GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1061, 25 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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THE 'R'iSlDr'

, J ohannesburgi' February 24.; •Two whites and five natives have been killed iri - &~~dyriam"ito~ explosion'at" the Modderfonteia factory. ,

ACCIDENT AT A COSTUME BALL.;

V ' | Berlin, '.; During a costume , ball at tho i Now, Operetta , Theatre 'a miniature Ztppfclin* airship collapsed, and crashed- down upon the dancers. One person-" ? Was killed and six injured., . f *

SMALLPOX IN LONDON.

London, February 23., j Twenty-four cases of smallpox are reported at Mile End. • .

DECLARATION OF LONDON.

y.rr.r.'' tendon, r February 23. The Declaration, of London will.be do-, bated.in'the' House of Lords on March

: BRITISH COCOA DUTIES.- ?

' tqhdbn,',rebrua"ry ;23. Radical members 'of the House of Commons are. promoting a petition for the abolition of the cocoa and chocolate duties, amounting to £300,000 a year.

PRESENT FOR KING GEORGE.

-■ - London, February 23. - Lord Curzon, Sir George R«id,-Lord George Hamilton, and. Earl .Grey are heading aniappeal to'tho Georges of tho Empire to subscribe a present for King George, .subscriptions to .'range.from;.!a penny to'mo" pounds.! './Organisations are being-formed in the'counties!' " The appeal includes the overseas Dominions.

F.UND.

London, February 23. Mr. W. Lever,chairman.,of Lever Bros., soap manufacturers', has given £10,000 to-.the-.'Congregationali.-/Minis-ters' Fund.,„, Colonel AYjPilkington.has donated £5000. jv.,

ENGLISHMEN MURDERED ■1$

- RUSSIA.. St. .Petersburg, February 23.; Russians attacked and'murdered Mr. MacHarvoy, owner of , the naphtha works at Grosriy, and Mr. Barnard, manager ofethe.^'orksJ.'-'Both of- tho murdered men were. Englishmen. A Russian wo'rkman was a|so killed.

THE VANCOUVER SERVICE.

Malbourna, February 24. Mr. M'Kenzio,' Victorian Minister for Lands, rogrets that the-Commonwealth has- decided to: abandon the giving of a subsidy for a direct Vancouver mail service. It is, in his opinion, a great mistake, as . thero is : a~ big market in Canada fdrlAustralian. products.. . .

AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

i, Melbourno,' February 24. The Commonwealth cadet enrolment cow stands at 130,000.

ACCIDENTS IN NEW SOUTH ■ "WALES. '

Sydney, February 24.. . During-the year thero were 61 fatal mining accidents in New South Wales, the average being 2.51 per thousand.of tiio persons employed. this is the highest iato excepting for the.year.of tlio Mount Kembla disaster. .