GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1067, 4 March 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Br Teiogrash— Press Association-Gopyrlihl. • ROYAL VISIT:TO-DUBLIN.' , (Rec. March 3, 10.25 -p.m.) London,' March 3. The King and Queen will visit Dublin on July 8. ; ■• ■ ■ • ABANDONED ELECTION-tETI- ■'•-• TIONS.; - . -.'London,'"-March 3. The election petitions to upset: the polls at Gloucester and St. Paucras have been, abandoned. .'NEW SOUTH WALES. POTATO. . CHOPS. ' ; Sydney, March 3. The early ci;ops of potatoes are practically* free from Irish blight, but serious outbreaks among tho late crops are reported in various parts of the State.' ~ - BANK PRESIDENT PLEADS "■ GUILTY. - - New York, March 2. Joseph G. Robin, a former president of the Washington Savings Bank, has pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with-the larceny" of dollars (£5,400). BOMBS IN' INDIA. Calcutta, March 2. A- Bengali youth threw a bomb at a motor-car containing Mr. Cowley, a Public Works engineer., The bomb did not explode.- ■■■< .■■ .......... - TOBACCO DUTY REDUCED. Calcutta, March 2. The tobacco import duty ' has been reduced by one-third. AN AFGHAN RAIDER. • ..Calcutta, March 2. Hakim -Khan, the-outlaw who, with twenty-two of' liis followers, was • killed oil tho frontier by a British force under Colonel Sir George Roos-Keppel, Chief Commissioner, for the North-west Frontier Province, had long terrorised the Abazai border. SHRINKAGE IN RAILWAY ..BUSINESS. Vancouver, March 2. Owing to shrinkage of business tho Lake Shore Railroad, Cleveland, lias dismissed 10 per cent, of its working force. [The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway operates 1575 miles ot track, and its earnings for 1009 wero <£3,400,000.1

SAN FRANCISCO "GRAFT." Vancouver, March 2. In the.case of Abraham Ruef, a former ''boss" of San Francisco, a rehearing was refused. Ituef must servo fourteen years in prison. . HIGHER TELEPHONE CHARGES. Melbourne,, March 3. The Postmaster-General, Mr. Josiah Thomas, in reply to continued complaints regarding the telephone services, intimates that the rates may again be raised. MUTILATED BANK-NOTES. Melbourne, March 3. Already several mutilated Federal notes have .been returned. to the Treasury. The Government has decided to pay half value for half-notes.. FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney,. March 3. Heavy' floods continue in tlio northern districts. Mail-coach drivers are meeting with exciting experiences. RANDWICK WIRELESS RECORD. . Sydney, March 3. The Randwick wireless station has increased its rccord to threo . thousand „ miles,