GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1034, 25 January 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teli'scast—Press Asscciation-Copyrisht. BIG CANADIAN SCHEMES." (Rec. January 25, 0.55, a.m.) Ottawa) January 24. The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company is planning new railway. lines. to open up districts in Western Canada. Millions are to bo spent in laying a double track in the trans-Coi}tin6ntal line. BLIGHTED POTATO CROPS. -•- , : Melbourne, January i 24 Irish blight coritimits't'o spread among tho potato crops. Thirty-four districts have now. been quarantined. Spraying is being largely carried on. 1 N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. Sydney, January 24. The New South Wales Parliament has been prorogued until March 21. - WRECK OF THE AOTKA, Cape Town, January 23. Three hundred and fifty tons of dynamite have been salved from the stranded liner Aotea. Tho fire on board was extinguished at midnight. AUSTRALIAN MEAT FOR THE ■ SWISS. . London, January 23. Sir George Reid, the Australian Htah Commissioner, is negotiating with the Swiss Ministry for tho introduction of Australian meat into Switzerland, BIG VICTORIAN HARVEST. Melbourne, January 24. The wheat harvest is coming up to expectations and a record yield seems assured. Two million bags are lying at the Tailway station awaiting transport. FIRE AT OMAHA. New York, January 24. The Millard Hotel, Omaha,- has been destroyed by fire. ■ One man is dead, and five persons 'havo been seriously injured. , Three hundred guests who were asleep in the hotel at the time of the firo barely escaped witTi thoir lives. MADAME CURIE. Paris,, January 24. Tho Acadcmy of Sciences, 'by thirty votes to twenty-eight, has resolved against tho -election of Madame Curio to its membership. PASSENGERS FOR AUSTRALLL London, January 23. The booking of passengers from Great Britain to Australia in 1910 exceeded tho number in 1009 by 30 per cent. ■ London, January 23. A German,-lunatic, armed with a revolver, has been arrested in the Bank of England. . Buenos flyres, January 23. It is reported that tho whole of the Tendolina wheat district, in the province of Santa Fc, is on fire. So far, however, tho report has not been verified. " Melbourne, January 24. Two girls named Linda Pearce and Ida Blake were drowned -Avhile bathing in a waterholo at Horsham. Sydney, January 24. Tho Gas Inquiry Board has concluded taking evidence -in regard to tho recent strike. The matter has been left with the chairman, Mr. J. C. Watson, for decision. A cloud-burst at Glen Innes, 420 miles north of Sydney, flooded the creeks and caused considerable damage to crops and fences.