GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1335, 12 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Gopyrichl

SAFE. (Ecc. January 11, 11 p.m.) New York, January 11. n. J°n>edo destroyer which was thought to have been lost in the recent gales is reported to be safe. BUTTER EXPORT. Sydney, January 11. Last year New South Wales exported 33,083,4641b. of butter, valued at .41,524,358 an increase of 5,698,2631b. wight and .£284,419 value. SUFFRAGETTE SENTENCED. t, , London, January 10. Lmily Davidson, the suffragette who placed lighted kerosene rags in a letter box, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The prisoner asserted that her conduct was in protest against the injuries to women during the police raids, three of whom had died. ASSISTED EMIGRANTS. _ London, January 10. Last year 12.8G1 assisted emigrants went to Queensland, 1010 to South Australia, 5540 to Victoria, and 10,255 to Western Australia. VICTORIAN FACTORY CONDITIONS. n ... , London, January 10. Uithbertson, m an interview in the Manchester "Guardian," explained Victoria s demands for labour and factory conditions. Victoria allowed 400 cubic feet of air to each worker in a factorv, compared with 250 ft. allowed in England. VICTORIAN GOLD. ' . Melbourne, January 11. the Victorian gold yield last year was 503,4510z„ valued at .£2,138,903, a decrease of C6,8210z. BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER. London, January 10. _, , Pnme Minister of England (the Right Hon. H. H. Asquith) is holidaymaking in the South of France. SUCCESSFUL BIPLANE FLIGHT. London, January 10. Lieutenant Samson launched a biplane at Sheerness from planks built out from ii.M.S. Africa s turrets, and made a suecessful flight. EMPERORS TO MEET. m, t- • v . ienna i January 10. iiie Kaiser will visit the Emperor of Austria m May. HOTELS CLOSED. Melbourne, January 11. oinco 1907, 512 hotels have been closed. Compensation paid amounted to .£243,443.