GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1304, 6 December 1911, Page 8

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Uj Tclecraph-l'rees AssoclaUoii-OoD'riehl ACCIDENT AT SEA. (Roc. December 5, 10.10 p.m.) Adelaide, December 5. The steamer City of Lincoln lias put ia hero and reports that after leaving Melbourne tho. main slop valve pipe burst, and au engineer and live Lascars were killed. ' WARSniP LAUNCHED.' (Rec. December 5, 11,25 p.m.) London, December 5. H.M.h. Ampliion, tho sixth vossel of the Boadicea class, has been launched. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, (lice. December 5, 10.10 p.m.) ~. ~ _~ London, December 5. Eighty Liberal, members of the House ot Commons aro joining the Liberal Foreign Affairs Committee, the formation of which wns recently proposed bv Mr. Sydney liuxton, President of the* Board of 1 radc. . A SUBSTANTIAL FEE. (Rcc. eccmboDr 6, 1 a.m.) Melbourne, December 5. Tho total amount paid counsel in the Sent *j^4s1 80 th ° l ' cilna] - Govern. STATE LOTTERY PROPOSED.

(Bee. December C, 1 a.m.) t «i. «<. ; s y dne y. December 5. In tap State Assembly, Mr. Osborue moved for leave to iutroduco a' Bill to Provide for a State lottery similar to lattcrsall's. Tho debate was adjourned.

FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.' (Rec. December 6, 1 a.m.) , Sydney, December 5. I hero have been floods in the western districts. At Young; the railway was covered wtih debris for a considerable distance. A mixed train was derailed. It was travelling slowly, and nobody was injured. J

ARRIVAL OP DOMESTIC SERVANTS,

■n- vu.l Melbourne, December. 5. hißnty-four domestic servants have ar. rived from England. They were all en. gaged boforo they left the vessel. .

. . AVIATOR, KILLED. • ■ • London, December i. ilerr Roeib, while aeroplaning from Munich to Nurcnburg, vras killed bv a fall. BUS OVERTURNED.

London, December 4. A crowded omnibus at Finsbury Square lost a wheel and o\erturued. Twelve no sons were injured.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN Adelaide, December 5. The lambing returns are below the average, owing to the failure of the early rains. Heavy rains are falling through out the ngncultural area, and it is tear, ed will damage the hay crop;..

RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, December 5. JLhere has been a further heavy rain, fall, which has been widespread. The crop outlock has immensely benefited by the recent general rains.

GERMAN SEAMEN IN TROUBLE. London, December 4. Two bluejackets on the battleship Vcn der Tann were sentenced to five yean* penal servitude at Kiel for insubofdinv tion and violence to their superiors. INCOME TAX BILL, Sydney, December 5. In.the- Legislative As«mbly the Incomi Tax Bill debate was closured, and tht second reading carried by 33 votes to 21. THE DE BEERS COMPANY.

London, December 4. ■ The Judicial Committee of the Houm of Lords allowed the De B«rs Diamond Company's appeal, and declared, the ccapany's exclusive license to be legal.

New York, December 4. The boiler of the towboat Diamond «x----plodcd on the Ohio River. The captain and three men were killed and the boat sunk.