GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 4

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association-CopyrisM. ELECTION RECOUNTS. (Rec. January 21, 0.20 a.m.) ~ > London, January 20. Recounts have been granted m con- , nection with tho West St. Pancras, 5 and West Bromwich elections. t. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT. . I tj- • ik ■i, Loncion > January 19. ,s officially announced that Mr. William Jones, M.P. for Arfo, Carnarvon North, has succeeded Mr. O Parj tineton as a Lord of tho Treasury ' Tins appointment'-will involve a bv--1 election. ■ , ' BRAZILIAN COFFEE. ' , ... London, January 19. 1 ■ Brazilian cofrce in London has risen • by GO and other more generally consumed coffees by 20 per cent. ' . PORT OF MELILLA. ti,' a • I Jailuar y l£) - Ine bpanisn Government will construct. a harbour' at Melilla, in Spanish Morocco, -at a cost of £800,000. THE FLOODS IN OREGON. . New, York, January 19. ■ Portland, Oregon, is isolated through big floods. . - . b THE MEXICAN REVOLT. : „ ; Nora York, January 19. . .' Confirmation comes through official sources of the reported rebel victory in Mexico. ANARCHISTS NOT WANTED. New York, January 19. The Columbus (Ohio) United . Mine \\ orkers of America refused entrance to their convention to Emma Goldman, an Anarchist. ' MOTOR-BUSES FOR " ■' ■ , Sydnsy, January 2Q. Ir. order to relieve Sydney's overcrowded tram lines .tho Government proposes to run lines of motor omnibuses. i COMMONWEALTH DEFENCE. • :- Sydney, January 20: Considerable reluctance is being shown by many parents to register theirboys under the hew Defence Act. ' THE CLARENCE RIVERi . , Sydney, January 20. •' The flood in tho Clarence River swept out vast masses of water hyacinth, which was becoming a serious menace to Navigation. , . . jsatas- BUSH FIRES. • . Sydney, January 20. , ! j. ? °ush res in ? tho AVentworth ; .district have been checked, after sweep- i ing an enormous area of grazing coun- ! tr - v - ■■■■■ - i. ■ i . ■ — . i ■ A RING IN SALT. ■ 1 ~ • Sydney, January 20. ','; j ; A: leading., master, butcher.; asserts : that butchers'.'salt is 150, per centum dearer. than -'it.'.was somo yeats; ago, ; owing to- the operation ofa powerful - j "ring." • ■ " - i A 'FATAL FIRE. . ' \ ' Perth, January 20. .{ ; A man named /Patrick Dowd and two J children perished, in. a fire .which'de-"' : 6 , stroked',. Dowd's-; hbuso at KalgoorliQ,.'"." •i 1 •: ■ ' - • . " '• ? 5 Hobart, January .20! % •': f A3i Inter-State Postal Conference is j sitting here. It is discussing matters a of ? general importanco to; the service. . J ' ' Paris, January 20.£ r.Tho .unemployed in tho. champagne S district have promised .not to- renew, i the disturbances. They aro awaiting r Government, action" in their favour. On 1 .the eye of the Damery affair the Cham- ? ber of Deputies had voted funds for r&- h uef. 2 Hobart, January 20. . The.lnter-State Surveyors' Conference 1 h has opened. New Zealand is- repre- a •serited. • • 4 • \i ■: -_,• vu . -Brlsbano, January 20: ' / Queensland, is claiming from tho Com- .„ ■ monwealth £o4ojooo, representing" ten a years' interest .omthe value of -the pro- « perties transferred by tho' State to tho S Commonwealth on tho inauguration , of t Federation. - Jt