GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1095, 6 April 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright]

ROYAL STUDIO BURXED. (Rcc. April S, 0.55 a.m.) London, April 5. A fire at Rosencath Castle has destro.v- ---■ ed Ilia studio ot tiio Princess Louise ; (Duchess of Fife). THE LARGEST TAXPAYER. Melbcurno, April 5. The largest las to be paid under the Commonwealth land tax returns will be .L'l2iooo, in which .-uni an absentee owner ol city properties has been mulcted. A COMMONWEALTH BANK. Melbourne, April 5. Amongst the matters for consideration by the next session of the Federal Parliament will be a scheme lor a Commonwealth Bank. Mr. O'Malley, Minister for Home Affairs hopes the States will join in the scheme. KLEPTOMANIAC HANGS HERSELF. Paris, April 5. A well-dressed woman, apparently a kleptomaniac, who was arrested in a largo store, refused to give her name lo tho police, and hanged herself with her belt to a grating in the police cells. AUSTRALIAN POSTAL SERVICE. Sydney, April 5. Much-needed reorganisation in tho Postal and Telegraph service has commenced. A start, has been made in the accountancy branch. GERMAN SEAMEN'S PAY. Berlin, April 1. Despite the opposition of Admiral von Tirpitz, -Minister for Marine, the Reichstag, b.v 162 votes to 1 Hi, adopted a Socialist amendment restoring to stokers and enginerooni hands in the German Navy higher rates of pay. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. Rome, April 5. The German Crown Prince and Princess have arrived at.Bvindisi on their return from their tour of the East. ESTATES AND BEQUESTS. London, April 1. Tho estate of the late Hon. Henry Lorton Bourke, a cousin of the Earl of Mayo, 'a member of the Stock Exchange, and at ono time in tho Bucks Yeomanry, has been proved at .£500,000. The testator bequeathed .2200,000 lor the establishment and upkeep of a residential club for poor naval and military officers. The late Lord Wolverhampton's estate lias been proved at .094,523. LADY MAYOR IN KANSAS. New York, April 4. News comes from Kansas City that Jlrs. Ella Wilson has been elected Mayor of Ilunnewoll, a small villago containing under a thousand persons. CHILDREN'S ESCAPE FROSI A FIRE. New York, April 4. At Newark, fifty children were safely rushed from a burning building, thanks to proficiency in fire drill. SHOT BY MEXICAN SOLDIERS. Mexico City, April 4. Mr. George Crichtlield, a New Jersey politician', was fatally shot from ambush near Tuxpan, on the north-east coast of Mexico, by Mexican soldiers. JAPANESE IN NEW CALEDONIA. Sydney, April 5. The "Herald's" correspondent reports a great dearth of labour in New Caledonia. Japanese are being recruited mainly bccanso other labour is not offering. HOLIDAY-MAKERS IN SYDNEY. Sydney, April 5. Tho Easter rush. to tho city is phenomenal. Every placo.of accommodation is ovcrcro\vfled. , NEWCASTLE BOXING FATALITY. Sydney, April 5. The eleven men charged at Newcastle in connection with the death of the boxer Bryant have beer, all discharged on the application of the police. QUEENSLAND HIGHWAYMEN. Brisbane, April 5. Tho two men, Coates and Price, have been committed for trial in connection with the recent sticking-up cases in the Mount Cuthbert district. ARMED GOLD THIEF. Perth, April 5. A robber secured ,£2OO worth of slimes from tho Monzies gold mine, and then escaped on a bicycle. A constable intercepted him, and, the robber fired two harmless shots at tho policeman. He then dropped his slimes and escaped. PRESIDENT OF THE DUMA. St. Petersburg, April 5. M. Rodsianko has been elected President of tho Duma, in succcssion to M. Guch- ■ koll'. PILGRIMS' CLUB BANQUET. London, April 5. Tho Pilgrims' Club is to entertain the Dominion Premiers at a banrmet at the Savoy Restaurant o:i May 25." MORMONS IN SWITZERLAND. . , Geneva, April I. 1 During the past five years the.Mormons 1 have secured tho annual emigration of 150 Swiss girls to Utah. A strong antiMormon agitation has begun in Switzerland. A BIG FAIR. Sydney, April 5. The State Governor, Lord Chelmsford I has opened the biggest fair ever held in ] Sydney. The object is to raise .£SOOO for tho Prince Alfred Hospital nurses' ac- i commodation heme. j THE REFERENDA CAMPAIGN. j Sydney, April 5. I The heavy electoral enrolment indicates ' that greater interest is being taken in the 1 referenda campaign than in the last Fed- ' oral elections. ;