GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tdecraph—Praw Association—OopyrigH ■■./;■.; ■.___— ft ••■■.,■■.;.■• .;.■.■■ 'IRELAND'S POPULATION.': (Rec. August 31, 9 p.m.). : ..° : .■■■" London, August 31. ' The natural increase in the population o£ Ireland .last year was 27,786/.and'..the: loss'.by emigration. 28,676, making a. net decrease of 890 for the year. ~ FURTHER SEIZURES OF OPIUM. » . Sydney, August 31. The Customs ihavo made, two more seizures' of ICO and 70 tins . of opium ■respectively.- '■'■■.-■:. . ■-■-. HOERAKI'S HOESES. :':,., . Sydney, , August 31....' The Moeraki's horses were, landed in good condition, despite the vessel's-rough passage from Wellington. \\. : MR. ROCJSEVE'LT AT'WORE., ■ ..,;'' Nevi York, August 31. : Mr. Roosevelt has; made a ' triumphal tour of Colorado a'.tid Kansas. , In. his ■speeches'-ho strongly;' denounced the illicit action of. the trusts against'.the welfare of the'masses. .:'.; -. .' ; . COLONEL DAVIEf'i'S APPOINTMENT; ■ ,- London, August 31. Colonel Richard H. Dayies, . oi\. New Zealand, has been , appointed to. the command.of the Sixth; Infantry Brigade. A DACOIT RAID.- / : Calcutta, August 31. ■ A' hundred- "dacoits attacked a zemindar's (native landlord's) house at Sylhet, in Assam, and forced his daughter to disclose, her father's hidden money; The villagers were thrown into. a" panic, asiho dacoits declared that they possessed bombs. . The raiders.escaped. . '..'.' . ■': • CRIPPEN BREAKS DOWN. ■I^ 1 ; • '■ London, August "'SO. • Crippen is in Brixtoh Prison Infirmary. He is suffering from , nervous reaction, which requires special attention and dietary. •' ■ •• '■ . - . ■ ' ■ A CLERICAL GAMBLER.; London, 30. The Rev. Carew Brown, was fined : at Teignm'outk for betting in a gamblinghouse. . . j ...-'. , ;'-■ DEATH FROM EXPOSURE. ': ..."' . .■ ■' London," August 30i A post-mortem examination of the .bqdy of Lady, Marjorio Erskihe (a daughter of the Earl of Buchari); which was found on , the, golf, com-se at Aviemore, Inverness, showed that tho lady, had sprained her ankle, and that-death was due to exposure and privation. ■.■ ■ - ; FRENCH CUSTOMS FRAUDS. V ■': ; • Paris, August SO. .'The French octroi (inland Customs) frauds extended, over a period of five years. Three firms of carriers were' allowed to remove goods free by means of fraudulent papers." The officials each received £i 6 a month. ■ ■; CHOLERA PATIENTS IN BERLIN. • '■. Berlin, August 30. A death from cholera has. occurred inBerlin. There .are six suspected cases under observation. . ,■;.■■ . TEE ; BORKUM ARRESTS. \, Berlin, August 30. ' The newspaper ; "Morgenp ost" states that the German authorities believe that Brandon and Trench, ,1 the' Englishmen arrested, on charges of espionage at Borkum, Hanover, are officers. ..-.'• . A PAPAL LETTER: ~ } ' Rome, August 30. The Pope, in a letter to •■ the French prelates, condemns the Christian J)emooratic organisation cabled "Le; Sillon." ,'■ SEDITION IN INDIA. -' Calcutta, August 30. The High Court at Calcutta, sentenced eleven Bengalis, charged with conspiracy at Khulna,-' to terms of imprisonment varying from seven to three, years. V CANADIAN WHEAT CROP. ' ■ i ■ ', Vancouver, August 30. • Tho North-Western whent crop is estimated at 10GA million bushels, or an 'average of 12J' bushels. .. . ' ■ '■ A MINT AT PRETORIA. Pretoria, August 30. General Smuts (Minister of the' Interior) announces that tho Union Government lias taken steps to establish-a mint at Pretoria." DUTCH WARSHIPS VISIT AUSTRALIA. Brisbane, August 31. Throe Dutch warships, which cro en route on a visit to Australia,-have passed Goodo .Island, Torres Straits. BJG SEAM OF COAL. Brisbane, August 31. . -A seam of coal, 43 feet in thickness, has been struck at tho Bluff Colliery sit Blair At hoi. ' - ■'■