GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1124, 11 May 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Associatiori-CopyrltilV 4 THE VICTORIAN WOOL CLIP, (lice. May 11, 0.56 a.in.) Melbourne, May 10. The Victorian wool clip for last ycaP totalled 101,803,0001b., being ail increase of over (ho clip of tho pr(y vious year, PORTUGUESE CUSTOMS LAWS. < Lisbon, May 10. A commercial modus vivoudi has ten signed exempting Italy from the Customs surtax law applicable to countries having; no treaty or modus vivumli with Portugal,

SMALL HOLDINGS BILL. London, May 10. Lord Ciimperdoivn's .Small Ownershit of Land Hill has been read a eccona, tiuio in the House of Lords, despite the' opposition of Lord Carringtou, President , ol tlie JJonrd of Agriculture. THE LOS ANGELES TRIAL. Washington, May..9...... An appeal to unionist workmen ■ has , resulted in a fund of ,£IOO,OOO being raised for the defence of the SJ'Namaras, charged with being concerned in the de-i struct iou by dynamite of the "Los' Angeles Times" buildings. ALBANIAN REBEL EXPELLED FROM: ITALY. Rome, Kay 10. An Albanian named Vianay has bees expelled for endeavouring to enrol Italians in the insurgent cause iv Albania. CLAPHAM COMMON MURDER. London, May 9. Constable Greaves, whoso evidence against Morrison in (ho Claphara Com< mon murder case was found by an in< qtliry to be untrue, has boon transferred to Piuuer, near Harrow.

A FOOTBALLER KILLED. ( : Brisbane, May 10. A young man, while playing football at Gympie, lell, struck his head, and died. Sydney, May 10. Iho City Council has resolved tliafe the fines of j;3 each imposed on four politicians for speaking in the street in de< iianec of one of the city by-laws were cx< cessive. Another Stale politician,has been fined ,£3 on a charge of having obstructed traffic by nddres-ing a meeting in Ilia street during (lie Heioremla campaign. Sydney, May Ift. The death sentences passed on Miliar, and Clare, the tivo lads who were convicted of shooting and killing Mrs. Sarah AVarl>y and Mi-s Amy U'lirby, of Milieuball slieep st.ition, have been commuted to imprisonment tor life. Melbourne, May tft. The Federal Government has paid the Queensland National Hank fifteen him. dred pounds for Commonwealth notes lost in the Yongala wreck. Vancouver, May n. In South Vancouver l>oys placed two sticks of dynamite under a school will) the intention of blowing up the building when tho pupils hud gone. Their action was incited by the reading of reports of the Los Angeles explosions. Vancouver, May !). Scorcs of .settlers have been rendered homeless by forest fires in the Frinoo Albert and Saskatchewan districts, Sydney, Jfnv 10. Mr. MaedorccH, tho State Chief Poere. tarv, is lying dangerously ill in u private hospital at Melbourne. He is suffering from an internal disease. Adelaide, May \O. Mr. Grattan Conghlan, tho romedian, was found dead ir. Bsd to-day. He had performed at tlie theatre yesterday uight.