GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 17 February 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright

SOUTH AFRICAN WINES AND SPIRITS. t (Rec. February 17, 1.5 a.m.) ' Cape Town, February 16. Mr. Botha (the South; African Premier) states that the Government will not ask the Imperial Government to readjust the duties on South African wines nnd spirits. | ■ • - • STATE. BRICK.WORKS. Sydney,. February 16. 1 Mr. Griffiths (New South Wales Minister for Public Works) says the State brick works will Ito working inside a month'. . JUVENILE: NIGIIT WORK. Sydney, February 16. Tho Labour .Council'has appointed a committee to report upon the extcut : of juvenile night work. • ' POPE PIUS ILL. ..' Rome, February 15.' Popo Pius is confined to .his bed . with influenza. A SUSPECTED DYNAMITARD. New York, February 11. At Idabell, Oklahoma, Detectivo Brown,'of Los Angeles, identified a man named David Chaplnn as one of those wanted in connection with the dynamite outrago at Los Angeles which resulted in the destruction of the "Times" newspaper office and loss of life. SOUTH AFRICAN FINANCE. . - Cape Town, February 14. J The estimates , of the Union expenditure for the coming year total six-teen million pounds, a decrease of half a mil-, lion proportionately compared with the current estimates., THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY: i 1 Melbourne, February 16. Arrangements have bo-'i.. mado with tho Admiralty for Fleet Paymaster H. W. E. Manistv to'join the administrative staff of tho Australian Navy, at a salary of .£750 a year. PT.APTTAM COMMON MURDER. . Rec. February 10, 5.5 p.m.) ■ London, February 15. Steiner Morrison, charged with the murder, of the French. Je\y Beron. at Clapham Common on Nevy l'ear's Eve,'has been committed for trial, i '■■■ HOUNDSDITCH 'OUTRAGE.;-. '. London, February 15.' Tho persons being charged, at' the Guildhall with the : attempted' burglary at Houndsditch and murder : of "three policemen number eight, including a man named Hoffman. . UNEMPLOYED RELIEF. " , London, February 15. The General • Federation of . Tradei Unions demands State afforestation, canal construction, and other irorksj as remedies for unemployment. VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICES. ' r \ Ottawa, February. 15. . "Canadian shipping and commercial circlcs regret that Australia is. unable to make an acceptable- proposal regarding a mail service.. ~ ' UNITED STATES, AND NEW ZEA- . ■ 'LAND. V .-. . Sydney, February 16. Mr.' Baker, the American. Vice-Consul, is proceeding , to New Zealand to ; pre-, paro commercial reports on the Dominion ,' trade'; on the same Uines as the reports on Australian trade." ■ i VICTORIA'S-LOW-BIRTH-RATE. : , , Melbourne,/ February 16. The marriage rate for' Victoria last year frus, fbJ) .hlghtj^fpr: 20 years. The' Lirths 1 ' liunikerecl which was 112 below those-of the previous year. .The birth-rate was the lowest in the history of..tjio;State, A QUEENSLAND LOAN.' Melbourne, February 16. ' Queensland is negotiating for a loan of half a million pounds from thp Commonwealth Government. . '

■THE FAMINE IN CHINA. . New York. February 16." ' - Mr. Taft has issued a proclamation appealing for funds iii aid of the famine in China.' / '. . ■ . -!"