GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 972, 12 November 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Hj Telcsraph—Presa Association—C-opyriEiiv, ■, — 6 —■■■ TREASURY WINDFALLS. (Rec. November 11, 9.30 p.m.) : London, November 11. The Treasury secures £3,000,000 in death duties . from the. estates, of. Mr. Charles Morrison, the . London financier, and Mr. Beit,' the South African mineowner. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP. Adelaide, November 11. The "Advertiser" .forecasts a wheat yield of 22,963,194 bushels, and an average per acreof-ll.bushels 341bs. . A CHINESE LOAN. London, November 10. An agreement has been signed by a British, French, German, and American financial group, providing for co-opera-tion with regard to Chinese loans. The agreement,,is the, outcome of American connection with "the loan referred to in a cable on October 30. MR, M'KENNA ILL. London, November 10. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Reginald M'Kenna, has undergone an I operation for acuto appendicitis. PROSPERITY IN BRITAIN. London, November 10. Mr. Asquitli, in bis Guildhall speech, said commercial conditions were' favourable. Employment had improved greatly and wages were higher. THE ALLEGED GERMAN SPY. London, November 10. At the assizes, a true bill was returned against Lieutenant Helm, the German officer charged .with espiona'ge at Portsmouth. WOMEN'S POLITICAL WAR CHEST. London, November 11. . , It was announced at a meeting of the Women's Social and Political Unipn at the Albert Hall, Mrs. Pankhurst presiding, that £9000 which had been received in subscriptions for Jihe war chest, included £5000 from a non-party sympathiser! GERMANY AND .THE"CORONATION. Berlin, November 10. . The Crown Prince of Prussia, who is touring in the East, will represent th<s Kaiser at King George's Coronation. ESQULMALT NAVAL BASE. Ottawa, November 10. The Esqnimalt naval base has been taken over from the British Admiralty by Canada. Esquimalt was established at the time of the Crimean war, before any other city in British Columbia. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. . Melbourne, November 10. A train on, the Dimboola lino, which extends to the South Australian border, knocked a trolley, with .three men, over a bridge. All the men were' Slightly in- ( jured. BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS BILL. . ! ~ Brisbane, November 11. The Legislative Council, after an all- i night sitting, and with the assistance of the guillotine, passed the Bible-in-State-Scnools Bill through Committee. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TAX SCHEME. , • Adelaide, Novomber 11. < In the Assembly the taxation resolu- i tions were adopted, and a Bill intro- 1 duced. • i

• WHEAT. (Bee. November 12, 1.10 a.m.) London, November 11. The visible supply of wheat is 72,563,000 quarters. -- N.S.W. HARVEST PROSPECTS. Sydney, November 11. Fairly general rains have greatly improved the harvest prospects in many districts. RAFFLES AT CHURCH BAZAARS. , Sydney, November 11. Mr. Holman, Attorney-General for New South Wales, has drafted a minute, directing. attention to breaches of tho law regarding raffles at church bazaars. ' -