GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1242, 26 September 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Us TelccriDh—i'rcss Aisociatiua —Oopyneh) — 0 ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION., London, September 25. An elcctrical exhibition litis bcun opened at the Olympia. There aro three hundred stands of exhibits, nearly all of them being British manufacture. A comprehensive display of the latest appliances is attracting much popular interest. PAR NELL'S SISTER DROWNED. London, September 2-t. A lady was drowned whilo bathing at the Tunnel' Baths, Ufraoombe. At an inquest it. transpired. that the 'deceased lady was. Charles Stewart Parncll's sister, Catherin Anna, who had been living under an assumed name.

A BUNA WAY TRAMCAR. London, September 2*. A tramcar at Stourbridge, on., the northern border of AVorcestershire) got beyond control on a downhill grade, and crashed into another. Fifteen persons were injured. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA. London, September 24. Mr. Bower, Master of the Sonth-AVtet Wilt Foxhounds, died from hydrophobia, caused by a bite from a fox. CANON DUCKAVOBTH CREMATES. London, September 21. The body'of the late Canon Duckworth, of AVcstminstcr, was cremated. His ashes hnvo 'been interred in the Abbey, near his stall, i A CONGRESS POSTPONED. f Rome, September 24. International Geographical Congress has Isen postponed until tho spring. A ROYAL MIXED MARRIAGE. Madrid, September 24. King Alfonso of Spain has restored to Princo Alfonso, of Bourbon-Orlea;is, tho nrmy title of which ho was deprived because he married a Protestant—Princess Beatrice of Sasc-Coburg-Gotha, BRIGANDS ROUTED. Lisbon, September 24. Troops, after a sharp fight, killed two brigands and seriously wounded six. They also captured a large quantity of stolen valuables. Tho ■ Bang had terrorised the A'allongo district, near Oporto. EAETHQUAKE IN ALASKA. New York, September 24, An earthquake was experienced at A'aldez, Alaska. The cable has been broken between A'aldcz and Sitlca. LATE SIR H. HART. _, , , ' September 24. Tho late Sir Robert Hart (ex-Inspector-General of Chinese Customs) has boon posthumously promoted to a Senior Guardianship of the II«ir Apparent; and a decoration has been conferred on him. GOLDMINING MYSTERY. Cape Town, September 24. A Government Commission is , niakiug inquiries at the East Rand Proprietary owing to tho disappearance of gold worth .£GO,OOO during its treatment in tho cyanide plant. SOUTH AFRICAN MAILS. Cape Town, September 25. Mr. Fischer, Union Minister for Lands, speaking at Bethlehem, hinted that unless the mail co.utra.ct question was amicably settled, the Government would build its own ships. Sydney, September 25. Additional wreckage from tho missing coastal steamer Rosedalo has been found. Melbourne September 25. Special leave has been granted tho "Ago" to appeal against the penalties imposed on it for contempt of Court in its accounts of tho murder charge against Dr. Peacock. Melbourne, September 25, A demonstration against the Federal Government's decision to give preference to unionists in all cases is being organised. Sydney, September 25. Lnst yoar the State railways carried GO million passengers, and tho tramways 230 millions, without a fatal accident. A shark caught off Thirroul contained the breast portion of a human body. It is beliovcd to be a portion of Nicols, ono of tho men drowned a week ago.