GENERAL CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7446, 22 May 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Bw Terigraph— Press Association —Cop3' r i^lit SPANISH CONSUL FOR AUSTRALASIA. (Received May 22, 0.15 a.m.) LONDON, Hay 21. His Majesty the King lias, approved the appointment of Sen or Bayona as Spanish. Consul for .Australia and New Zealand. RAEBURN PORTRAIT BEINGS .£23,100. LONDON, May 19. Raeburn's portrait of Airs Robertson Williamson has been sold by auction at Christie’s for 22,000 guineas. HOUNDSDITCH' APPEAL. ; LONDON, May 19. Nina Vassileva, who was found guilty of being-concerned in the Houndsditch burglary and ordered to undergo two years’ imprisonment, has appealed against her sentence. She will give evidence in her own behalf. THEFTS OF NAVAL STORES. VANCOUVER, May 19. Four prominent residents of Victoria (8.C.) have been arrested on a charge of being implicated in theft of naval stores. TERRIBLE HEAT WAVE. WASHINGTON, May 19. Sweltering heat prevails along the Atlantic Coast. Many fatalities have been reported. The weather is the hottest that has been experienced for forty years. A RETIRING GOVERNOR. MELBOURNE, . May 20. Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, the retiring Governor, and his suite have sailed for England. ' MINISTERS ON SICK LIST. MELBOURNE, May 20. Mr King O’Malley,. Minister for Home Affairs, is suffering from paralysis of the side of the face, and is confined to his home. ' Mr Macdonell, Chief Secretary of NewSouth Wales, who is in a Melbourne hospital, is improving in health. STATISTICS DECLARED AT FAULT. SYDNEY, May 20. Cardinal Moran objects to the published statistics relating to criminals making mention of their religion, averring that many non-Catholios were entered as Catholics, thus conveying the erroneous impression that while Catholics were less than a third of the population, they appear on the criminal lists to constitute htylf■ the whole number. UNDERGRADUATES EXPLAIN. SYDNEY. May 20. The University Undergraduates’ Committee, before the Professorial Board, explained that the songs sung on Saturday last 'were never/ intended to be taken seriously,. The committee disclaimed responsibility for molestation of the Chancellor. The Chancellor wrote to the board asking that the charges should be withdrawn ns far as he was concerned. . , The board decided to allow the matter to drop. YONGALA INQUIRY. ADELAIDE, May 20. The Marine Board has agreed that the inquiry into the loss of the Adelaide Steamship . Company’s vessel Yongala, wrecked on the coast of Queensland, is not within the province of the South Australian authorities. Tho inquiry. will be held at BrisbaneESCAPEE RECAPTURED. , . PORT DARWIN, Mav 20. The prisoner who escaped from gaol after assaulting his guard has been recaptured. He had been two days in the bush without food.