GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1167, 30 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By ™^aph-P reSB Aswetatloa-oowrlrt* — —<y-i __^ COAL VEND PROSECUTION ' (lice. Juno 29, 11.35 p.m ) • AMERICAN SEAL FISHERIES ,tnm,,on the seal fisheries question. ''" LADY LAURIER'S FATHER DIES. N Mr avv re ,°. ttawa > J »no 29. father of V; ?• T Lafo of Montreal, CORONATION STAMPS. v , ■!■ ■ London, Juno 29. Many criticisms havo been -voiced Tμ* tho .<«g™vod Portrait of the KhE ™, h< V Pmtl . n & on 3 Penny and bag penny stamps issued on Coronation Day. PRINTERS' STRIKE COLLAPSES. T . „_ . , . , Ca P<> Town, June OS. Tho printers' strike, which began oa : May ,9, has collapsed, and tho men aro returning to work unconditionally. CLAIM FOE A FORTUNE DISMISSED, , r T ~ Ne w York, Juno 28. Mrs. Laura Aisop's suit for a share of . Lucky Baldwin's* fortune has bam -dismissed. She allfged that she was Bald. ' wins daughter. LOCAL OPTION. m, T . , L . Sydney, June 30. JJio Legislative Assembly, by 50 to 8 . votes, decided that Ihc local option poll should not in future bo taken on the same day as a general election. CABLE BaIS/Tb-AMAGED. ' Melbourno, June 29. As the result of recent storms, tho Tosmanian eablo lins been found to bn broken in two places, and shifted half a ' nnlo by tho waves. * REFRESHMENT CONTRACTOR'S ESTATE. . .„, London, June 28. ifTho estate of tho late Mr. Felix Spiers, formerly of Austrnlia, and lntefy of Messrs. Spiers and Ponds, the well-known refreshment contractors, has been valued for probate at ,£151,327. SIR ELDON GORST SINKING. London, Juno 28. Sir Eldon Gorst, wlio has been ill far some timo past, is reported to bo sinki' g. COLONIAL OFFICERS ROBBED. London, June 28. Two non-commissioned officers of tbn' -1 ' regular army havo been sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour ' for stealing money and jewellery from tents of C'olonia] officers at Chelsea during the Coronation procession. SEA FLOODS A COLLIERY. Ottawa, Juno 28. Tho sea burst into a colliery at Port Hood, in Nova Scotia,, causing the workings to bo abandoned. The mine is now useless, THEATRE QUEUES. Sydnoy, Juno %. The Health Committee of the City Council recommends that street queue's in connection with theatres should not bo permitted. NEW SOUTH WALES FRANCHISE, Sydney, June 2!). Tho Stato Legislative Council hns amended tho Parliamentary Elections Bill by striking out tho clause extending the : franchiso to inmates of charitable institutions. SYDNEY MEAT TRADE. Sydney, June 29. The complaints made at Tuesday's do. putation regarding an alle.epd combine in ;ho meat trade aro to bo veferred to tho Food Supply Commission. Sydney, June 29. : Wliat is considered to bo a rich deposit of petroleum has been discnvom! ■ at Graf ton, 528 miles north-past of Sydney. A leafo has been applied for, to ! take in practically tho whole of tho race- ■ course. • Brisbane, Juno 29. The Blair Athol _ Company's coal mine at Clormont, 575 tnilivs north-west of fin's, bane, is on fire. Efforts to extinguish tho firo have so far been unsuccessful. London, Juno 28. Tho Class E submarines are being armed with quick-firers. [Six boats of this class ' aro building. They reprosent a consider- - ! ablo advance on tho previous boats, hav- ! ing a displacement when submerged of 800 tons, 176 ft. length, and nearly 23ft. . maximum breadth, and a surface epeed of 15 knots.]