GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1089, 30 March 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By TeleEraph—Press Association Copyright) 1 BIBLE TERCENTENARY EXHI- . BITION. (Rec. March 29, 10.10 p.m.) London, March 29. An exhibition is being arranged at South Kensington in connection with tho tercentenary of the Bible of all animals, plants, minerals, and precious stones mentioned in the Bible. DISGRACED OFFICIAL'S SUICIDE. Berlin, March 29. Dr. Pampel, burgomaster of Stolberg, who had embezzled £0350 of Savings Bank moneys, has committed suicide. MURDERERS LEAVE BOOTY. Paris, March 29. The murderers of an old lady at Montreuil overlooked £12,000 lying in a safe by her bedside, and departed leaving'it untouched." A QUEENSLAND MURDER. Brisbane, March 29. Sentence of death, with a strong recommendation to mercy on the grounds' of. temper and drink, has been recorded against the workman W. Denton, whoihurdered his mate, George Kelly, at Jondaryan with a tomahawk in October last/ '•'.''. MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINLondon, March 28. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, M.P., acting under''medical advice, will take a fewweeks' holiday on the Continent. SUCCESSFUL BRAZILIAN LOAN. London, March 28. A Brazilian loan of £4,500,000, at four per cent., redeemable before 1927, was instantly coveredon being issued here. ■_■... London, March 29. The Brazilian loan was covered fifteenfold, and scrip is being quoted at £1 15s. premium. A MILLIONAIRE ESTATE. London, March 29. The estate of the late (sic) Lord Iredale has been valued for probate at £1,000,000. ' UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS'FOR GIRLS. London, March 28. Miss Ewart, of Ewhurst, Surrey, bequeathed £20,000 for founding scholarships for girls in necessitous circumstances, at Ne'»nham College, Cambridge, and £10,000 for Scholarships at Somervillo College, Oxford.- ■ NEW ZEALANDERS AT CAMBRIDGE. London, March 28. Mr. H. D. Broadhead has won an exhibition for classics at Trinity' College, Cambridge, and the term, of Mr.'N.. M. 'Bell's exhibition scholarship has been prolonged. Both are students from Christchurch, New.; Zealand.:. •■ ' COLONIAL OFFICE APPOINTMENT. ■■'. ■■''' . London, March 28. . The Secretary of State for the Colonies has selected Mr. Roland V. Vernon,' of the Colonial Office, to accompany Lord Denriian, tho new Governor-General of the Commonwealth, to Australia. VICE-REGAL TOUR ABANDONED. Ottawa, March 28. It is reported that Earl Grey, Gover-nor-General of Canada, has abandoned his proposed visit to the West Indies and .his Arctic /journey—planned for tho to lack of time before tlio Duke of- Con-naught's arrival to tako up the duties of Governor-General. JOHNSON'S MOTOR SCORCHING. San Francisco, March 28. Johnson, the pugilist, may -get off with a fine, instead of twenty-five days' imprisonment, for exceeding tho motoring speed-limit.. VICTORIAN WHEAT,HARVEST. Melbourne, March '29. An amended estimate of the wheat harvest makes tho yield 31,813,000 bushels, or 2,652,000 bushels above the pre-harvest estimate'. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY COLLEGE. ' Melbourne, March 29. Details regarding the entrance examinations for the ' Military College show that New South Wales boys failed badly. : - ' ■ ■ "