MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16508, 28 April 1919, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

The Bank Africa lias given £10,000 to the Cape Town University. The first squadron of returning Australian warships has reached I>arwin. It consists of the cruiser iMolbcrarne and six destroyers. It is believed that the Limerick strike was settled after a conference of the strike leaders with tho Mayor and the Bishop of Liiflericlc. The Grand Duke Nicholas of Ilussia has arrived at Genoa, en route to the Riviera. The Dowager-Empress Marie is proceeding to London as tho guest of Queen Alexandra. Tho Japanese Embassy at Washington states that the reports from Seoul are exaggerated. Tho total casualties in the wholo of Korea were 351 killed and 735 wounded. The coal trouble in Now South Wales shows no change. The Federal Government has summoned tho colliery proprietors to Melbourne to meet Mr Watt, and discuss the position. Lieut.-Colonel (Professor) David has returnod to Sydney, after being on service nt the front sinco early in 1910. He tells an inspiring'story of the worth of his Australian Mining Corps. Tho Princo of Wales has been elected a mombor of tho Jockey Club. It is reported that ho will shortly become a Freemason, thfe Duke of Connaught conducting his initiation. The German-Austrian Government has accepted the German Government's invitation to send five members of the German-Austrian National Assembly to meet the Constitutional Committee at Weimar.