GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1705, 24 March 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

GAS EXPLOSION: NINE MEN KILLED. New York, March 20. AC Medicine Bat, nine men were killed by an explosion of gas in the Malcolmn Canning Company's premises. < The building and plant were reduced to debris, and many persons were injured. CONSPIRACY BILL.' Delhi," March 21. A .Conspiracy Bill has been passed, as n result of the attempt on the life of Lord Hardinge. DEATH OF A CHINAMAN. Sydney, March 20. The two youths, Richard Arthur Bower, man and John Mnitland White, who were' arrested on suspicion in connection with tho death'of a Chinaman at Parramatta, .have been discharged. Tho police have detained two other youths, of .whom one is reported to hnvo mado a statement that he fired at the Chinaman in self-defence. ALLEGED~SPT. London, March 21. Wilhelm Klare, the German who was arrested on a charge of attempting by a bribe to secure the naval code, has been committed 1 for trial. WEST AUSTRALIAN PREMIER, ' London, March 20. Tho Labour party in tho House of Commons banqueted . the Hon. ,T. Scaddan, Premier of West Australia, who advocated exchange yearly visits between tho British nnd Australian Labour leaders, Messrs. Holm an, Ifoir Hardie, and Henderson endorsed tho proposal.

TURAKINA'S CARGO.' Rio ds Janeiro, March 21. The steamer Catalina js loading three thousand crates of the Turakina's cheese, which was the only dairy produce salved. JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA. ■ , San Francisco, March 20. Californian farmers are combining to carry laws in the State Legislature preventing Japanese holding real estate. They threatened to drive out the Japanese forcibly if tho law is not carried. QUASHED. Melbourne, March 22. In connection with tho prosecution of a hairdresser for an alleged breach of agreement in keeping his shon open beyond certain hours, tho Hi<,'h Court, in quashing the 'conviction, laid it down that an agreement mada between an individual and a branch of'an association was not binding; it must bo made with tho parent association. KOREAN CONSPIRACY. Seoul, March 21. The sentences on Baron Inchiko and five others concerned in the plot to assassinate Count Tcrauchi, Governor-General of Korea, passed in September last year, have been reduced to .six years "and five years respectively. The other appellants were acquitted. CHINESE EX-MINISTER .WOUNDED. Shanghai, March 21. As Parliamentary representatives were entraining for Peking, all unknown man .fired ji revolver at: thorn, and severely wounded Tan? Ching-Chung, an exMinister for Education. SYDNEY STOW. ' Sydney, March 22. At the show, the high jump was won by. Radium, who cleared fift. -tin. Dnsnioi'd ■was second. The ferry strike affccted the attendance materially. Yesterday it totalled ninety-two thousand. The takings were £1100.

OniTUAIIY. London, Mnrcli Si, The death is announced of Mr. William Ayflrsl; Ingram, artist.IWilliani Ayerst Ingram was born in 183!). ITe tookpart in tho formation of'tho Anglo-Australian Society of Artist?, now the lioynl British' Colonial Society of Artists, and was president in ISSB.' Tho following public galleries have examples of his works Corporation of London. Guildhall Permanent Gallery, National Gallery (New South Wales). National Gallery (South Australia). Public Gallery (Bendigo), and Public Gallery (Otago).