GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1032, 23 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyri&M. 9 SALARIES FOE BRITISH M.P.'s. (Rec. January 22, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 22. The "Daily Chroniclo" (Liberal) advocates that the salaries to. be granted to members of the House of Commons should be nearer .£3OO than £400. FIRE IN VIRGINIA. New York, January 21. The Traders' Hotel, a theatre adjoining, and a number of business houses, were destroyed by tire at Clarksburg, West Virginia. Panic-striken women had to be lorcibly removed from the hotel. CARLYLE'S BIRTHPLACE. London, January 20. The house it Ecclefechan in which Carlyle was born has been purchased for the public. It will bo furnished with relics recalling Carlyle's boyhood. MISS MARIE LOHR. London, January 20. Miss Marie Lohr made a great success in Pinero's light comedy, "Persevering Mr. Panmure." THE JAPANESE CONSPIRATORS. Paris, 1 January 20. Tho General Labour Council is issuing a placard protesting against the condemnation of tho Japanese conspirators against the Japanese. Royal Family. AMERICAN RAILWAY DISASTER. New York, January 20. A Chicago-Rock Island train dashed into a cow at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and was derailed. Four persons were killed and thirty injured. NEW BRITISH COLUMBIAN. . ENTERPRISE. New York, January 20. A huge packing exporting plant has been planned for Graham Island, British Columbia, by American capitalists. Thirty thousand sheep from the Oregon mountains are being transferred to the island. A THREATENED STRIKE. New York, January 20. California)! "Carpenters' are demanding increased wages.- 'I'hey threaten to-strike if their demands are not acceded to. Twenty-two unions have agreed to a sympathetic strike at Los Angeles if the carpenters' claims are not allowed. MURRA-Y'>WATERS| CONFERENCE;" -■ Melbourne, January 21. The Murray. Waters .Conference, at which Victoria;' New SBu'th South Australia are represented, had another long fitting without a definito conclusion! being reached. THE CORAKI FIRE. Sydney, January 21. The fire at Coraki swept out more than half the business portion of the town. AUSTRALIA'S CONSTITUTION. Sydney, January 21. The annual report of the Political Labour League supports the Federal Government's referendum proposals in connection with the proposed amendments'to the Constitution. , ■■■•■<■■ . , BROKEN HILL'S OUTPUT. > Sydney, January 21. Last year's output of thp Barrier mines was valued .at £2,433,000,. compared- with £2,082,000 for tho previous year. , ' SYDNEY GAOL-BREAKERS. Sydney, January 21. Denmead and Mace, who escaped from Darlinghurst Prison, but were recaptured, havo been committed for trial on a charge of gaol-breaWng. They were remanded on charges of breaking and entering. WEST AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Perth, January 21. The Legislative Council has passed the Redistribution of Seats Bill. . ' BOYS. FOR NEW ZEALAND. Hobart, January 21. The Athenic has, arrived from England. Her passengers includo 50 youths, whoso ages range from 1C to 20 years, and who are en route to New Zealand to work on farms. THE KING AND CANADA. Vancouver, January 21.. The Empire Clubs throughout Canada are combining to present a petition to Parliament requesting that .King George bo invited to visit tho Dominion in 1914, when the celebration of the hundred years peace' between tho Anglo-Saxon peoples of America will take plffce. .DRILL V. FOOTBALL. London, January 21. Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, in addressing a regimental gathering of King Edward's ' Horse, said tho men would find it better in every way to train as Territorials than to make a ring of onlookers at football matches. FRENCH NAVAL REFORMS. Paris, January 21. The members of the Republican Left in the Chamber met to hear a report by M. Delcasse on naval reforms. They approved'the remark that it was important to give France by 1920 tho instrument she needed for the conduct of her policy. CANADIAN NATIONAL HIGHWAY. Ottawa, January 21. The provincial authorities throughout Canada are considering the construction of a national highway joining the Atlantic and Pacilic. British Columbia has taken the preliminary steps to construct its own section. ANOTHER CARNEGIE GIFT. New York, January 21. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given £2,000,000 to tho Washington Institute of Research, his total benefactions thereto being £5,000,000. AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN DREADNOUGHTS. Vienna, January 21. The newspaper "Ziet" states that an Austro-Hungarian Dreadnought will be launched in' June next, and a second in December. . ,AN UNLUCKY TRIAL TRIP. Stockholm, January 21. The -Swedish torpedoer Vesta started from Karlskrona, on her. trial trip, and reached Copenhagen in a crippled state, having lost her propeller. KALGOORLIE STRIKE ENDS. Perth, January 21. Tho wood carters' strike at Kalgoorlie, which for a considerable time has seriously delayed mining operations, has been settled, and work has been resumed.