GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telcgrapli—Press Assoointion^OopyriEht: ■;MILITAfIY-'. : Ti^ ,'■)■■ '..'; : '\ : :X :V. ' London,' January 1 ; 13;/': ..', .By- a largo'; .the ;,headinasters ■at the Schools defeated a're-' solution opposed'.to /military,straining "in; Schools. '■■.';:• ■ ': ; o.'".', :./;.-'''■. •■■;:;"!:;'' '■■ ■''.' ./' ;';■ :,; London, /January 13. '■'* / Captain l -H. ; ;E.-,.5.v• Cordcaux, '. C.8., C.M.Gv Commissioner of' Somaliland, has been'.' appointed. Governor ■'•■ of r Uganda. Colonel Sir -W.-Manning, K.C.M.G., Inspector:GcneTsil "of . 'the King's • African .Rifles,-succeeds Captain- /Cordeaux; as - Commander-in-Chief : of.'tJie:"Somaliland Protectorate.;,:'.. '■;■;:< '■:.;;.':',;''".- '■ ;,"■.' '• ■.''<'■■' ■! : ; : ; i £ Sra\HbRAOT'.;TOZE^:::'; : ;;:-K: ; .A> ' ; V- : \",y, London,'. 1 January 13.■■■' Lord liamingtbn; formerly Governor'of Queensland, on : behalf ■ of .a subscribers,. .;' including;•' Agents-General . -"and commercial ..men,':: presented V; Sir Horace .Tozer,: who lately retired from the, position '■• -of '• Agent-General'-; for"'..Queens-- 1 land,.; jvith' a', ;silvo'r r i salver ;His' lordship eulogised'-'the courage, fidelityj: and ...ripe".-, iudgmienl -shown ■by Sir 1 'Horace-'in- carrying out' ; the'duties', of. his office..' .Lord Strathcona.'.High.'.Commist .'sionor; for.'.Canada,;,who;;also.' spcke,:ac-. ;kriowledged : Sir Horace Tozei-V great sue-' cession the' Pacific Cable .Board; : :. Sir Horace'Tozer; in..reply, regretted '•■ that his '■: retirement' was. necessary,: owing.- to : ill-health.'; /'•.He '.was,;however,'hopeful -of being able'to serve the; Empire.in the 'future,-■■'■;:,'.v ..,':'■.-'■■'!-,'' ';•■■■•■.'..'(,■'.-' -.' iv ]'.-'.:'■:. ;.FEENCH PLAYWRIGHT'S FEE FOB ;.';" , ; ; ;■;•:■.;. /SERIAL EIGHTS.,,--'■;■;-'. ■};. ''"■■".- 1 . Paris, January ,13.';' ■'.-?Mr; Edmond'Rostand,'tho/Frenoh dramatist, 1 has realised .£26,ooo:'for. the'rights to. publish in serial form; his .farmyard play ;."Chahteclef" before its production 'on.the "stage., '-^v/;";;; '■''■■'■]]:■;}:■ /;;'.'::•,,' [Edinond'- - Rostand ': is/;a/well-known French' dramatist,-and ; has been'a'member; of the.Academie.-Francaise sinco 1901. Hisplays include: '"Lea,,' Romanesques," .189-i;."La-Princesse Lomtaine," 1896;.'' La Samaritam'e,'' 1897i , "Cyfano deßergera'c," 18981; 1900.;-He has:also; published''a/number.~ of poems.-' : :':"A : fscripUon;of.the, "Chantecler^';,:'will'|-bo found in 'our Theatre Notes, on page,!).] , '•. ACCELERATED AUSTOALIAN MAIL--' ,/., ./,"/:";.;.;'-- -SERVICE. ;-- ; Vv ; v; ;■','. -dU-: ~"-'\ . V, ; ' ..Melbourne, January U. : ;The; manager, of .the .Orient .Company; has had a conference with the-Postmaster- , General (Sir.-'John' Quick),, and has made 'final: arrangements ; for. ; the now : mail .contract ■ whioh- .comes ; into V operation .on February; 11. The Company will acceler-. ate;the,speed of;the service between'Ade-' laido' and West Australia, and- will equip 1 the. steamers with '.wireless' telegraphy. ap-' paratua as soon as the stations': at .FVemantle, and Sydney, are. established. ■ -v. ■' ■;^INPANT-EILLEI} ; .BY j .', '■ ■'•:''• Melbourne," January ;li."A. three-year-old child at-Donald, 175 miles; north-west -'of. Melbourne,'' found and di'ank.n pintbf whisky.'The ohild.dicdv ■ ■ ; MEMORIAL'- TO;;BLUEJACKETS.; '. •'.' ,|'v; '-'■-;- '■;.''.•■.'.Sydney/ January ;14.;' ; ■ -A memorial. : to the fifteen, bluejackets belonging to the warship -Encounter who lost ; their; lives in",the harbour, disaster last year, : through collision -, with -the steamer Dnnmore, has been uiveiled -in Eookwood- Cemetery. - ; "■'.•■;"■ ..-:'■' GOOD EABJS .IN NEW SOUTH V- '■ V:": - :'-': V :,';; : - WALES,. -/r I".' •■•■■:.'.'; : ;', "'.';.' ;■ Sydney,: January,-'l4.'--". Soaking .".rain continues—the heaviest and the. niost general experienced for a long-time. The whole/State is benefiting. :".(Ece.;- January" 14, ; p.m'O '-; ■''■-.:■■•■' : !'."-• Sydney, January,U. - . There: has -been : another .day of' steady rain. There are-'-no, indications ,of- the weather breaking.;. The position at Broken Hill, where • a ■ water ■ famine : .'was threatened, has been relieved -by a good ia11.:.; ■'".•,;■■•.■''-' ■■■.'■:'■'.'■'■.. ■ ■t> .' : ';'•< •'■'.':•.'■'. ;; IIONET-,FEQM. ME.^CAENEGIE.:-'; .''Petth, January -14. '<■' ■■ The Midland Junction -municipality" has received -from Mr. Andrew Carnegie .a. promise; of. i! 1500 towards, a -library.- '■ PIONEEK GQLDMrNEE;i)EAD.: ; . - Perth, .January 14.' - Mr. : Thomas Riseley, a pioneer and discoverer of gold, in .West Australia, is .dead. "'V.'.'-; ,: -- :■' , -, : - .""■;■■'■ "-'-'""