GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1037, 28 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Br Tclcgra3h-Fr<!£3 AEsdciation-Copyrisiti — ■ __■..'-'-.; SIR FRANCIS HOPWOOD. , ■ London, January 26. ' - Sir ■ Francis . Hopwood . is _. definitely, vacating his position at the Colonial Office, where, since 1907, ho has been •Under-Secretary for the Colonies. [Sir Francis Hopwdod was born in 18(50, and entered- the Board of Trade as assistant law clerk in 18S6. He was appointed Secretary, to the Railway Department ;.in 1593. He was a delegate to various International Hallway Congresses, and acted, as hon. secretary to the chairman of the Select Committee which inquired into the' Jameson Raid-, in -1896. He was appointed to sacceed the' lata 'SuTConrtenay- Boyle as Permanent Secretary :of the. Board...of .. Trade,- which--, position, he held until 1507.] TROOPSHIPS FOR TURKEY. *■ •■ I /■ '. Berlin, January 27. i j!The 'North- German Lloyd steamers!' :Oldenburg,and.Darmstadt >. have.>beent sold to Turkey for troopships. . • [The 1 Darmstadt (5012 tons gross) was built in.i 1690,. and tho Oldenburg (5006tons) is also of tho same age.]- s ' /EXPLOSION AT A GAS WORKS. . Paris, January 27. ' In consequence of a gas explosion at . a..'Eteel. works. at Perguette (?'Perigneux) sis persons were killed and 12 injured. '.'■"'■' ' MADAJIB' MELBA. ■'.■■ London,-January 27. ' , Madame' Melba- cas recovered fronther illness, and has • returned to aon. , . '. .' CHILDREN -ON THE STAGE. '' ..'.' Sydney, January 27. . Mr. Boeby, Minister for Labour, has issued., a' Minute . restricting the employment" of-" children in.theatrical and allied.performances to those above 14 years of age. ...

HEAVY- FALL OP RAIN. .' Sydney, January 27. : Twenty-sis inches, of rain has been* recorded at Tilbatilba since' Friday, week. ■■■:.' '-.;'.'. . ,

,/ ' . MINERS'.'WAGES. >.-•'.'//. f ' ','"'. London, January 26. .- The Miners'. Conference recpmniends ; the Miners'-. Federation to.- demand ; • everywhere the levelling-up of. pay iu • abnormal places in mines. :\ SIR G. H. REID. ;. London, January 26, ■ ■ Sir George Reid, High Commissioner, addressed the Loudon Chamber of Com- • merce on tho foundation of Australia, '■ Ho recounted -the pastoral, agricultural, and financial progress of tho country, . and quoted tho statements of the Commonwealth and New South' Wales Pre--' mjers (Messrs. Fisher and M'Gowen), with reference to the -peopling 'of Australia. . . ' There was a largo assemblage. .Lord Desborough presided. LOCOMOTIVES FOR FRANCE.. - . Paris, January 26. •The French Government has ordered '■'- _ seventy large locomotives iu Glasgow,.' : TURKISH COURT MARTIALS. Constantinople, January 26. : A secret court-martial exiled threa, democrats for libelling. Ministers. . .CHOLERA'IN ARABIA. Constantinople, January 26. Cholera is prevalent among tho Turk*, ish troops at Hodeida, iu Arabia. APARTMENT HOUSE LOOTED.. New York, January 26. Four masked men rang the door-bel! of an apartment' houso in New York,, and entered and looted it.. ■-

AUSTRALIAN GOLD SHIPMENTS, •-. Melbourne, January 27. Tho gold imported into the Commonwealth Jast; year was valued at £1,b31,43y. Tho export amounted to £4,738,147.; • ■:■ PERTH UNIVERSITY. Perth, January 27. ' The University Bill has been read tk> third, time. ' London, January 26, • Router's Agency at Cape Town reports that the chief Sebele, whoso country was taken over by Britain in 1575, : hns died at Mafeltiiig. , '