GENERAL CABLE NEWS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.

■ ■ ILLNESS OP QUEEN OF SPAIN'S BROTHER. CReo. November 24, 0.10 a.m.) _, n London, November 23. Tho Queen of Spain is on her way to England to visit her brother Leopold, who is very ill in a London nursing home. SIR W. LAUEIER'S BIRTHDAY. -._,., " London, November 23. King Edward has telegraphed birthday congjatulations to the Primo Minister of Canada, «J r ;i]J. tt. u . r , ,er (who lvas bl>nl ° n November !•' w'k • ■ JUe i eß 'J' expresses tho hope that bir Wilfrid may be spared for many years to serve tho Crown and the .Empire. BLOODHOUNDS USED IN MURDER CASE. . . , Warsaw,', November 22. 'A farmer and seven mombers of his family wore murdered in Prussian Poland. The uso of bloodhounds led. to tho arrest of the farmer's two brothers-in-law, who had lost a lawsuit with the deceased. MILLIONAIRE'S YACHT SURVIVES. _ , , . New York, November 22. Colonel Astor's yacht, the Nourmahal, which has. been missing since tho hurricane at Jamaica, and as to the safoty of which fears were' entertained, has arrived safely at San Juan, Porto Rico. ' FOOTBALL: DEATHS IN UNITED STATES. New York, November 22. Twenty-six deaths havo resulted from, football in United States colleges during the past season! and two hundred and nine players wore injured. y HALLEY'S COMET. London, November 22 Tho officials at the Royal Observatory at Greonwich state that Halley's comot is now eighty times brighter than when it was hrst sighted in September. DUCAL GOLDEN 'WEDDING. ' '' London, November 22. Tho Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch oro celebrating their golden wedding at Dalkeith Hous'e, Edinburgh. King Edward and Queen Alexandra sent the Duke and Duchess a pair of massive gold vases as a raomento of the occasion. OBITUARY. London, November 22. The death is announced of Baron George do Renter, brother of Baron Auguste Julius do Router, managing director of Router's Telegram:. Company. MARATHON RACING. Sydney. November 23. The Australian runners, Sinio and Woods, •will compete m the Marathon race at Athens next year. COMMONWEALTH COPPER COINAGE. Melbourne, November 23. The Federal Government will issue a new copper coinage bearing the same designs as tio silver coins.