GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1149, 9 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyriirht THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. (Roc. Juno 9, 0.32 a.m.) ir r»,r „ Melbourne, Juno 8. Mr. OMalley, Minister for Home Affairs estimates that the Federal capital will be ready for tho meeting of Parliament within six years. BAD WEATHER EXPECTED. tit j . Melbourne, Juno 8. •tlie i'ederal Meteorologist has issued a warning to mariners that weather conditions between Adelaide, Hobart, and Gabo Island (New South Wales) arc likely to be dangerous. AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES. m, , , ~ , , Sydney, Juno 8. llio Automatic ielephoncs Company lins been formed, with a capital of a quarter of a million, to purchase tho Australasian agency of the Automatic Electric Company of Chicago. The company anticipates saving over fifty per centum on tho cost of telephono working. EXPEDITION TO PAPUA. Tr , ~ London, Juno 8. Under tho auspices of Oxford University, Mr. D. Fonness, of Balliol College, will start on an anthropological expedition to Goodenough Island, Papua, reaching tho territory in November next. BALLARAT COMPETITIONS. ' London, June 7. Appreciative notices liavo appeared in the London newspapers regarding 'tho Ballarat National Eisteddfod. Mr. Morgan, late of the Coldstream Guards Band, will act as adjudicator at tho compcti* tion. GARIBALDI VETERANS. Rome, Juno 7. Tho veterans of Garibaldi's British Legion participated in tho unveiling of a statue to tho late King Victor Emmanuel. AMERICAN CURRENCY. Ottawa, June 7. Tho authorities have been notified from Washington of the decision of the United .States to accept Canadian five and ten dollar gold coins at par. MINERS' CLOTHES BURNT. Sydney, June 8. A fire at tho Broken Hill Block 10 Mine destroyed tho change house, in which three hundred suits of clothes belonging to tho night shift wore kept, FEVER EPIDEMIC IN SUVA. Sydney, Juno 8. There is an epidemic of denguo fever at Suva. The Governor, Sir Henry May, and Lady May are amongst tho victims. Almost ovc-ry business house in town is short-handed as a result of the epidemic. COLD STORES IN BRISBANE, Brisbano, Juno 8. Tho Government is erecting central cold stores in Brisbane at a cost of .£70,000. OLD MAN SHOOTS A BOY. Perth, June 8. As the result of a quarrel an old man named Glendinning shot and wounded a boy. When arrested, Glendinning attempted suicido by firing five bullets into his head. PRISONER.ESCAPES ON BOARD SHIP Perth, .Tune 8. A prisoner travelling from Fremaiitlo to Sydney oil the steamer Karoola unscrewed the cabin door and escaped during the constable's absence. FRENCH TOTALISATOR BETTING. Paris, .Tunc 7. Parimutuel statistics for 1910 show that the investments made amounted to .1:14,380,599, being nt tho rate ol 7} shillings a head. Charities gained ,£299,611 from the tax deducted by the State. MR, .T. DILLON, M.r. London, June 7. Mr John Dillon, Nationalist M.P. for Mavo East, who was badly injured through his motor-car colliding with a bridge, is recovering. LATE SHIPPING. Hobart, June 8. The Athenic lias arrived from London, via Cape Town. Slio sails for Wellington at 9 a.m. to-morrow; 28G passengers landed aud 327 are proceeding.

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