GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1303, 5 December 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telecraph-I'ress Association-Oopyrlchl AVIATION RECORD. (Rec. December 4, 11 p.m.) Paris, December 4. M. Prevost aeroplaned with a passenger at a height of 9800 feet, a world's record. MULTI-MILLIONAIRE'S SUICIDE. Paris, December 3. A supposed American multi-millionaire named Bishop committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. Ho was suffering from an incurable disease. (Rec. December 5, 0.45 a.m.) n,, .... . Paris, December.4. _ lhe millionaire who committed suicide I is David Wolfe Bishop, a member of lhe New York Yacht Club. He bequeathed Ins friend Jeanne Demav, an actress, his residence, besides ,£50,000. AMERIGAN~MNXIS TEAM. (Bee. December 5, 1.15 a.m.) Melbourne, December 4. lhe president of tli(e Victorian Tennis Association has received a cable message bating that the American team will be nnaWa to play in Melbourne alter tho Davis Cup contest, as it will be leaving for Manila on January 19. BURGLARY oFTeWELLERY. Sydney, December 4. ' Burglars entered a residence at Bellcvuo Hill, and stole jewellery valued at ovor £300. MEN RESUME WORK. Adelaide, December 4. A tentative agreement has been arrived at regarding tkniinorated water workers strike. Tho men' resume, work to-day. . AUSTRALIAN CADETS. ' (Rec. • December 5, 6,45 a.m.). Melbourne, December 4. Tho Senior Cadets in training number 80,!)%. LABOUR SET-BACK. . Adelaide, December 4. The municipal elections resulted in a reverse for tho Labour party. EARTH TREMORS. Melbourne, December i. Several earth tremors wcro recorded on November 29 and 30. STRUCK BY A CYCLONE. Sydney, December 4. _™days cyclono struck the town of Guildford, where many buildings wero wrecked and. roofs blown away. Tho path ot devastation is plainly marked. CHALLENGE~ACCEPTED. New York, December 3. Alexander Monroe, the British wrestler, has accepted the challenge of Frank Gotch (tho champion wrestler) to wrestlo tor the championship on December 27. botch will afterwards retire. BY-ELECTION IN N.S.W. , r ,„ Sydney, December 4. Mr. bhas. Forn, Labour candidate, was returned unopposed for the Cobar vacancy in tho Legislative Assembly caused by tho death of Mr. Donald Macdonell, Chief Secretary. CAPTOR AND CAPTIVE. . . Paris, December 3. A prisoner in charge of a sergeant, of gendarmes endeavoured to escape from the Bordeaux express. Ho climbed out jjf a window to get on the footboard. Inc sergeant followed, and a desperate struggle took place. Both men were tlirown from the footboard and killed. TELEPHONE SYSTEMS. m, ~ , „ London, December 3. lhe Federal Government is to bo asked to appoint a commission to investigate the present systems of telephones, telegraphs, and mail delivery, with a view to reform. LOS ANGELES OUTRAGE. Ti,« v r i t CW York ' December 3. Tho Nationa Erectors' Association (an employers; body) proposes to hold an investigation, in order to, if possible and the instigators of tho outrages coml mitted by tho M'Namara brothers. POUND TO BE INSANE. London, December 3. killed Mr. George Sanger, the wellknown showman, at tho hitter's farm at Las linchloy, and th»n committed suicide, was found by a coroner's jury to have been insane at the time of (ho Set fh'.f dGnCO **? BiTea t0 tfle effect that the accusation of theft had preyed on his mind. m RIFLE SHOOTING. t) ■ i London, December 3 Ji %. . B ™ lc ?< has been awarded nl*n the Duke of Cunnaughts challenge "up° LATE SPORTING. (Rec. December 5, 1.15 a.m.) Tho,. n ~» t i S y d " e V. December 4. H,„ ii? "? fo &? ue fiMl acceptors for tho December Stakes, including Ycnturi

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