GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1196, 3 August 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By ToleffrapH— Press Association—Copyright COWES REGATTA. London, August 2. The Gulnar won the King's Cup tit Con-es Regatta," the Kaiser's yacht, the Meteor, being'third.' ... MOORE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE. ■ Sydney, August 2. •' Archdeacon D'Arcy-Irvino has been elected ai 'principal of Moore Theological College (Anglican), in succession to the' ilate Canon Jones. • LAWYERS IN PROTEST. London, August 1. The Bar Council has protested against the Lord Chancellor stating in a debate in the House of Lords that the Council's opposition to the .County Court Bill W actuated by interested motives. BRITISH LABOUR PARTY. . , r London, August 1. Jlr. Ramsay Macdonald (M.P. for Leicester),, mil not seek re-election to the secretaryship of the Labour Party. It is probable that Jlr. A. Henderson (Barnard Castle) will succeed him. AUSTRALIAN INVALIDS. „. London > August 1. ' sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, and Miss Reid, who were injured in a motor-car. accident at Broadstairs a fortnight ago,' are returning' to London. , _Mr. T..A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, who .lately ■ underwent an operation for appendicitis, is recovering. . . • VICTORIAN WHEAT. Melbourne, August 2. _ Iho wlieat area for tlio current season is estimated at 2,571,000 acres, as compared with 2.G35.000 acres last year. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. ™, , . Sydney, August 2. The subscriptions to the King Edward Memorial I'uud liavo reached the sum of £3383. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LIVE STOCK. m , , , t Adelaide, August 2. iho stock returns show increases in all 'lines, excepting sheep, which 101,570. Tho number of cattlo increased by J0,828. The dairying industry is showing material progress. BATHS FOR MINERS. London, August 1. The House of Commons Committee has rejected the clause in the Mining Bill, making miners' baths at the pit-head compulsory. ILLNESS OF DR. GREGORY. London, August 1. Dr. Gregory, who recently resigned his position as Dean of St. Paul's, is ill. SYDNEY GOVERNMENT HOUSE. Melbourne, August 2. Lord Denman, the new Goveraor-Gen-eral, will consider the matter of Government House, Sydney, when lio visits Sydney with Mr/ Hughes, Acting-Prime S'inister, iu September.