GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1155, 16 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telocra.Dh—Press Assoclatloa-OoDyrleht • " 4 THE. KING AND THE FESTIVAL OP EMPIRE. (Rec. June 15, 9.15 p.m.) ' , London, Juno 15. J. lie King has consented to become pa« < tron of tho intcr-Empiro sports in connection with tho Festival of Empire. NEW BELGIAN CABINET. , r „ Brussels, Juno 15, i H. Broquovillo has formed a Ministry j ; of a Democratic character in succession ( to that of M. Sehollaert, which resigned receutly over the eduction question. THE BRAZILIAN MUTINY. 1 Rio do Janeiro, Juno 14. A court-martial acquitted the Marqueii Da llocha, commander of Dos' Cobras Island, on a charge of murdering tho marines who mutinied at <ho barracks in November last, and wcro afterwards killed during a bombardment of tlio island by warsliips. THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR. Sydney, Juno 15. The Sheffield Choir is to sail for New Zealand by the Auckland steamer on Wed--1 nesday next. AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY. Amsterdam, Juno 15. Tho International Congress of Textile Workers bos unanimously carried a mo. (ion in favour of an eight-hour day in all countries. FOR HIS MOTHER'S SAKE. London, June 14. Mr, M'Gowen, Premier of New South Wales, ou receiving an invitation to address tho Oldham Road Brotherhood at Manchester, remarked that if Manchester would decido on some Sunday ho must , do as he was askc-d, for his mother's sake, as Manchester was her birthplace. CANADA'S "NEXT VICEROY. Ottawa, Tuno 14, The Duke of Conuaught is expected to arrive hero on October 12—three weeks earlier than was originally planned. CANADA'S HARVEST.'' Ottawa, June 14. Tho farmers in tho North-West are looking for a record wheat crop. WEST AUSTRALIA'S WHEAT CROP. Perth, Juno 15. The wheat yield during the past season totalled 5,885,877 bushels l'rom 580,568 acres. • • Melbourne, Jiiiio 15. An alteration has been mado in thd postal regulations.' Registered articles will in tuturo be delivered to tho addressee personally or be returned to tho sender. This will apply even in tho enso of the death of the addressee, tho articlo then being returned to tho sender. Tho Italian Consul-Gcnernl for Austra' lasia has received from the Kalian Government medals for distribution to those chiefly instrumental in collecting subscriptions for the relief of tho victims by tho Sicilo-Calabria earthquake in ISIOB. There is a silver medal for Sir Joseph Ward. Sydney, Juno 15. The Killingworth colliery, at Newcastle, . which was closed down after a big explosion on December 7 last, lias been reopened. An ominous rumbling sound followed tho breaking of the seals. There was alio a rush of gas. Afterwards things bccainc normal. Tho barque Helen Denny met tho full force of the rccent storm, The crow had a sevcro experience. Tho vessel was undamaged. Tho new road around tlio harbour front outlined by Mr. Carinichacl, Acting. Treasurer, involves the resumption of tho gasworks site.