GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

• Bjr Telegraph—Press Association—Uopyrlgfcl, •:j THE COMING ROYAL TOUR. \ ; (Rec. October 5, 9.5 p.m.) - London, October 5. • ' The Duke and Duchess ■ of Connaught; . and party'. will leave by, the Balmoral ; .; Castle . for . South Africa on-Tuesday.-f ' i\* -■■■ A PRISONER CONFESSES. New York, October 5. The messman of the. steamer City ;: of Seattle .'-has confessed ,to the robbery/ of ' the bullion and bank notes to tho value . of . ' during. : the 'voyage ofr the ...vessel M ! from'-. Skagwey, Alaska.!; The!!other. per- . .. sons"arrestedhave been released.'.. •

BRITISH PRISON REFORM. -. -. London, October 4. • The report of the Commissioner - of, Pri. y y :: sons;-insists! on tjie necessity of longer. :! sentences on' Borstal prisoners. * A year's ...: detention-is useless:-for the reclamation. ' of bad characters. ' BIG METEOR: AT JOHANNESBURG. \: Pretoria, October .4. A.-meteor, 150 miles, from" tho: earth, ,v> startled • the Johanneshurg.'communitT.-;: Tho light equalled that of.a naval search-? ;£ light, and. :astronomical ;bbserYerS;';.werfl;=:;s nearly blinded. : . • ■■■. ■ THE RIOTS IN BERLIN. , > ■ . ; Berlin, October i. .; At a great. public meeting held under the auspices of the Democratic •- Union; resolutions. were passed express-" • ingV sympathy with . the" foreign. ists assaulted. during, the;;recent ■ riots.-, -.v .: CANADA AND THE WEST INDIES.', Ottawa, October 4. ■ It is v reported - that. - the Governor-Gen-'; \; eral's visit to the West Indies next year, is in connection, with the* recent Royal. 1" : Commission's . report onCanada's?: • trade : with the islands. ' CHINESE IN CANADA. Vancouver, October 4. Investigation made.at Vancouver.shows \ that ; lax . enforcement ' of ;' the -. law; in re- ' ~ gard to entry of V Chinese has : resulted .;.;. in a loss to tho Dominion'• of-- thirty : thousand pounds in poll-tax. •. ;;; >;. A NEGRO LYNCHED. ■ Vancouver, October 4. ' , ,y-'A'. negro,.;, suspected ;of. assault ;updn l: a ip 'white' woman, w'as ' dragged; from. gaol'by • : a mob-in Alabama,, and burnt, at -the.- •• stake. BIG FIRE AT MONTE-VIDEO, i . . Buenos October 4. ■ : The now docks and Customs Office at- -' i Montevideo have been destroyed .by fire. The . damage exceeds eighty thousand . 1 pounds. - "p FIND OF RADIUM. 0 Adelaide, October: 5. - V Dr. Mawson states; that h samplo ofv/?i pitchblende, from Olary . is : - richer, in . : radium than that of tho world's' most important mine. RICHMOND DISASTER VICTIM. - Melbourne, October 5. William Smith, who was injured in the Richmond railway actident; has died from : his injuries. • Sydney, October 5. Owing to the protracted dryness of- tho-: v. ; season; harvest. prospects in. the' Western -'*.: .districts, are not so bright as they weirsf- '; a month ago. ' : _ . Melbourne, October 5. • . Cecilia M'Clnsky, charged with the murder of , her .three, children at Ironi^ ; ' bark, near. Bendigo,, has been' acquitted V> on the ground 'of insanity..,: ; .: ... II ■ : Pari?, Qctober 4! |f M.. .Tobuteau^.aeroplahed: over; the ;Py v ?s's I'enees from San Sebastian to Biarritzj •'. n distance of between 25 and 30 miles.-:.- .v.--v; !! ■ Adelaide, October 5. ' i'iArthur Hiness has-.been- sentenced to : : ; , 1 death - for! murdering; his wife 'by; cutting UWi] her throat. on August 10. The' couple had' lived- together, unhappily.:andvHiness:- haflft.'i 5 attempted to.; commit suicide :-after:- kill, K; ing his wife.