GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1290, 20 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrichl — OFF TO THE ANTARCTIC. (Rec. November 20, 1.5 a.m.) T Sydney, November 19. ilie Japanese exploring ship Hainan Maru has sdiled fo.r tho Antarctic, TEE DURBAR VISIT. (Rec. Novcmbor 20, 1.5 a.m.) ti ir j- ~^ a .'. ta ' November 19. lue Medina, with tho King and Queeu to India' to-day on her way FOOTBALL. (Rcc. Novombor CO, 0.40 a.m.) mi . ~ . Lon , don i Novombor 19. lie Australasian Loaguo toani, with threo goals and six trios, boat Wakefield, two goals and two trios. Gilbort scored two trios. ,'" IC , H n r m ' ! n t!lp match in Lonto nil Maons by thirteen points RUSSIAN MINISTER RECALLED. m. „ s . l ' Petersburg, K ovcm i jCr 17> The Russian Minister at Teheran hasj been transferred to Lisbon and reproached tor his inadequate dofenco of Russian interests in Persia. KAISER RECOVERING. (Reo. Novombor 19, 5.5 p.m.) •™,„ v ■ Berlin, November 18. »ii« • I ser > w ho has Wen indisposed suffering from a cold is improving. TASMANIAN PORK SHIPMENT. _ Lcndon, Novombor 17. An experimental shipment' of Tasmanian pigs was suceessfol. Five were condemned becauso of tuberculosis. Although they carried tho Commonwealth export certificate, tho glands were uncut, hn Jii 1 v tcs tLat in f«turo corticated AUStra " an P ° rk as

FRENCH WORKMEN EXPELLED. Ttr i , Paris, November 17. Workmen employed on the construction L , . bat:ll< «'"P Courbet, at Lorient struck for a rearrangement of hours' lhey displayed red tings. The authorities ei.pelled them from tlio yards. PICKETING TUB PICKETERS. ' mi. T ., , , London, November 17. The Liberty for Property Defenco Association is organising a force to counterpicketing. It intends -utilising men trained for tho polico and military and naval forces. MOUNT LYELL WORKERS. ft nr l Melbourne, November 18. in© Mount Lycll mi no directors received a telegram from tho unions that the provisional agreement has been adopted. 'iho men. aro willing to return to work immediately. HEAT WAVE IN N.S.W. . Sydney, November 18. The heat wave m tho north-west is the most sevoro Einco tho big drought, There as l? eu Practically no rain for tho past month. Tho temperatures aro regularly over 100 degrees. Pastoralists aro approuensive. 11 ELECTION OF SPEAKER.

Adelaide, November 18. Mr. Jackson, a Labour member, has been elected Speaker of tho Legislative Assembly, in succession to Sir Jenkin Coles, who resigned on account of illhealth. ESCAPED CONVICTS RECAPTURED. . Brisbane, November 18. Iwo convicts, Craig and M'lntyre, who escaped from the St. Helena prison on .November 5. wore captured on tho island, lho mystery is how they subsisted since they escapcd. RICH GOLD STRUCK IN ALASKA. New York, November 17. It is reported from Nome, Alaska, that a rich gold strike has been made at Oregon Creek. A rash has started. FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE. _ New York, Novombcr 17. Two freight trains collided on the Northern Pacific railroad at Jiiittc, liontana. Four employees were killed. AN ADMIRAL SHOOTS HIMSELF. New York, November 17. Roar-Admiral J. V. Taylor, aged eighty, two years, committed suicide bv shooting himself with a revolver at Washington, as (ho result of despondency owing to failing health.. The admiral was on (he retired list. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS COMBINE. San Francisco, November 17. A merger of South Californian electric railways is announced. The capital involved is somo hundred million dollars (.£20,000,00(1). UNREST IN VENEZUELA. Washington, November 17, Great unrost exists in Venezuela. ExPresident Castro is living iu Colombia, and is planning an invasion, Tho Vouezuela Government is taking precautions. NEW METAL "CANADITOI." Vancouver, November 17. A new metal, found in British Columbia platinum-bearing ores in the Ivooteu.iT district, has been named "Canadium. 5 ' It belongs to tho platinum group, and is of great value for industrial purposes. .£1950 FOR FIRST EDITION. London, November 17. At the sale of the first, portion of the famous Until library, a first edition nf 1 Bacon's "Religions Meditations" brought ilfloO, equivalent to a thousand pounds per ounce. A 81-NATIONAL MAID. London, November 17. In tho Honse of Commons, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that Miss Malecka was undoubtedly Britishwhen in Britain, but a Russian when in Russia; thareforo Britain was unablo to interfere in hor case, THE LATE CARDINAL MORAN. Rorno, November 17. A Requiem Mass for tho late Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, was held at tho Irish College. Tho Bishop of Galway (tho Right Rov. Dr. O'Doa) was the eolcbranl. Many of tho carriinals were present.