GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1058, 22 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Br Tckxrajh-Fross Associatlon-CopjrUV- « :— LANDOWNER SELLING OUT. 1 (Rec. February 21, 10.10 p.m.) s mt -.r London, February 21. ' , The Marquis of Graham has notified o it t? nants of h's Glcmham estate in ■ Suffolk that owing to the burdens now 1 placed on land ho will-bo forced to sell . tho property. , . , . • 1 TUBERCULOSIS BECREASING. London, February 21. The death-rate from tuberculosis arid phthisis in 1909 was the lowest on record. Cancer showed a slight increase. -' GOODS DEPOT.DESTROYED. M.i . ■ ,','■' Pa l "'*. February 21. The goods depot at the' Western Railways station at Havre has been burned. The damage amounts to £120,000. ■ GOVERNOR OF FIJI. .) , „, _ . . ■' Suva, February 21. Trn?r?. e,r Governor > Sir Francis May, • K.C.M.G., ( who arrived by tho Moana today, received an enthusiastic welcome. : : RAINS IN,AUSTRALIA. ■ _ . Sydney, February 21. Further general heavy rains have been experienced. Feed is plentiful everywhere, and the outlook for tho winter is exceptionally, good. : MASSACRE IN HAYTI, ' m L Ca ?f Ha y' ien (Haytl), February 20. 3 tTho Government troops, after recaptur- _ ing a town, broko control, and pillaged and : massacred tho > . ■ AN UNPOPULAR:VISITOR. ■■'■'• New York, February 20. .The authorities in' Chicago are taking . steps for tho protection of life, as Count • AlbertvApponyj,, a .former vMinister of Education! in'llniigary, is expected today. Local Slavs allege him "to'be-tho Causo of massacres. SEVERE SNOWSTORM. - New York, February 20. , A severe snowstorm is crippling the ' trains in tho Mississippi Valley. ; i ,r| hf.io:'.." -i. .•-,.!.,■ • i RACE WAR FEARED. '. ' '•':' , New York, February 20. : .'.'At Birmingham, Alabama, a, race war is imminent,' consequent on tho killing of' ope negro and thewounding of another. , ' [Birmingham )9 .». busy manufacturing ' city of 132,685 inhabitants, according to last year's census. In 1900 its nomilation was 0n1y'33.415, the increase of 245.4 per cent, being the third highest of any city in the United States.] THE NEXT. WAR. Washington, February 20. •.Commander'Hobson, : a member of the ' United States IlouscOot") .Representatives, riredicts a war between Japan and the United States during the next twelve months. . • • THE PRINCE OF.WALES. .',".."'.. London, February 20. / The Prince of Wales, who has been suffering from measles, is .now in the convalescent stage. LORD WOLVERHAMPTON. \ London, February W Lord Wolverhampton, who has been ill fjr some time, but was showing improvement, has had n. relapse, and his condition' is now critical. THE MEXICAN REVOLT. Sydney, February 21. Mr. Jackson; n Sydney resident, has returned from Mexico. H«, states the rebellion was princinally duo to nntiforeign sentiment, mainly directed against Americans. METHYLATED SPIRIT DRINKING. Sydney, February 21. The growth of methylated spirit drinking in Sydney is shown by the fact that nine men were fined yesterday for- intoxication through the habit, which they have contracted since strict Sunday closing has been enforced. NEW CALEDONIAN LEPERS. ' Sydney, February. 21. lepers on the He aux Chevres, New Caledonia, have written a pitiful letter to the President of the General Council, asking; for nomination as n relief from their present unhappy condition. CONSUMPTIVE IMMIGRANTS. ' Sydnoy, February 21. . Instructions have been given by the Department of Health to prevent oversea consumptives landing in this State. PRINCE LEOPOLD'S ILLNESS. Sydney, Fobruary 21. Princ» Leopold of Bnttenberg is reported to be showing a slight improvement. . Later. Prince Leopold continues to make satis.factory progress. COLLIE MINE FIRE. ] Porth, February 21. . Tho fire which broke out in tho. Collie ] mine last week is still burning. Many j persons have been thrown out of work.\ Sydney, February 21. The Hon. D. MacDonnell, Minister for Agriculture, states that it is not the in- i tcntion of the Government to nationalise i tho hospitals. What he told a deputa- ( Hon last week was merely his personal , opinion. . Perth, February 21. ' Tho Jnpaneso Sato, who fatally shot a f girl named De Faur in a fit of jealousy v on December's,: has been found guilty j of manslaughter and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. •