GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1078, 17 March 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By Tjlesiraph—Press Association Copyright) 1 — BRITISH MINES BILL. (Roc. March 1", 1.5 a.m.) London, March 16. Mr. Winston Churchill, Home Secre* tary, has introduced a comprehensive Mines Bill on the lines of the Royal Commission's recommendations. NEW V, AND 0. LINER, London, March 15. The P. and 0. Company's now steamer Medina. 13,000- tons, was launched at Greenock, being the ninth of ton liners of the "M" class.> . SIR JOHN FULLER. London, March 15. • Sir : John Fuller, , who resigned his membership of Parliament in order to become Governor of Victoria, was entertained at' luncheon at ■ the Houso of Commons by the Party Whips, and presented with a silver vase. A VICAR'S MISCONDUCT. London, March 15. The Rev. John Lax, vicar of Stainmore, Westmoreland, has been deprived ox his living, consequent on the finding of the Consistory Court that he' had been guilty of misconduct. THE SCRIPTURES IN GREEK. Athens, March 15. The Greek Government has agreed to forbid translations o( the Scriptures' except with the Patriarch's assent. A NEW INDUSTRY. Sydney, March 18. A prospectus has been issued for the Australian Marine Fibres Company, wi\"i a capital of ,£165,001), for the purpose of converting 'large deposits of the marine plant Poseidonia Australis, found at Spencer's Gulf, into a marketable fibre suitable for cloth-making and other pu--poses. ' ' ' OBITUARY. Sydney, March 16. The Rev. Dr. Fraser, a prominent Congregationalist, and Warden of Camden Theological College since 1564, is dead, aged 73. THE MISSING EXPLORERS. Melbourne, March 17. No confirmed reports have been received regarding Mr. Staniforth Smith and party. There is.a growing impression that they will never return. TRAFALGAR DAY. Melbourne, March IS Arrangements are being made that in future an Australian wreath shall bo placed on Nelson's Monument on Trafalgar Day. ■IMPIEMEXT TRADE STRIKE. • Melbourne, March 16. The president of the Federal Arbitration Court has called a compulsory conference, with a view to settling the implement trade dispute. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT. Sydney, March IG. The State Parliament has been pror.;gued until May 2. GUNDAGAI GOLD FIND. Sydney, March .16. There have been further rich finds of gold in' the Long Tunnel Mine at Gundagai. A HUGE REPORT. Melbourne, March 16. The Postal Commission's Tcpoit, just published, contains nearly 5.000,000 words and represents an outlay of .£IO,OOO. HARD TIMES IN LABRADOR, Ottawa. March 15. The rigorous winter has brought death and suffering to fishermen on the Labrador coast. .-