GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1411, 11 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Profs Association—Copyright P BOWLS. , Sydney, April 10. New South Wales, in the inter-State bowling contest-, defeated Queensland in two out ,of three games. NEW YORK TAXI-CAB ROBBERY. (New York, April 10. A man named Edward Kinsman has confessed to having committed the recent taxieab robbery. His confession implicaees others. AA portion of the stolen jewellery has been recovered."- Knsman has been sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment in the New York State prison at Sing Sing. CANADA AND THE WEST INDIES. Ottawa, April 10. The preference agreement between Canada and the West Indies will remain secret pending its submission to Parliament. An official statement declares that it provides for generous' reciprocal preference. SIBERIAN ESCAPEES. Washington, April 10. Two Russian Social Democrats, named Kagan and Lichatkoff, who escaped from Siberia, have been granted admission into the United State?, on the ground that they are political refugees. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS. London, April 9. Board of Trade" returns show that for tho month of March imports increased by .£2,649,567, exports decreased by .£119,941, and re-exports increased by X 1,692,040, as compared with Mnrch, 1911. AUSTRALIAN TENSIONS. Melbourne, April 10. A return shows that out of everv thousand persons in the Commonwealth 19..9 are drawing old age or invalid pensions, the total cost being .£2,200,000 yearly. COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAILING. ' Melbourne, April 10. Mr. Smerdon, a well-known British scoutmaster, has arrived here to study the compulsory military training system. LITHGOAV STRIKE ENDS. Sydney, April 10. A conference of representatives of the unions ai;d tho Chamber of Manufacturers agreed to declare the Lithgow strike off to-day, after it had lasted nine months. I SOCIALISTS AND DEFENCE. Adelaide, April 10. Tho Socialist Conference recommended that all working-class boys should refuse to attend parades, and decline to drill if committed to military custody.