GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1082, 22 March 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By Telceraph-Pross Association Copyrielit) . > THE KING AND THE HOUSING QUESTION. (Reo. March 21, 10.15 p.m.) London, March 21. \ Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in speaking at London, said the King was deeply intercsted in co-partnership and the housing question. As Lord Warden of tho Duchy of Cornwall, he had been working with tho King upon a large scheme for, , housing in South London. TWELVE CASES 01 , RABIES. Paris, March. 21. Twelve persons bitten by rabid dogs have been sent to tho Pasteur Institute< for treatment. AN INDIAN LOAN. London, March 21. An Indian loan of .£3,500,000, carrying, 31 per cent.- interest, has been dvcrsub-' scribed at .£96. • GEOLOGY OF ANTARCTICA. > Fremantle, March 21. Professor David, of Sydney, is a pas- . senger by the Orvieto, from London. Ho has completed arrangements for ,the publication in England of a geological memoir on tho results of the. Shackloton Antarctic Expedition. ,' CHARGE OF MURDER. :' Sydney. March 21. | The trial of Senkovitch, on tho charge ( of murdering Eismond, has opened. Ac- , cused pleaded not guilty. The Russian Consul-General was officially present. The evidence was similar to that at the inquest. BIBLE TERCENTENARY. \ Sydney, March 22. \ Arrangements have been completed for! celebrating tho Bible Tercentenary on the ( same dates as the British celebrations. ■■ CHOLERA AT HAWAII. Honolulu, March 21. I The cholera outbreak in Hawaii has I endod. IRISH MEAT PROPOSAL. London, March 20. Mr. W. Field, Nationalist member for St. Patrick's, Dublin, and a master butcher, has introduced a Bill in tho House of Commons, providing that sellers in Ireland of meat killed outside Great) Britain must deliver purchasers' invoices i to that effect. SON V. FATHER. Sydney, March 21. In tho Supreme Court, a. son recovered v .£IOOO damages from his father for an. ) assault causing the loss of an eye. IMMIGRANTS FROM AMERICA. Sydney, March 21. , A party of American, immigrants, ro> presenting four families, have arrived here, on route for Victoria, to settle on irrigation areas. EXPLORATION OF PAPUA. ( Melbourne, March 2L Mr. Batchelor (Federal Minister for External Affairs) proposes to provide funds for properly organised ecientino \ exploration of unknown parts of Papua, MELBOURNE YACHTS SUNK. . Melbourne, March 21. During a heavy blow, ten yachts at Brighton sank at their moorings. Several were wrecked or badly damaged. ADVERTISING VICTORIA. Melbourne, March 21. Tho Federal Government is sending nine tons of Victorian produce for exhi- ( bition at agricultural shows in Britain. 1 WOMEN AND EDUCATION. Melbourne, March 21. The University Council resolved to admit women to flie University governing bodies. THE DETECTIVE DESTROYERS. Melbourne, March 21. Tho defects in tho steering Rear of the Federal destroyers Yarra and Parramattji have been rectified, and the vessels to-daj answered their helms satisfactorily.