GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1270, 27 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright j $ NO QUORUM FOE COURT-MARTIAL. (Rec October 20, 11 p.m.) Ottawa, October 2G. Tho Department of Naval Defence lias decided to hold a court-martial in connection with the stranding of tlio cruiser Niobo in July. As there ato not sufficient officers in the Canadian Navy to constitute a court, a number will be borrowed from the British Squadron visiting Halifax in November. MOTORING FATALITY. New York, October 2G. At Astoria, Columbia, a pnssengc.tr train struck an automobile, carrying the vehicle a hundred yards on the cow-catcher. Mr. Thomas Mac Gibbon, a business man, was hilled, but the other occupant escaped without a scratch. A POSTMASTERS' ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, October 20. As tho outcome of tho Postal Conference, a Postmasters' Association has been formed, embracing tho Commonwealth. ESPERANTO CONFERENCE. Adelaide, October 20. An Esperanto Conference has been opened hero. Tho Mayor welcomed the delegates. Mr. Drummond, of Victoria, represents New Zealand. AN UNDERWRITER'S ESTATE. London, October 25. Tho ostato of Mr. Hampton Hale, underwriter, has been sworn at JC251.573, of which the personalty totals .£209,000. NEW RIVER PLATE STEAM SERVICE. London, October 25. Messrs. Birt, Potter, and Hughes, Ltd. (tho Argentine Cargo Line) is alxrat to start running a fortnightly service between Liverpool and tho River Plato in conueetion with tho refrigerated meat trade. ROYAL RENUNCIATION. Vionna, October 25. With the consent of the Emperor, which has been withheld for eight yeaTS, tho Archduke Ferdinand Karl, nephew of the Emperor and brother of tho Crown Prince, has renounced his rank and married a University professor's daughter. EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH ILL. Vienna, October 25. Tho Emperor Francis Joseph, who is in his eighty-second year, i 9 suffering from a chill. INDLANOPOLIS TRAGEDY. Now York, October 25. Dr. Heleno Knabe, ex-Stnto bacteriologist, was found with her throat cut in bed at her home in Indiano[iolis. It is believed that she committed suicide, but tho police hold tho theory that it is a case of murder. She was a noted member of tho American Medical Association. THEFT OF BULLION. Berne, October 25. A case of gold bars, valued at .£5200, was abstracted from a consignment for the National Bank from London, and lead substituted. KILLED BY A LION. Cape Town, October 25. Captain Everett, Assistant Commissioner for tho Delimitation of the Rhodesian-Bolgian-Congo frontier, was killed in an encounter with a lion. CRIME AND TRAGEDY. Melbourne, October 20. A man named Alfred Andrews was sentenced to ton years' i mprisonmenl for assaulting a woman. When the woman's father was informed of tin nature of tho assault he was seized witl a paralytic stroke and died. AUSTRALIAN STATE NOTES. Melbourne, October 20. Tho Commonwealth note issuo hai reached nearly .£11,000,000. PUBLIC WORKS SCHEMES. Sydney, October 26. The Minister for Works (Mr. Car michael) has submitted a proposal foi several new railways and harbour im provements. FRIENDLY SOCIETY STATISTICS. Sydney, October 20. The report of tho Registrar of Friendl; Societies shows that during tho yea membership of societies increased fron 133,120 to 119,412. The accumulated fund amount to ,£1.119,095, an increase for th year of i'S-1,316. EARLY CLOSING OF HOTELS. Sydnoy, October 20. A number of petitions havo been pro scnted to tho Stato Assembly in favou: of tho early closing of liquor bars. NEW SOUTH WALES COUNTRY PRESS. Sydney, October 2G. The Lieutenant-Governor (Sir W. T Cullen) laid the foundation stono of tin now premises of the Country Press Asso ciation in Castlcreagh Street. Subsc qucntly ho opened the association's an nual conference. FIRE ON A BARQUE. Fremantlo, October 20. The fire on tho barque Concordia, fron Swansea to Ballaballa, has been go under control. FIRE IN SYDNEY. i Sydney, October 20. A big fire started lalo to-night at th • premises of Messrs. Moor-foot Brothers agents, at tho ITaymarkct. A hire quantity of oils and general stock i afire, ajid tho lurid lln/e is visible fo miles. '