GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 6 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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0 EMIGRANTS FOE SOUTH AUSTRALIA. London, .November 3. Three hundred anil twenty nominated emigrants, including thirty domestics, sailed lor South Australia by the steamer feouiaiiuia. Air. A. Kirkpatricfc, the Agent-General l'or South Australia, farewelled them at Liverpool. DROUGHT IN WEST QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, November 4. There is a severe drought in West Queensland. Horses and cattle aro dying. WEST AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. Perth, November 3. Tho Labour party won both liio seats in the Legislative Council l'or the metropolitan area. NEW AUSTRALIAN CABINET. Vienna, November 3. M. Stucvgkh has lonnod a Cabinet in succession to that which came into office in June last, and which resigned owing to lack of a working majority. ARBITRATION. Sydney, November i. That unionists proier Federal to State Arbitration is shown by the fact that sixty-nine unions liavo been registered under tho Federal Act. ROYAL TRAVELLERS. London, -November 2. There will bo a great naval display at Spithead on tho occasion of tho departure of (heir Majesties the King and Queen lor India. H.M.S. ZEALANDIA. London, November 2. Tho battleship New Zealand has been renamed Zealandia, leaving the name New Zealand available for New Zealand's gift battleship. REJECTED DEFENCE MOTION. _ Melbourne, November 3. A motion in the Federal Senate to prohibit the calling out of the defence forces against Australian citizens under any circumstances was rejected. A RISE IN SUGAR, „„ r, , . , „ Sydney, November 3. Tho Colonial Sugar Company has advanced the price of sugar bv ten shillings a ton. ■ " MELBOURNE CUP. Sydney, November 3. Record crowds are leaving here for Melbourne to witness tho race for the Melbourne Cup. All means of transportation are overcrowded. GOULBURN TRAGEDY. T , . , , , . Sydney, November 3. It is slated in connection with the Goulburn fatality that Broderiek thrcitened to shoot his wile, when his sm interposed. Broderiek chased his sou, who turned and shot him. MORE LABOUR SUCCESSES. ,„, T , ' Pc , rtn > November 3. The Labour party has won both «eats in the Legislative Council for the metropolitan area.