GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1299, 30 November 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Bj TeJccraph-l'rtis Aaeoclution-OoujTicM THE WHALING INDUSTRY. (Rcc. Novoinber 29, lO.lTi p.m.) Christiania, November 20. Norwegians aro btill equipping whalers tor Bcrnco in ihn Southern Ocean. Two German companies hnvo been formed to operate on tlio New Zealand const. FOREST FIRES. I , San Francisco, November 29. ! Forest fires nro raffing in tho Vontu'ra district, lire- lighters hnvn inved ii town. Many ranches m tho outlying country have beca burned. PROSTRATING HEAT. Sydney, November 29. The rain has been bucceeded by pros(rating heal. AGENT-GENERAL APPOINTED. „ ~ Hobart, November 29. has agreed to appoint Mr. M Call AgenkGcnoral for three years at a salary of .£IOOO. ANOTHER STATE HOTEL. m , . ~ Pcrih, Novomher 29. 100 Assombly has passed a. Bill establishing a second State hotel. ENGLISH CRICKETERS. mi. ~ , Sydnoy. November 28. lho Enghsh enckoters havo departed to Quoensland. AN OFFICIAL RECALLED. Ottawa, November '28. £iu> Canadian Government lias recalled Mr. Jackson, Trado Commissioner at Leeds, who is charged with being implicated in election bribery a few rears ago. POLICEMEN KILLED. New York, November 28. Two patroimon wcro killed at San irancisco in a fight while (hoy were trying to arrest a Greek wanted for murder in Greece. I QUEENSLAND FLOODS. .p. Brisbane, November 29. floods aro being experienced i n many districts, bevcral moil coaches aro overdue. LINDRUM V. COLLINS. ~ T . , London, November 28. T. Lindrum, tho Australian billiard player, is playing a match against J. W. Urnins, ot Liverpool, who received 2000 in 9000. rlic scores sit present aro:-Col-lins, 316G; Lindrum, 1358. ME. JUSTICE GRANTnAST. it t L- „ London, November 28. Mr. Justice Granthnm is suffering from pneumonia. His condition is critical. STRIKE OF TAXI DRIVERS. _ Paris, November 28. Two thousand ono hundred out of 2310 taxi-cab drivers have struck as a protect against tho tax on petrol. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR DEAD. r n~- Ncw Yopk ' Member 28. irom Baltimore comes news that Mr Irving B. Dudley, United Status Ambassador to Brazil, has died of heart la-uure. CONFIRMED BY THE POPE. „, _ , Rome, Novembir 28. ine.Pope has recognised tho appoint, ments of Archbishop Delaney, of Hobart, and Dr. Cleary, Bishop of Auckland. CHALLENGE FROM GOTCH. - Kansas City, November 28. Frank Gotch, tho heavy-weight wrestling champion of tho world, offers to moet Munro at any time beforo January 6, beforo leaving on a European tour. IMMIGRANTS' PROPERTY. . Ottawa, November 28. It is estimated that eight Billion pounds storling worth of property was brought into Canada by British immigrants during 1911. Tho number of immi-' grants exceeded ono hundred and fifty thousand. A LAD SENTENCED TO DL'ATH. Melbourne, Novotr.bor 29. William Thomas, aged fifteoi and a half years, was sentenced to death for assault on a yoiing girl. LADY SOLICITOR IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, November 29 The first instance of a laey solicitor practising in Court was witnessed in a City Court to-day, Miss Anna Brennan instructing counsel. CONFERENCE OF LIBERALS. Melbourne, November 29. A conference of Liberal organisations throughout the Commonwealth has opened. A resolution was carrind affirming tho desirability o! tho Liberals working together in matters of Federal concern. BOTTOMLEY IN COURT. London, November 28. The Joint Stock Trust and Finaneo Corporation has summoned Mr. Horatio Bottomley in the Chaucer,- Court for .£36,000 damages for alleged misfeasance. Tlio caso was adjourned. HAWKE-OLYMI'IC COLLISION. London, November 28. Tho Admiralty Division of the High Court has reserved judgment in lho case the While Star Lino v. the Admiralty, a claim for damages arising out of tho recent collision between the cruiser Hawko and tho White Star steamer Olympic, -15,000 tons. ' SPAIN AND THE RIFFS. Madrid, November 28. Spain has como to au agreement with the Riff tribes enabling her to withdraw forty thousand troops from Morocco.

CUNARD AND ANCHOR LINES. London, November 28. The Cunard Company has acquired a largo interest in tho Anchor Line. N.S.W. STATE PARLIAMENT. Sydney, November 29. In tho Legislatives Assembly, tho Government has introduced a Bill to earmark tho profits from business undertakings. The proposal to abolish "lied houses" was further debated. MASTER BUILDERS' CONVENTION. Melbourne, November 2!). Tho Fedoral Convention of Master Builders has oponed bore. The president predicted trade disputes in the immediate future, and declared that (he builders would be forced to look further afield for artisans, as local meu were- taking io unskilled work.

BOWLING IN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, November 20. At bowls, New South Wales defeated Victoria by 101 to S3. RAILWAY FARES. London, November 2S. Tbe railways propose a 3 to 12} par cont. increase in week-end excursion "faros. A WIRELESS SEA SERVICE. London, November 28. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd., has opened a sea servico between Las Talmas, Cadiz, and Barcelona. SWEPT OVERBOARD. New York, November 28. Tremendous seas hammered the steamship Santa Anna in mid-Atlantic. Three seamen were swept, overboard, and a fourth man just saved himself by grasping a lifeline. TIIK GERMAN-NAVY. Berlin, November 28. Grand Admiral von'Koo.sl.er, on behalf of t.lio Navy League, is urging the Government to build more cruisers.