GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 769, 18 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By ToloEraph-Fress Assoclation-Oonyricht. KING EDWARD.' . ' v (Rec. March 17, 10.30 p.m.) ~. _, , . London, March 17. •tongLdward is recovering from his alignt indisposition. '■■'.''■ A WORKING MAN'S. WINDFALL. ir i. ii ..Sydney, March 17. ._ Marshall; a- working man, residing at latligow, haa come iii for' a "windfall, his uncle,, late senior member of the nrm of Marshall, Stewart, and Company, shipbuilders, Glasgow, having made him X e f&nL ■ neficiar y of property. valued at £40,000. '.'.'■ WIRELESS APPARATUS.' V « r. t . Berlin, March 16. ~ Professor Gerebotam, of Munich, has invented a pocket wireless telegraphic apparatus, which enables: a carrier to be called from a central wireless station.' MANCHESTER SHOW: THE QUEEN'S '..' EXHIBITS. . _■ ~■',■■• London, Maroh 16. ■queen Alexandra exhibited her basset bounds at the Manchester Show. Her Majesty secured two firsts and two second prizes, one reserve, and two exhibits were highly commended.

ALDERMEN ELECTED. •m. n- a i." A?'V don > Mar °li 16. lne Moderate candidates nominated for aldermen of the London County Council were elected. They include Lady St. Helier (well known for her work for the Soor), Mr. Harold Cox, and Mr. Geoffrey >rago (a writer on economic subjects). [Mr, Harold Cox is a. well-known politician, and Mr. Drage, a barrister who has never practised, has written much on labour problems, is the author of a novel and has generally led a busy life.] ' MR. LLOYD-GEORGE. _j, ■ ■ ■■■■■. London, March IG. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd-George) is suffering from neuritis. He is resting for a week. DEATH UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUM- -• STANCES. '. Perth, March 17. Two well-known graziers in tho Wynham district died under peculiar circumstances. John Mackenzie shot himself when drawing a revolver from his saddlebag, and Sam Muggleston was found unconscious on a bush track and succumbed. WHEAT CROP. London, March 18. The revised official estimate of tho Argentine, wheat crop, available for .export, shows that there will be two million two hundred thousand tons. INSTITUTION. London, March 16. During the year 1909, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's boats saved 644 lives, and 43 vessels. [The institution was established in 1824. The total number of lives.saved from the date of the establishment of the institution until the end of 1908 was 47,983. Two hundred and cighty-ono lifeboats ore maintained on the coasts of the United Kingdom.] PRESENTATION TO CARDINAL MORAN. . . (Rec. March 17, 10.30 pjn.) Sydney, March 17. The Roman Catholic laity have presented Cardinal Mornri with £2500 in recognition of his services, and to mark his silver jubilee. H.M.S. ENCOUNTER. Sydnoy, March 17. The cruiser Encounter has sailed for Colombo, where she will bo recommis6ioned. DIED OF; FRIGHT.

London. March 16. At Birmingham Assizes John White was sentenced to penal servitude for life for causing his mother' 6 death. Ho tried to induco her to drink cyanide of potassium, and she died of fright.