GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(DI TEI.EOnArn—rEE3S ASSOClATlON—copyeioht ) A FAMOUS WAR CORRESPONDENT.' ' i London, February 9. I To-day Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood will I unveil, in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, Mr. Bertram M'Jtennal's marblo bust of Sir i William Howard Russell, the famous ;war! correspondent. '' The bust surmounts' an in-1 scribed tablet. The subscriptions towards the cost totalled £500. ~.,.,,. v „ , ~,,,.„, ; ;^-' ; p:^^ .}■:.:■' ,;■':.':';.• ■"■■,.'■■'■ London, February 9.; ■'.The condition of King; Menelik (who wail recently reported,as seriously, ill).is,improved. Ho. is, now. engaged/in; a motor,; tour...'.:'. ./,.:/ : ;wmELm^ELE^^ :'<*-■':■:■<■ /: London,-February 9.y> -■•■■ The. : Admiralty .is ; forming a reserve' of' wifeless telegraph operators; -■;. /":;' NAVAL : ;;; ..London, February 9. / : Captain E;T. Qualbrough, of the'XJriited States battleship Georgia,; was tried at-Gib-' raltar-and:suspended frbm:cpmm'and of his! ship for six months, arid placed in; a'reduced position on' the promotion list,' on a charge of drunkenness.:::/.-. ''■'.;/ .;.;'/; ~'■'• -.;■■„; " NATOTCAI, INQIJIRY;;; ;■; .: FebruarylOy' .The inquiry regafditg thp;cause ;of ,the : wreck -f the Clan Rariakl failed to elicit any. evidenco to clearly; accouiii; for., the sudden careening of the vessel.;'"The cargo had.been properly stowed on "the vessel.*. , Thp- Court found that .there was no. ground for laying charges iigainSt the surviving officers; and no.: evidence 1 - that ; the-deceased-officers on watch -had:neglected their dnty.;