GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1212, 22 August 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teleirraph-Preas Associatioa-Oopyrieh) ARMY MANOEUVRES ABANDONED. ' (Rec. August 22, 0.40 a.m.) London, August 21, Owing to the drought the Army manoeuvres havo been abandoned. RESERVOIR STREAM POISONED. London, August 21. A stream which is now temporarily feeding the reservoir at' Porthcawl in South Wales, has been mysteriously poisoned with carbolic acid. [Porthcawl is a rising watering placo with one of the best golf courses in South Wales.] ~ CONFERENCE DELEGATES RETURN. Brisbane, August 21. Mr. Batchelor, Commonwealth Minister for. External Affairs, and Senator Pcarce, Minister for Defence, have returned from England via ' Russia, Siberia, and Japan. They express safcisfac- . tion with the result of the Imperial Conference. RAINS IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, August. 21. Good monsoonal rains have fallen in tho Eastern States and havo been particularly heavy on tho coast'. ACCIDENT TO LABOUR M.P.'S. London, August 21. A motor-car with Mr. Keir HaTdie, M.P. for Mei't'hyr Tydvil, and Mr. G. ft. Barnes,. Labour M.P. for the Blackfnars Division of Glasgow, aboard, struck a side bank on a narrow mountain roadway near Merthyr Tydvil, in feouth \»alcs.. Both were' thrown out aud, severely shaken. ANOTHER STEVENSON-LINDRUM MATCH. (Rec. August 22, 1.10 a.m.) | c , , Sydney,' August 21. Stevenson and Limlrum havo commenced another billiard match of 18 000 up, Limlrum receiving dCOO. The scores at tho close of play were: Lindrum, 5166• Stevenson, 1337. Stoveiison sails for New Zealand on September 16. RAINS" IN INDIA. „ , . Simla, August 20. Good rains are falling in tho United Provinces. EXHIIiITIbT'pROJECT. ir tv ~ , Melbourne, August 21. Mr. Fisher, the Icdernl Prime Minister, favours the propossd Empire Exhibition ami suggests that it be held in 1911 when tna Science Congress will meet in Australia. DEARER BREAD. . Melbourne, August 21. Iho price of tho two-pound loaf will bo raised irom threepence to threepence halfpenny from Saturdav next "