GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BT TELEGRAPH—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION.',. (Rec. April 12, 4.20 p.m.) London April 11. Queen Alexandra and her sister, Marie, Dowager Empress of Russia, paid a visit to the Franco-British Exhibition yesterday. Queen Alexandra greatly admired the Colonial Avenue and the Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand buildings. ,|... • > CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, ' London, April r ll. Lord Rayleigh (the eminent physicist, joint discoverer with Professor''Ramsay of argon) succeeds the Duke of Devonshire as Chancellor of £he University of Cambridgo. PRIME MINISTER'S HEALTH; ' London, April 10. '■'■Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman passed a restloss night, and is somewhat weaker. LABOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown, April 10. There are "20,000 more natives on the Rand than there were in 1907. Owing to commercial stagnation. aiid the crisis in tho diamond industry, the Do Beers', the. Premier, and the Jagersfontein mines have released 20,000 natives, and tho Central and South African railways have released 17,500. MUSIC'EXAMINATIONS. London, April 10. Mr Henry St, George ■ will conduct the Trinity College music examinations in New Zealand and Tasmania. .. .' CANON NASH. . " • Melbourne, April 11. Tho Chancellor of tho Diocese admits that Archbishop Clarke's cablegram to some extent constituted what Canon Nash'j sup-, porters termed a "climb down.". , The Archbishop's cablegram stated that what is known as tho "No. 2" charge has been dismissed, and that he (the Archbishop) does not regard Mr. Nash as permanently incapacitated for servieo in the Cliurch. . PECULIAR ACCIDENT. Sydney, April 11. A girl named Solmas, while; carrying a pair of scissors, fell, and was stabbed to death. ' BOWLS-NEW ZEALANDERS BEATEN. Melbourne, April 12. Ballarat defeated tho Now Zealand bowlors by 107 to 10J- "