GENERAL CABLE ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 57, 8 March 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE ITEMS.

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LARGELY-ATTENDED FUNERAL

LONDON,. March 6. Thousands attended the funeral of the Right Hon. Robert SpenceWatson at Newcastle. Mr Asquitn ««nt a letter, which . was a warm tribute to the devotedness and freedom to all great causes of the deceased gentleman. LORD LANSDOWNE. LONDON, March 6. Lord Lansdowne is absent from the House of Lords through! illness, but is improving. INCOMPLETE INFORMATION. LONDON, March 6. In reference to the complaints of incomplete information available in the Victorian Immigration Department Sir John Taverner, AgentGeneral, states that the number sailing in each vessel is cabled, but there are many independent emigrants who sail without passing through the agencies' hands. THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. CAIRO, March 6. The German Crown Prince has arrived on his way homewards. POSTPONED. LONDON, March 7. The Amateur Swimming Association is not sending a swimmer to Australia in 1911, owing to the • Olympic games in 1912. The Association ' has authorised the secretary to negotiate for a irisit of a swimmer for another year. - LORD CREWE'S ILLNESS. LONDON, March 6. Lord Crewe's is steady, but his convalescence must be slow. A DISASTROUS CYCLONE. SYDNEY,r-March 7. A disastrous cyclone occurred at New Caledonia on February 23rd and 2-sth. The railways were washed away and the telegraph lines blown down and buildings unroofed. '• No loss of life is reported, and theshipping was sheltered safely. SWIMMING. SYDNEY, March 7. The mile championship was won by Longworth, with Wilks second. Longworth won by 40 yards in 24 mm 1 2-ssec, which is equal to a world's record. Wright was the. only other starter, and he retired. EVADING THE POLL TAX. BRISBANE* March 6. Ten Chinese stowaways were found on the steamer ■ Prinz Waldemar. The captain was fined £1000. j SENTENCED TO DEATH. PERTH, March 6. Aborigines have been sentenced to death for murdering three natives near Peak Hill in September last. TENNIS. ' i MONTE CARLO, March 6. Wilding and Ritchie defeated De Cugis and Rahe—2-6, 6-4, 1-6,. 6-8, 6-2. SOONER RESIGN. PARIS, March 6. lie Journal states, that the various railway beards hay©' decided to resign rather than reinstate the dismissed servants. WHEAT; MELBOURNE, March 7. The wheat standard has been fixed at 62£lbs, the same as last season. MILITARY SUPERANNUATION. - MELBOURNE, March 7. The new retiring ages of military officers is not compulsory, but the retirement is left to the discretion of the Minister. A GROWING CONCERN. SYDNEY. March 6. Spoaking at the annual meeting of the Croy Mutual Life Company/the managing director announced! that he was a warm believer in the nationalisation of life insurance, and1 advocated the Federal Government taking up the question of. compulsory life insurance, combined with invalidity and accident insurance. Th© company's new business' for the year was £537;300, yielding an annual premium revenue of £22,074. LAST OF SMART. PERTH, March 7. Smart was executed to-day for the murder of the girl Harris. Death was instantaneous. A PRIEST PROMOTED. SYDNEY, March 7. Father Lynch, who was formerly administrator at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin, has been appointed Superior of the, Redemptorisrfc Mission in tho Philippines. THE DAVIS CUP. SYDNEY, March 7. Th<? time for entries for the Davis Chip challenge closed yesterday. Challenges are in from Great Britain, America, and South Africa.