GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1187, 24 July 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Asßaclatioa-Oopyrieht THE COURT RETURNS TO LONDON. (Roe. July 23, 5,5 p.ui.) and ll6 th E eir a V Vi - it f- t0 tended, London JIa J estle3 have returned to A COAL MINERS' FEDERATION. T>,n nr- .r. , ' s y dn ey. July 22. tn « Miners Delegate 13oard lias agreed to tho of tho colliery cmplo}ees unions, the idea being to secure ft general federation of the coal-miners oi tho Commonwealth. TIMBER YARDS DESTROYED, n ... Brisbane, July '2 nnw m timber mills at Longnoso Point hove been apparently gutted. Hii° t!n°i WaS f r i vcnt ™ from to the timber stacks. Iho damage is estimated at .£IO,OOO. A REPORT AND A DENIAL. _ Sydney, July 22. Federal Government proposes to resuma t!io wholo block from Martin I lace to lOng Street, and from George Street to Pitt Street, with a view of eltending tho General Post Office. (Kcc, July 23, 5.5 p.m.)' „ „ , , . Melbourne, July 23, . Mr. Hughes, Actmg-Fedcral Primb Min--Ir?^rr'i,sa')'s 110 knows nothing of Mr U Jlallcy s scheme to nurcha<e the Svdnnv I ost Office block. There has been no suggestion of the kind beloretiio Cabinet. PACIFIC CABLE DUPLICATION. tl n , „ London, July 22. IHe House of Commons has passed tho necessary financial resolution authorising tho construction of tho proposed second Pacific Cablo between New Zealand and Australia. LADY AVIATOR KILLED. ,r. T, . , r Paris,-July 22. Juss Denis Moore, an aviation pupil of M. Fanpans, fell from a height of 138 feet, while flying at Btanipes, ond was killed. HEAT IN LONDON. m, , . ~ London, July 22. lne hot weather continues, and a temperature of 90 decrees in the shade was registered in London to-day. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. ml _. ' London, July 21. The King Edward Memorial Executive has: invited Mr. Bertram Mackennal (of Melbourne) and Mr. Lutyens to furnish designs and architectural plans for a memorial of the late King. Sill GEORGE KEID RECOVERING. c- ny London, July 21. blr George Reid, who was injured in a motor-cnr accident last Sunday, is progressing towards recovery as favourably as possible. PRINCE HENRY MOTOR TOUR. . London, July 21 The, British team won Prince Henry of Prussia s trophy for tho motor-car reliability tour in Germany and England. ZINC CORPORATION. . London, July 21. The Zino Corporation has been registered with a capital of .£575',000, PLAGUE AT PORT SAID.. Port Said, Julv 21. A case vf plague has occurred at this port. WELL-KNOWN MOTORIST KILLED. . New York, July 21. Lewis Strang, the holder of many automobile records, was killed on a countrv road in Milwaukee while poing at tho rate of four miles an hour. In 'endeavouring to avoid a collision with a cart, Strang's motor-car fell over an embankment, crushing him.