GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1938, 22 December 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By lWoptoßh—Press Association— Copjri-sht 0 — DISQUALIFIED HORSE-TRAINER'S APPEAL. (Rec. December 22, 0.25 a.m.) Sydney, December 21. Edward Daniel Hammond, trainer slid part-owner of the racehorse Marlon, who, with tlio horse aucl Uangi Thompson, its rider, was disqualified for two .years as the result of the'stewards' inquiry into the running of tho harso atRosehill on December 14, has lodged an appeal. ART AND "INDECENT" POSTCARDS, Adelaide, December 19. The Police Court adjudged postcard copies of C'hautron's famous picture "La Cigalo" and Rondeil's "Hie .First I'ose" as indecent art, and fined the seller £2. SHAKESPEAREAN NATIONAL MEMORIAL. London, December 19. A site has been acquired in Bloomsbury', at a cost of £60,000, to erect a Shakespeare National Memorial Theatre. THE NECKLACE THIEVES. London, December 20. The Court lias dismissed the appeal of tho pearl necklace thieves against their conviction and sentence. THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. Brussels, December 20. Tho Duke of Orleans, in avoiding a collision at a skating rink, fell and broke liis arm. \ AIR FLEET UNITS. London, December 19. ' It is proposed to organiso sports, to fitiso fowls to provide each o >ersea Do* minion with ii first unit of ail air fleet. — Sydney "Sun" Special. PERIODICAL CRUISES OF EMPIRE. London, December 20. Captain Lionel Halscy. in ft dispatch to the Admiralty, suggests that if an Imperial Squadron coukl periodically visit the oversea Dominiqns. an immense amount of good would accrue to the Empire generally. • FROM THE RANKS OF THE PEERS. London, December 20. "Burke's Peerage 1 ' shows that thirtythree Peers died during tho year—namely, two dukes, two marquesses, six carls, eight viscaiuits, and fifteen barons.—Sydney "Sun" Special. THE STACKHOUSE*EXPEDITION. London, December 20, . Lieutenant Stasklionse (comrtiandcv of tho Antarctic expedition to King Edward VII Land) hopes that two geologists, one from Australia and one from New Zealand, will volunteer for liis Antarctic expedition, thereby making it Imperial in personnel

• . ' SMALLPOX. : fl!ce December 22, 0.25 a.nO Sydney, Decetmbe!' 22. Two eases of smallpox have been re. (Kitted in (lie cit.v.