage appears to have been confined to the seat of tho fire. . PERTH TRAM STRIKE. Perth, August 27. The tram strike is dragging along, and a few cars are running. There is some talk of importing men from tho Eastern States.