GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1320, 26 December 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

'REVOLVERS I'OR BANK CLERKS. Paris, Dcocinbnr 22. Tho Prefect: of Polico has authorised bank clerks lo carry revolvers. GERMAN COLONIAL MINISTER, Berlin, December 22. Dr. Solf, formerly Governor of German Samoa, has been appointed Sec-rotary for the Colonics. GREECE AND CRETE. Canea, December 22. Tho Protecting Powers have taken measures to prevent the other Cretan politicians from proceeding to Athena in connection with the plot for union with Greece. PUPILS SET SCHOOL AFIRE. Sydney t December 23. Tho public school .-it, \\bolloomooloo was badly damaged by Jive, tho result of an act of vandalism by a number of youths, who were seen escaping shortly after tho outbreak was discovered. A quantity of instruments were- broken or stolen. Five youths have been arrested in connection with the fire. MELBA OPERA SEASON. Sydney, December 23. Madame Mclba concluded her Sydney opera season last nighl. There was an enormous and enthusiastic audience. SERIOUS TYPHOID OUTBREAK. Sydney, December 23. There is a serious outbreak of typhoid fever at the Burrinjuck irrigation 'works. The Shiro Council recommends the burning of houses in order to prevent the possibility of contamination oi" the water supply. FLOURMILL WRECKED. New York, December 22. At Apiary, iu Oregon, a boiler in Leiwman s flour-mills hurst, wrecking tho building and killing three men. Three other men, including the owner, were wounded. SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEADLOCK. Adelaide, December 23. ' both Houses of Parliament sat late, with the idea of coining to an agreement on tho Appropriation Bill, but adjourned without a settlement being arrived at. MADAME CURIE AS CO-RESPONDENT , „ , Paris, December 25. As Madame Lungcrin is satisfied with her separation sho does not intend to proceed with the charge of infidelity against her husband, Professor Lajigerin, in which Madame Curie, of radium fame is tho co-respondent. ' MONTMARTRE ROBBERY. „, . ■ Paris, December 23. loc. booty secured by tho robbery at Montmartre totallod twenty thousand sterling. Tho automobile, iu which the robbers made their oseape, was found at Dieppe. It is believed the. gang is now in London.

EXCHANGE OP UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. . , „ Pan's, December 23 A scheme, for tlio exchange of students between universities in Paris and London has been sanctioned. GREAT QlpfiFsiß ERNEST CAbSLL. ~. _ London, December 23. Sir Ernest Cassel, the well-known fio™,0 ™ , has ?ivcn Hl ° Loi "ion Hospital •eaO,ooo as a memorial to his.kto daugh--A SASKATCHEWAN MYSTERY. <r ~ ~ , Ottawa, December 24. Sh\ knnnef.li kiu B ston, a surveyor, wns shot in the back in the woods atßak-at-Tl,?'nM-" ndcr circumstances, iho police are investigating. A GROUNDLESS ALARM. , r . , Perth, December 25 rho-supposed case of smallpox on the chXn P of ndar0 ° h ' S bOCn dl » " OBITUARY. Th» Tr nn r r ? yd -? cy, December 23. Co^e £& ■ growers in tho St-nte, is dead. ■Vh j h . Melbourne . December 24. The death is announced of Canon .Tucker, a prominent Anglican clergyman DEFERRED CABLE RATES. ti, t> x l ,i., Ber,lni December 24. The Deutsch Atlantiseh Telegrahen is neffotiatrnff with tho Secretary for Posts SSf °J eßl^ hs / or lho establishment of deferred reduced press rates similar to those conceded to the Union. ITALIAN PRINCESS ROBBED. i n v , Bep , ne > Decembor 24. An Italian couple have been arrested EX-ICE KING HL. Nt, 7 to ew York ' December 24. Charles W Morse, at one time a prominent banker and known as the 'Ice Jung, who was sentenced in 1908 to fifteen years imprisonment on a charm of misapplying the funds of the MerSS! hie National Bank, is seriously ill and his recovery is doubtful. leichar'ot'tragedy. ■pi, nJI Sydney, December U, The child Bray, one of tho victims of the Lfiichardt tragedy has succumbed to tho eflects of poison. MR. BOWLES CHANGES SIDES AGAIN. London, December 23. Mr. T. Gibson Bowles, in a letter to tho press, states that he is rejoining tlio Conservatives because the Liberals are controlled, by their Nationalist and Socialist allies, and havo become a rovolutionnry i>arty. [Mr. Bowles was formerly a Conservative M.P, and Inst year joined tho Liberal party.] LATE sm. HARRY EICKAItDS. Sydnoy, December 25. rho remains of tho lalo Mr. Harry Richards have beca brought from Bnglaiul and burial in tho Waverlcr Cinifilory. A large cortege followed tlio reinitins to tho rt.ivc. and llirro were maav lloial tribute-,