GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1293, 23 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tclceraph-Presa Association— CopyrlsM — . <i BATTLE CRUISERS. (Rec. November 22, 10.50 p.m.) London, November 22. Tho Invinciblesanil tho later types liavt been renamed baltlo cruisers. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. (Rcc. November 22, 10.10 p.m.) London, November 22. As some months have elapsed sinco then was a case of foot-aud-tuouUi (tjjcaso in Britain, the Irish restriction has been reipovcd. BIG TRICES FOR BIBLES. London, November 2). At tho sale of the famous Hutli Lib. rar.r, a Mazarine Bible realised Jisaoo, A first edition of tho Bible, with date, printed at Mainz in 14G2, brought jC;J(ISO, and a Flemish manuscript of tho Poor Man's Bible, X6CIO. MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARIES. Now York, November 2J, At Austin, Texas, a company of United States militia has been ordered out to report unon a party of alleged revolutionists, which is faid to bo attempting to cross the ■ border ■ into Mexico.

TEE DELHI DURBAR. Calcutta, November 21. Native Princes and troops are arriving at Delhi for tho Coronation Durbar. Tho camps aro rapidly filling. NAVAL POLICY OF CANADAOttawa, November 21. The Canadian Prime Minister, )Ir, Bordern, lias announced that tho wholo naval policy of Canada, will bo reconsidered. MOTOR-CAR RACING RISKS. Now York, November 21. At Savannah, J. M'Nay was killed through his motor-car upsetting on ilia racing track while he was practising for the Vandnrbilt Cup Race. Three other« were badly hurt. BLASTING CHARGE EXPLODES. Berlin, November 21. A blasting charge prematurely t.» ploded Ju a potash mino at Kleinboduii" gen. Sixteen men were buried, eleven of whom aro dead. MISS ELLA CASPERS. London, November 21. Miss Ella Casper?, the Sydney singer, scored a success at: a lwllod concert in the Albert Hall, London. "TASMANIAN EVE XING NEWS." Hctiart, November 22. The Labour paper has absorbed the "Tasmaninn Evening News," which litis bad twenty-eight years' independent publication.EARTH TREMORS RECORDED. New York, November 21. New Orleans reports that earth trcmurt at a distanco of three thousand miles in a south-easterly direction have been vo corded by the seismograph there,

MILITARY AERONAUTICS. London, November 21. The Balloon Company of the London Territorials are being (ruined in iiero' planing. TOURING FOOTBALLERS. London, November 21. The Australasian football team's tour will bo extended into February. SEVENTY SAILORS SUFFERING. Paris, November 21. Scvonty sailors and two officers are in hospital at Toulmi suffering from poison* ing through eating tainted meat. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT. Mclbourno, November 22. Tho Stato Parliament will bo opened by Commission on December 5. SHIPPING IN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, Novcmbor 22. A return shows lhat tho number of foreign sailing vessels (lading to Australia is three times greater than British. British-owned vessels aro being rapidly bought up by other nationalities. AN OBLIGING RIVER. Now York, November 21. Tho Skagit Riwr, in Washington State, suddenly cliaugcd its course, owing to Hoods, and cut a now channel almost • where surveys had been made Cor a new channel contemplated by tho United Stales Government. A million dollars (,£200,000) has thus been saved. MANITOBA'S BOUNDARIES. Ottawa, November 21. It is probnbio that a referendum -will be taken to decidc the question of Manitoba's forty-year struggle to secure larger boundaries, and (hat a Mibsidv equal to that, granted to Alberta will be granted to Manitoba.