GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1252, 7 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tolerrftpb— Press Aisoolation—Copjrteal TUBEECTJLOUS PORK. London, October 5. • Several carcasses of New South Wales and Victorian pork have been condemned in London on account of tuberculosis. Tho carcasses bore tlia Commonwealth mark tliat the meat had been approved for export. The importers are claiming from the Commonwealth Government tho valuo of tho condemned meat. MR. FRY'S SEA TRAINING SCHOOL. London, October 5. The Admiralty has given the gunboat President, once a drillship of the Royal Naval Reserve, to Mr. C. B. Fry (honorary director in cliaTgo of tho training ship Mercury) to enable him to extend the sea training school connected with tho Mercury. . .WRECK .OF TEE l-IFESHIRE. Aden, October 5. •' Advices state that the prospects of salving tlie Fifeshire's hull are hopeless. Rccovory of the copper, lead, and tallow, and perhaps a little wool, is possible. COMMONWEALTH POLITICS. Melbourne, October G. A new Electoral Bill has been introduced in the Senate. It fixes Saturday as the polling day for future elections. TEE TAVIUNTS CARGO. Sydney, October C. Two thousand sacks of copra have been recovered from tile steamer Taviuni, sunk in tho harbour. Fifteen thousand remain in tho vessel. All of it must be taken out before the vessel can bo raised. Later. . The inquiry into tho collision between tho Taviuni and tho Meisageries Itaritimes liner Nern has opened. The evidence was conflicting. AN EXPENSIVE ILLNESS. Sydney, October G. Madame Molba has recovered from her indisposition, and will probably reappear on the stage on Monday. It'is estimated that her enforced absence meant a loss of iCGOOO in tho grand opera takings. PENNY POSTAGE. Adelaide, October f>. _ Increased postal business has resulted in South, Australia as a consequonco of per.ny postage Ono million six hundred and thirty-tiro thousand more letters wero dealt with in August and Seponiber than in April and May. WEST AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. Perth, October G. Mr. J. L. Nanson, tho Stato AttornoyGeneral, retained his seat at tho elections by a majority of 31 only, Adelaide, October G.' An engineer states that b is improbablo that ho will be able to repair Dr. Mawson'sAntarctic aeroplane, which was damaged in its two initial flights.