GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1009, 27 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph.—Press Association—CooyrlfcM. —— : »——-—' EARE" OF ANCASTER DEAD. '.;'. (Rec. December 27, 0.15 a.m.) ' . London, December 26. The-' Earl of! Ancaster, joint Hereditarj Lord Chambarlain of England, is dead, aged SO; . [Deceased, whose pedigree goes back fa tho Conquest, succeeded his father a; Lord Avel&rad in • 1867, and h!.3 mofc'ie: as Lord Wulloughby do EresbjT in . .1382 and was created first Earl of ineaster ii 1892.]' .-■■'■■;■ "" TIMciSH DEFENCE LOAN. Constantinople, December; 2G. The Turkish Chamber agreed.' to tfc proposal of Sbeftet Pasha, Minister, o War, to expend three million isteriing'ii reorganising the army. .-.-■. ' .SERVIAN FORGERY OS/SE. Belgrade, Decjniber 25. IT. Vosie, author of the for/gories usee in the Friedjung label action, in Austria Hungary last year, has ten/sentenced t( five years' peaal servitude on a' charg< of treason on tho ground that ho knowingly served a foreign mission by'Ms'forgeries. v, THE NASIK CONSPIRACY. , Bombay, December 25. Savarkar, • tho Indian student extradit ed from England in connection with th< Nasik conspiracy case, has been sentenc ed to transportation for life, with tit forfeiture of. his property.. Chandvarkai has been sentenced to transportation foi 15 years. Other, -sentences were also im posed. • .. 'ALLEGED'INTIMIDATION.. (Rec. December 26, fltls p.m.), , London, -December 26. Election petitions have been -filed ii North Louth (Mr. T. Healy's seat), on th ground.- of intimidation, and in King' Lynn (Mr. T. Gibson Bowles), on th ground of treating. ■ : • ' SIRiERNEST/CASSEL. -< ; • London, December 34. . -Sir Ernest Casse-1," the" well-know: ' financier, is retiring from business a the end of the year. THE RISE IN TEA. -. .'..-. '~ Loadon, December 25. The rise in tea: is confined to' th cheaper grades: The advertising of thi cheaper teas has widened the.market be yond the supply. - • H.M.&. VICTORY. . London, December 23. . A fire at a yacht builder's'-"premises a Gosport momentarily imperilled Nelson' flagship tho Victory, which, was- lyinj near by. - , ■ CHILDREN TAUGHT SWIMMTNG. London, December 25. ■At Nottingham 4840 boys and. girls, weri taujht swimming during the year. ■ CANADA'S NEXT VICEROY.- . Ottawa, December 21 The impression prevails •in . ofiicia circles that the Duke of Cottnaught wil not be tho next .Viceroy, as it is understood that the King cannot spare him. ROBBERY "OF JEWELLERY. •'-"■ . New.York, December 24. Diamonds valued~at ,£2OOO were reported to have' "Seen ■ stolen from .a : Cincinatt: .'jeweller's-premises. ■-." s-'-:^-. After making- inquiries, the police arrested the proprietor of the shop_;; aric the missing stones were founded.hippossession.- .- ''.;.'^';r'-'v''.'.'i.. . THE OVERDUE GERMANIA.. ..-,..' Sydney,- December 25.: It, transpires that the overdue: North German Lloyd liner. Germania' : was detained by the authorities at-ponape oil account of the native rising there.' . MAORI ENTERTAINERS. ''~: Sydney; December 24. The Maori Village entertainment ha; been successfully opened, at Clontarf. : BUSH FIRES. < . Sydney, December 25. . Bush fires are raging in the.Beg'a district,'on tho south-east coast' of New .South Wales. ' AN AUDACIbuS THIEF. Melbourne, December 24. An audacious robbery occurred at thj Bank of New South Wales in Collins Street. While a lady was waiting foi her husband, with. twenty notes. in hei hand, ready to deposit, a man walked up, ■snatched tho notes, and then got clear away..- ".,';.. VICTORIA'S state; mine. Melbourne, December 24. The Victorian Minister of Mines (the Hon. P. M'Bride), considers that thf Coal Commission's report largely underestimates tho mineral in-the,State 4 coal mine. He attaches. little weight to'-the commission's recommendations. BRITISH TRADE ASSOCIATION.. Sydney, December 24. Mr.i- Hamilton Wickes, British -Tradt Commissioner, is visiting Sydney to promote the establishment of an association embracing all the representatives of British trade in Australia,"'with a view ,ft ensuring concerted action. ..'-Preliminarj steps in tho same direction have alreadj been taken in Melbourne. A CLOSED COLLIERY. Sydney, December 24. The Kiliingwtirth Colliery,' at -Wesl Wallsend, which was sealed down in consequence of a fire in the mine early.ir the month, is still closed. ' The .work o] removing the wreckage is. progressing. •'' DAMAGE BY HAIL. . Sydney,' December 24. . A tremendous hailstorm' is reported i from the' Yass district. Great damage wn< done to crops, and birds were killed■: bj the hailstones. IN MR. BOWLING'S SHOES. Sydney, December 24.' Mr. D. AVatson, Mr. peter Bowling's successor in the presidency of the Colliery Employees' Federation,. is described ■•« a. man of moderate views.