GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1077, 16 March 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By Tclem-a-ph—Press Association CoprriEht) ■ , UNIONIST. M.P. RESIGNS. (Rcc. March 15, 11.10 p.m.) London, March 15. Lord Alwyne Cotopton,'Unionist M.P. for Brentford, has- resigned for private business reasons. Mr. joynson Hicks will bo the Unionist candidate at the byelection. ■-•' MAORI VILLAGE ENTERTAINERS. , ' .'Sydney,-March. 15. The Maori Village' .'Entertainers have sailed for England,; after a highly succesful season. ...■"',.•..'■ A CHRISTCHURCH.LOAN. .London, March 14. The;Christehurch Tramways Board is issuing ,£G1,400 worth' of 4J per cent.-de-bentures at .£lO3. . ..... . : , .. A MOTHER'S CRIME. ■ . .. .',. .Berlin, March 15. Mathilda Runge, the wife of a druuken loafer, fearing her hiisband's cruelty, brewed ooffee containing cyanide of, potassiuiii; She then dressed-her. children in clean'linen, and herself donned a.black dress.. .She .poisoned, the three children, and intended to kill'herself, but her courage, failed her. . STATE PPTION FAVOURED. ... Sydney, March,. 15. ■ The: Methodist Conference (discussed the temperance question,'and declared in favour'of State option. .' " ■ SYDNEY TO.MELBOURNE FLIGHT. . '.. Sydney,Marchl.ls. The Aerial:. League is asking! the Federal;, Government ; for. a., subsidy, of .£3OOO towards, the cost of the'proposed. Sydney to.'Melbourne' aerial .flight,, conditional on tlie 'public '.'subscribing U*10;000. •".■-" "■ STOW A WAYS FROM NEW ZEALAND. ■ Sydney, March 15. Eight, stowaways by the steamer Manuka, froni New! Zealand, were fined £8 each., the alternative being two months' imprisonment. 5 SEVERE HAILSTORM. ■ ','■ :■ ■• \ Sydney, March 15. During a. storm at Janibcroo hailstones pierced iron roofs,'and also, raised largo lumps where they, struck cattle. new zealander, attempts ;-.-. suicide. Sydney, March 15. A carpenter iiariicd George Fras«r, ■ a recent arrival from New Zealand,' attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself. He. then jumped into the harbour.' Fraser was .taken to the;hospital, where a bullet was found embedded in his head. : '■ • ' QUEENSLAND MINERALS. '• "'~ . • •;'■>.• 1 Brisbane, March 15. The minei'al production of Queensland last year is valued' at .an h\crease 0f'.£53,658 over, that of the previous year. ' . • '.;,'..•■■ • BLIGHTED POTATOES. ...:.■■■ Sydney, March 15. The ' Irish' blight is rapidly'spreading over'the : wHolc of the northern part of the State. . '■. -.-..'. N.S.W.' TIMBER IMPORTS. ■■.... Sydney,. March 15. The timber imports' for. last year..were valued at. .£2,153,134. ..In (lie previous year the value was .£1,686,552. VINEYARDS DAMAGED. .' Sydney, March 15. ' Rain has: caused 'lle'avy dimiage in the southern vineyards, which previously had given the promise of big crops.