GENERAL CABLE NEWS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 774, 24 March 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright

; ; ..'■'..;: LADY DUDLEY. • . (Rec.' March 23, 10,15 p.m.) ■ . _, , . London, March 23. j Ihe improvement of Lady Dudley, who; recently \ underwent an operation, is well maintained/ ■ ■ : THE DALAI LAMA. (Rec. March 23, 10.15 p.m.) _ n , Calcutta, March 23. lnreo high lamas (priests) and their suites ■ have reached ■ the Indian frontier.- They-axe proceeding to Darjeeling to consult the Dalai Lama. : ■ '; ■'■:■■■ MARL\E~COURT. : : (Rec. MaTcii 23, p.m.) • \ . . . 'Sydney, March 23. i Jhe Marine Court'found that the week of the tug Port Jackson on February 12 was due,,to a flaw in the machinery causing the breakdown. The court .exonerated the ■ captain from all plame, and, complimented him on his good .seamanship in getting tho vessel to land. ■■ ...; .: , :. . •"■ CHARGE OF MURDER. ' ' (Rec. March 23, 8.45 p.m:) ; T : il \ l Sydney; ; March 23.. - Ijovett has been committed, for trial on a charge of murdering his wife. IVo; constables deposed that two days •ii■ 21 , , tra S°dy Lovett told theni tliat lie had trouble-with his wife over meeting a I'Vonchman. ~. If anything happened they would know. '

:. •; ■■■.■ suicide. ■■■;■'■ i ', ... (Eec. March 1 24, 0.45 a.m.) ■'. , :' ■■■ Melbourne, March 23. .. Reginald Tuckett, of the auctioneering firm of Gemmell and Tuckott, committed : suicide by ■ shooting.- Hβ had been in. ill-health for sometime.

. AN ELECTION. (Rec. March 23, 10.50 p.m.)

, . Sydney, March 23. Mr. Kearsley (Labour) has been elected unopposed for the Northumberland seat in ■ the. Assembly, vice Mr. Chorltoh, who resigned in order to become a candidate at the Federal election. .',■■■■.■■ ;

LIBEL ACTION.

' (Rec.March 23, 10.50 p.m.) '■'■'. Sydney, March 23. Counsel, for defendant in the action brought by Captain John Strachan, a well-known master mariner, against the proprietors of the "Sydney Morning Herald"' claiming £5000 damages for Kbol, pleaded that the paper -had done nothing, more than publish the controversy- between Strachan and Dr. Inner, Consul-General for Germany, which Strachan provoked. If the statements were libellous, it was purely a technical libel. ■-'■■. ■ - LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. Sydney, March 23. The Defence Department has been notified that the King has approved of a general medal for long service and good conduct in the Permanent I'orces of the Empire beyond tho seas. FLOODS ABATING. . Brisbane, March 23. , Ram has. ceased, in the uorih, and the Hoods are abating. (Rec, March' 24, 0.45 a.m.) Brisbane, March 23. lhe floods continue to recede. Several persons who took refuge in trees have been rescued. .