GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1166, 17 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tclcgraph-Prcss Association-Coßyrichk EAILWAY COLLISION AT SYDNEY, (Ecc. Juno IG, 10.55 p.m.) Sydnoy, Juno 16. Considerable daningo was done to rail< way rolling-slock by a collision at Parramatta to-day. Tho passengers in the i train affected were uninjured, though several received severe shocks. TWO MEN KILLED. Melbourne, Juno 16. Two men, named Webber and M'Nichol, havo been crushed to death by a fall of rock at tho Glenbrook railway devialioa works. FIEE IN SYDNEY. Sydney, Juno 16. A fire occurred at Messrs. Angus and Coolcs's jewellery store, in Kent Street, to-night. Tho building and tho goods on one ileor, valued at J120.000, were badly, damaged. THE PACIFIQUE DOCKED. Sydnoy, Juno 16. Tho Messageries Maritimes liner Pactfiquo, which arrived yesterday in a damaged condition from Noumea, has been docked. Her stem frame is fractured and (he rudder-post bent. Nine plates requiro removing. • COTTON MILLS ttllUT DOWN. New York, Juno 15. At Ashville, North Carolina, big cotton mills have suspended operations indefinitely. The industry has been unprofitable for tho last two years. BEEWEEY AMALGAMATION. London, Juno 15. Tho well-known brewing firm of Sam» uel Allsopp and Sons, Ltd., Burton-on-Tl'cnt, has signed a provisional agreement for amalgamation with Ind, Coope, and Co., Ltd., brewers. Negotiations for amalgamation •with other concerns aro proceeding. DUKE OF WESTMINSTER. London, Juno 15. ; Tho Duke of Westminster, injured re* ccntly while playing polo, is progressing favourably. KILLED BY BEES. Berne, Juno 15. Two twin children overturned a beehive, and tho enraged bees attacked them. Both succumbed to their injuries, WRECKAGE WASHED ASHOEE. ; Melbourne, Juno 10, *. A considerable amount of wreckage haS \\ been washed ashore at Frnnlcston, on tho . •'■ eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. A '■! portion bearing berth numbers and fho I word "Narrow?" cannot bo connected j with tho 1». and O. steamer Naming, ( which is safe. j SHEFFIELD CHOIR, ' Sydnoy, Juno 15. Tho Sheffield Choir is to sail for New Zealand by tho Auckland 6lcamer on Wedncsday next. A REOPENED COLLIERY. Sydney, Juno IG. , An inspection of tho Killingworth col- ", liery, ■at Newcastle, which was closed i down after a big explosion on December i 7 lost, and reopened yesterday, when thero j was an ominous rumbling sound, reveals j tho fact that tho shaft is safe, and that tho mino is not seriously damaged, \ ADMIRAL TOGO ON TOUR. ( j Tokio, Juno 15. ' After attending tho Coronation in Lon- I. don, Admiral Count Togo will tour tho United Stales and Canada.