GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 4 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TelecraDh —Press Aasoctatioiij-OopyrlKbJ : 0 —' THE VICTORIAN PREMIER. (Rcc. October 4, 1 a»m.) Perth, October 3. Mr. Murray, Premier of Victoria, is a passenger by tho Orient liner Orsova, which arrived to-day from England. NEW WHITE STAB LINERS. London, October 2. Tho White Star Company is building two much larger and faster steamers for tho Australian service than tho 11,000 and 12,000 ton vossola hitherto usod. These will supersede tho older boats as quickly as possible. _ A TOBACCO MILLIONAIRE. London, October 2. The estato of tho Into Mr. Henry Wills, of the well-known tobacco firm, lias been sworn at .£2,000,000. It is to be divided amongst tho four sons. Largo bequests are mado under tho will to British charities. MEDAL FOR A NEW ZEALAND ARTIST. London, October 2. Tho Festival of Empire authorities have awarded a bronzo medal to • Mr. F. R. Brown, of Now Zealand, for paintings. AUSTRALIAN OLD AGE PENSIONS. Melbourne, Octobor 3. Old ago and invalid pensions total 91,847, involving an expenditure of over . .£2,000,000. ; [On Juno 30, 1910, thcro were 65,492 Commonwealth old ago pensions current, ' and tho pension payments amounted to .£1,497,330 for tho year. In addition thcro . was tho cost' of administration, ,£37,140.1 FALSE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS. Melbourne, October 3. The total number of consignments of all commodities bearing false trade descriptions last year was 831,000, compared with 12,051 in tho previous year. DISCOVERY OF PETROLEUM. Sydney, October 3. A new discovery of petroleum in Papua lias been made. Tho oriskmco of pofcroloum on each side of the dividing rango is now proved. ARTESIAN WATER TN NORTHERN TERRITORY. Sydney, Octobor 3. \n artesian How, amounting to four- • teen thousand gallons daily, has been struck at Anson Bnv, in tho Northern Territory. The locality is outeido tho known artesian basin.