GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1224, 5 September 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.

THEOSOPHICAL HEADQUARTERS. London,. September 4. Mrs. Annie Besant, President of the Thcosophical Society, laid the foundation stone of the Thcosophical headquarters building in Tavistoek Square.' Tho building is to cost £40,000. POST OFFICE SALARIES. London, September 3. The postal and telegraph societies nro agitating for increased payment and the appointment of another House of Commons Committee. TRAM-CAll OVERTURNS. London, September 3. A tram-car was derailed and overthrown at a sharp curve nt Lewisham, a London suburb. One person was killed, and five eeriously, and twenty-five slightly, injured. A GERMAN IN THE ARMY. London, September 3. Paul Harhvig, a German, was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for making a false attestation and enlisting in tho Lancaster Keginieut as a Briton. When his crime was discovered he offered to become a naturalised British subject. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. London, September 3. Lord Carrington, president of tho Board of Agriculture, is appointing a. Departmental Committee, including representatives of the leading agricultural societies, with Mr. Aihvyn i'elJowes as chairman, to inquire regarding foot-and-mouth disease, and consider further measures to prevent; it. RUSSIA RAILWAY DISASTER. St. Petersburg, September 3. Twenty-nine persons were severely injured in a train smash near Kielce, Russian Poland. • INSUBORDINATE SOLDIERS. Madrid, September 3. Twenty-five sergeants have been put on their trial lor alleged insubordination. A. POISONING MYSTERY. Cairo, September 3. Iced wine, supposed to be criminally poisoned, prostrated all the members of tho Jesuit community at Minieh. Two, including the father ,superior, died; tho rest aro recovering. EXPLOSION OF LIQUID FUEL. Berlin, September i. Jj'iyo men were injured by an explosion, of liquid fuel aboard a German torpedo boat at Kiel. VICTORIAN ROYAL SHOW. Melbourne, September i. Tho Royal Show has opened. Tho entries in nil sections are large and excellent. WRECKAGE WASHED UP. Sydney, September i. Further wreckage supposed to belong to tho sailing.vessel Laura, overdue- from Callao, has been found at Cronulla. It includes a life-buoy, which, however, bears no name. SYDNEY SMALLPOX CASE. Sydney, September I. Tho smallpox case on tho steamer VanLinscholen is of a bad type. The passengers who landed at Brisbane are boing traced and vaccinated, METHODIST MINISTER DROWNED. Hobart, September I. Tho Rov. Mr. Lester, Methodist minister, was drowned while bathing. Trains Loayo Palmerston North For— Dannevirke, at 1.23, 5.30. Auckland, at 3.45. Wancanui, at 11.42, 12.35, 4.50. Wellington, at 12.40, 2.-13, 3.37, 5. DUSTIN'si LTD., LUNCHEON AND REFRESHMENT ROOMS, TUB SQUARE, PALMERSTON NORTH (.Six minutes from Railway Station.) Punctual, reliable, and accurate—that's tho kind of service we give you. Whether it's forwarding, Customs work, barcag* handling, or furniture removing, wo do it well and do it economically. Tho N.Z. Express Co., Ltd.—Adrt. Messrs. Wallace and Gibson, H\o "Kash," Willis Street, have a, special announcement in thia issue,