GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 770, 19 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

By Tolograph-Prees Aasociatlon-OoDJtlsW - ♦ ■) THE KING. I (Bee. Maroh 18, 9.45 p.m.) * j London, March IS. 1 King Edward is still suffering from » ; ; • cold. . j ST. PATEICK"S DAT. ■ ! (Eec. March 18, 10.20 p.m.) .j London, March 18. , j The Queen's shamrock was: presented.to.' | the Irish Guards at Aldershot on St Patrick's Day, and trefoil was distributed 1 in many London hotels and charitable ,':*■ \j institutions.' : .; - . ■ . . , .'.'■;•■'■■■■■•■". : "J ■■".'■ ■ ■' ■■• ' : ■ . ■■'■■'■ -. ;■'■.■.-■ ■■■■■r;.-v , y DECIMAL COINAGE. ■■ "■: -J'/'Ci^l ■■.'!, : (Eec. March 18,-9.«:p.m0 • ■ ■; X..: ;; : o-.-i? -.-.■,■-. ; .-;• London, March.lß. ; "• j '" The Associated Chambers of, Commerce, ."''.'i7;j by a mall majority, recommended thai'.'' .;- '.-,;■:; a decimal. system of coinage should be .■' ;. : : made compulsory. . : ~ ' , : ;;"''i ' - ' ;■ HPNOUES. •■ ■/: V ■■/ ;.: ; : > ■.■ ■. (Rec. March 18,9.45 pan.) : ■■ .■..'■- ] :'\'\.\ :■:,'■": '■'■ London," March 18. ' : V /; |V 3 Sir Samuel-Evans (who ..was, recently / i; •--.. --'.A appointed President o£ the Divorce aid '• . I Admiralty Division' of .the High Court) : v '. ;, -yj has been created a Privy Councillor. . • ' :^J. . Mr. Kufus Isaacs.(who succeeded Sir ■■":,..! Samuel Evans as Solicitor-General) ... .-."'j:| has been made a knight..; ; •:■ : : : v" j ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION; ; i ' (Beo. : March .18, 10iO pjn.) .. '. ';'■['] ; : ; ■■■..•■; • Berlin, March 18. : ■) First-Lientenant. Klchner's. expedition. ....■ , j to- Antarctio 1 leavea.. Germany in the . ':.';■; ~] summer-of 1911. .",",',«.'.'.: :-"",.vi ■ •■■-.■ ■':-:'! : ''- .■■■ ■; ■' ~ ■-': ; ■ •. ; - "..-i" , ]'.! AGEICULTTOAI SHOWS. ' / .: -. ; j ..■•■■■'•: J ■■"■ ■■."" Sydney, March 18. ; ' '/ ■ The Eoyal■ • Agricultural Society- 'has V ■.; I. spent .£BSOO on increasine ■ the; building ' ■■■'■, accommodation for the forthcoming shows ~ v! at Sydney...,. .- . •.. . . ' ' ■ .'•' .'I

: ■ EXHIBITS AND EMIGRANTS. : - London, March 17. Ncw : South Wales is arranging for the display of exhibifa of New South Wales products at the leading .agricultural shows during the spring and summer. Mr. Coghlan, : Agent-General, finds that the displays attract desirable emigrants. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: PEOPOSEJJ ~-.-■ . : ■ Melbourne,*- March 18. : The State Attorney-General proposes to introduce a Bill to abolish capital poßishment. \■ ; /. ■■'". . '. , .'; : ; . .'■■.■:' . SDS GEOEGE EEtD..' iVi "London, March 1T..! Jin response to municipal • invitaSoae, Sir George Eeid" (Australian High Commissioner) has arranged to visit Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol,, and Bath during April nest. ;, ' ', •' ■•'■■-.- ';■-'■ ' ■ ; /obituaet: [.'■'' ';.'■ 1;-, ;■•;■....*; ' Sydney, Maroh 18..; The death is announced of the Bey. W. J. "Watsford, son of the .late Father Watsford. • '■■ ■:• ' ; :. :■.■';- ; PBINCE BECOMES A MONK. '. • London, March'l7. . The "Daily Express" states that the KaiserV exiled cousin son- of the late Prince Albrecht, Duke, of Mecklenberg and Regent of Brunswick, has become a , monk, and has ceded his fortune of. .£200,000 to the Catholic Church in Italy. ■■■ . ' ' ■ . * ' : : ' '