GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1305, 7 December 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TcleffraDh—l'ress Asso:iation-Oep»rieht

COMMONWEALTH BANK. (Rcc. Doccmbftr G, 10.1 ft p.m.)

London, December G. A sjKCial article in "Tho Times" financial Supplement describes tho Commonwealth Bank Bill as lieing framed on Conservative, ■ sober-minded lino:.

THE GLENVALE TRAGEDY. Sydnoy, Docember G. Baiter was of eocanlric habits, and lived on bad terms ivith his wife. Ho lately sold his homo, and his wife thereupon refused to liw with him. Baker is still imcaplurcd. It is believed ho is armed.. SUICIDE OF A BASONLT. London, December 5. Sir Henry Day Ingilby, Bart, shot himself after an operation. A second one was impending. AX APPOINTMENT. (Rcc. December 7, 0.45 a.m.) London, Doccmber 6. Mr. Claud Sohustor, adviser of the Board of Education, has been appointed Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies. FEDERAL SERVANTS. (Hoc. December 6, 11.53 p.m.) Melbourne, December 6. A Bill to place Federal servants under the Arbitration Act has passed its third reading. STEAMER ASHORE. (Rcc. December l>, 11.55 p.m.) New York, December G. An Italian steamer bound from South America to Philadelphia is ashore near Occan City, Maryland, and is in great peril.

INTERNA TICK A L QUESTION. (Roc. Dccemhfcr (i, 11.55 p.m.) Ottawa, December C. Mr. Bp'co, British Ambassador iu tho United Staf.os of America, has arrived to discuss with Mr. Borden, Prime Minister, a pending international question.

GOVERNMENT COAL MINES. (Rec. December 7, 1.10 a.m.) Melbourne, Docember 6. Tho net profit of tho Government's coal mines at V/onhasgi la-st year was X 21.101. The gross output was 31)6,012 tons.

SPEAKER ELECTED. ' Melbourne, December 6. Tho Hon. Frank Madden has been reelected Speaker of the State Assembly. THE TRUST PROBLEM. New York, Dccomber 5. President Taft's Message to Congress deals with the trust problem. It forecasts amendments of an important nature. A SUIT THAT~ FAILED. New York, December 5. Tho suit against tho National Cash Register Company, charging it with being a combination in restraint of trade, failed, STANDARD OIL PRESIDENT. New York, December 5. Mr. John Arehbold .succeeds Mr. J. D. Rockefeller iu . the presidency of the Standard Oil Company. A HALF-MILLION LOAN.

Perth, Dccomber G. The Government is issuing in Australia a half-million four per centum loan at par.

FLEET OF AIRSHIPS. Berlin, December 5. The War Oflice is testing the possibility of a fleet of airships carrying three •lundred men, moving at a speed of uve'nty-five yards a second, under the Zeppelin system. LATE GEORGE SANGER'S WILL.

t> London, December -5. Uy tho will of Air. George Sanger, tho showman recently murdered «t East Finchley, the sum of <£50 was to go to the murderer Cooper, who committed suicide after his crime.

PROSPERITY OF N.S.W. tu tv 1 , Wm, December 6. ino .Director of Labour, referring to the favourable conditions prevailing in this btate, says tho present year has been- the best for a decade. Tho prices for primary products throughout tho year ruled high lho city of Sydney is extending and thriving marvellously. SYDNEY'S LORD MAYOR. rot. r j Sydney, December 6. , ihe Lord Mayors allowance has been increased from .£looo' to XISOO per annum. 1

AMERICAN TARIFF. >r i ■ i ,N ew .York, December 5. lariff legislation is oxpccted to occupy tho greater part of tho session of tho United States IParliament. N.S.W. WHEAT QUOTATIONS. n ■ . , Sydney, December 'G. Uwing to extremely heavy rain in the western wheat districts, wheat shippers hate withdrawn quotations until an estimate of tho daiuugo has been obtained. ARBITRATION FOR CIVIL SERVANTS, r m Melbourne, December 6. 0 tho Fedoral House of Representatives, the Civil Servants' Arbitration Bill was passed through committee. PRE-HAEVEST ESTIMATE. Melbourne, December 6. lho Government Statist's pre-harvest wheat estimate is 26,571,000 bushels, or an average of IUS per acre. 'Hie area estimated to bo harvested is 77,089 acres below that of last year. The requirements of s®n n™ f ? 01 } an(l S0C(1 a™ estimated at 9,000,000 bushels, leaving an exportablo surplus of 17,500,000 bushels.

MOUNT MORGAN COPPER. m, , r , Brisbane, December 6. , 8 Mornt Morgan copper reduction works for November produced G22 tons of ,j contaixiins: Copper GIG tons, gold ■i6!fo6z Tho cold reduction works produced 71040z. The total value of the products was .£BISO.

AERIAL DEFENCE. m. , . , Sydney, December 6. the Aenal League has affirmed the necessity for the immediate establishment of a system of aerial dcfence for Australia. COMMONWEALTH TARIFF. nr m. j Melbourne, December 6. Mr. Tudor, Federal Minister for Customs is being besieged by denutations "?ardinpf the recent tariff alterations, fhe chief complaints are that the chanircs arc inadequate aud that many anomalies remain. A LABOUR REPRESENTATIVE.

m i r,„ S y dnc Y- Dumber (i. %• !!"• , / . a !T P rof *'ntativc of the |\ational_ .Sailors' and Firomen's Union Has arrived from England. Tho object of his mission to Australia is to promote the federation of the Seamen's Assoc,ations in the Commonwealth with (ho British Associations.

ALL FOR PEACE. ■» i j jy™ York ' December 4. *">'•-\ n<,lW Carnegie, interviewed, said Hio Wnr all f,, r pc , w . T!l(1 U(1( , ot War Lord men lnni was u slanderho wot essentially a peaceful ruier.