EARTHQUAKE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 5

EARTHQUAKE.

vA :! '\. -9 —: . ■' ALARMING SHOCK IN PORTUGAL. . 'MUCH bAwAtsfe DONE. ' SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED. 111 l Tfcl.tGllXl'll—'ri!KSS ASSHCIATtON—COI'UtIOIIT.) (Rec. April 25j 4 p.m.) ,- Lisbsn, At>ril 24; Ah alatmiflg earthquake. is. rejtortfcd from Portugal. Tho shock was felt from Algaroa to Oporto. -. Mtich damago was,done, and several persons woro injured. . . Tho most violent, oscillation , cccurfcd at Lisbon. Some burning coals in a kitchen raiigo ill a hoUSD in .the lower part of tho city started a fire, which the fire brigades extinguished.; " DEDICATION '_!i —6 — .. ORDER OP ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE. • (BT TELEGBAFH—PBESS .ASSOOIATioiT—COrTBIOIiT.) ' ■ (Reo, April 25, 4 p.m.) . . London, April 24. . Tho Prinoo and Princess of attended tho annual service in tho Chapel of St. Michael and St. Geofge in St. Paul's Cathedral. Bishop Sloiitgoiiiery dedicated a new • Ror<klo3; . v:- A retedos ik' a'. cdrved -or sculptured screeii it the'iack ,bf the hltdr, tfeScliing: to Scfine Height ttbovi itj : and sonietiulcs extending tli6 whole width of the'shtititUWy: / Bh . Hoiltgbiti&ry. . was formerly BiShßji of ■Ta'jtannia;.fHe;lS ltcHf fcetiteidty of.the Society for tho.Proji ligation .of .tK6 Gospil dnd prbltitfe of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. IMPERIAL DEFGNCE. AUSTRALIA'S NEEDS, (ny TEf.Euii&l'Ll —I'llESd AssaclATloN-corvuioiiT.) SJldfieifi Ajirii 24. BpeaijiKg-tcfdre' tho St. George's Society, Admiral Pooro, Commandor-in-Chipf on tho Aiistraliatx Station, sald ho liad cotiio to tilt) tdiicliision; fbr ihiiif; feasftiiSj .that' a flotiild of destroyers wotiid l>o ot troinendouß advantago not y r only; : : for 'their. . actual fighting : !valued•"but fortlieir moral effedtj ifj lii fcbse Bf wdi-j tHe In]})efifil Sqtiad-' ron had to be withdrawn. Ho, however, advocated Impefidl. bontfoij for. liti regarded' dual'coiitrdl is dftngei'diis. THB GoVbrnot-Getlfifal (Lord Dudley) robfcllbed tho Admiral's views. Hb said ho did not bctlevo tho coliiitry would over be inducod to give an iidequate monetary contribution to tho Imperial Navy. At present tho amount given was a mero drop in tho bucket. It would- bo Accessary to feiye tr.'d of itHreS iiiiU givo. {feat, sum withdut ■ obtaining wliit iVas Impossible—a voicS'in tilfe or coiitrol of p'ollfcjr; He believed ithey'-wo'iild:.get ..fiir iiiore front this country in the way of . ships and men.. DREADNOUGHTS. ■ London, April 53. Eigliteeii Briiisli Shipiuilders tendered for tlio 'building of tho two breadnoughts which it is niteiided. io have built 1 in private yards.