GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1243, 27 September 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teieeraiih-Presa AseociaUoa-Oojyriehl A GIFT DECLINED. (Bee. September 27, 0.50 a.m.) ' London, September 20. The city of Wolverhampton has declined tho gift of Mr. A. F. Bird's Parliamentary salary in relief of the local rates. [Mr. A. F. Bird, a well-known manufacturer, is Conservative membor for Wolverhampton West.} DIPLOMATIC CHANGES. London, September 2G. Sir Arthur Hardinge and Sir Francis Villiers, British Ministers at Brussels and Lisbon respectively, are to exchange thenr posts. Sir Francis Yilliers, who was appointed to Lisbon in 1905, formed friendships with tho Monarchists, and was in a difficult position oa being accredited to the Republic. DOMINION DAT. ] Sydney, September 26. The New Zealand Association celebrated Dominion Day at a brilliant ball. There was a large attendance .of visiting Now Zeakindcrs. The New Zealand vessels in the harbour were decked with bunting during tho day. ACCIDENT IN A MINE. Perth, September 26. By tho collapse of a stage in Chaffer's Mine, Thomas Denman was killed, and George M'Leod was resiously injured. SEVERE TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. London, September 25. Flies caused n • typhoid epidemic at Great Billing, Northamptonshire. Twentyfive per cent, of the inhabitants were affected. DEFENCE OF BELGIUM. Brussels, September 25. The King of tho Belgians will become president of a committeo on national defence which he is now creating. EAILWAY COLLISION. New York,-September 25. A train struck a country wagon at a level crossing at Neennh, Wisconsin. Twelve persons were killed. Bodies were hurled through a flagman's shanty. CANADIAN TARIFF. Ottawa, September 25. Woollen manufacturers are demanding an incrja-se in the tariff already, iu order to enable the • anadian indi'slry to compete with tho English. QUEENSLAND SUGAR WORKS BILL. Brisbane, September 20. The Sugar Works Bill has been read a third time in the Legislative Assembly. AUSTRALIAN CADETS. Melbourne, September 1:6. Cadet enrolments have reached 153,775. The total effectives number 00,401. SMALLPOX PATIKNT DIE i. Sydney, September 26. Madam Desturlcr, a smallpox patient by the Dutch steamer Van Linschaten, which was quarantined at Sydney at the beginning ot this month, has succumbed. Besides smallpox, she was suffering from a tropical disco. s '. , , which Mas the real cause of death.