GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 11110, 6 May 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

i (By TclcEraDh—Press Afisoetation CopyriirUt) ; _4k QUEEN ALEXANDRA'. (Rec. May 5, 10.45 p.m.) / ' London, May 5. Queen 'Alexandra, who is returning from her yachting tour in the Mediterranean in order to attend the King ,• Edward memorial services, lias arrived ' in London. . 'A MISSING BOAT. Brisbane, May 5. An unsuccessful search has been mado for the Valda. a small boat which . is missing from Cairns with sis youths aboard. ' . IRE PRINCE OF WALES. London, May 5. The Prince of Wales will bo invested willi tho Order of the Garter on June 10. ADRIFT IN AN OPEN BOAT. London, May 4. Mr Frank Wild (who accompanied , Sir Ernest Sliacklcton on his Antarctio ; expedition) mid his brother were, rescued from one of tho IViinrod s boats ■ after being helplessly adrift for forty, i hours ill the Irish Channel. VICTORIAN WHEAT HARVEST. Melbourne, May 5. The official estimate of the wheat vield is 34,813,000 bushels, or an averago of 14.52 bushels per acre. NEW SOUTH WALES SAVINGS BANKS. Sydnoy, May 5. Tim Government is considering a scheino for amalgamating the two Government Savings Hanks, with a view j to prevent competition and save- ex-' pense. WARSHIPS PAID OFF. Sydney, May 5. Tho warships Pegasus, Soalark, and Fantome, on the Australian station, have been paid off. ' Tho Pegasus becomes a drill ship on tho Australian station, and the Fantomo and Scalark , have, been rccomiuissioucd as surveying ' ships. WRECK OF THE YONGALA. Brisbane, May 5. Tho Government is oflering a reward of £1000 for tho discovery of the place. whc.ro tho steanior Yongala wm wrecked, TASMANIAN OIL WORKS. Hobart, May 5. Tho Governor (Sir Harry Barron) opened the La Trobo oil-works. _ Tho property embraces immense deposits of shale, and tho development of a most valuable industry is promised. SHARP EARTH TREMOR. Melbourne, May 5. Tho seismograph at tho Observatory recorded a sharp earth tremor last' night. _^_________