GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 781, 2 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

' By TolearaDh—Press Associatioa-OoDjrlehl ;■ ■■ '-- : . "'i ■ ' ' n ■ •:• . LOWEST BIBTH-RATE ON:RE(JORD. i >-'(Rec. April 2, 1.20: a.m.) .'•:(,; ' "■■ ■•■.' London,: April' I.' •: The birth-rate in England -and- Wales fpr.'l9O9. was -the: lowest: on record.'. '- 1 ...•■ ~-.' .'•'..;:• ...'■..-'. '■/. ' ■ ■;.-■. -■ SOUTH AFRICA4CLAIMS OF CAPE :;:..: : ;;;.' : ppfTCH..;;,,.' .':/.- ■.:.<; ; ; (800.- April My 10: p.m.)'; ■'■ ■''■ ' yC- .';.: Cape; Town, April 1/ ' The Conference;- of" the. Afrikander Bond has" opened'/atrßeaufort': West, Gape Colony. . Notice.liae been, givjen of a motion declaring, Capo. Colony is entitledito..nave ouefor'. its" Miiiisterf ohosen. as.iflrst Priino:. Minister of .'the Union,of.South,Africa., ■■■'•■■ - - V - - .'■' i : ,-.' ■rh^^STRALIANI^TRbYEK:- '' '^rvC'''?*'- ;■ London, v March ' 31:--'' i if™ v Australian. High' Commissioner, ;Sir>.George: Reid, ; : haa v invited ■' Mrs Moore ): wife of. the i.Western'Australian Premier/, to christen .ithei.n'eiy: Austra'liah.v.dp'strpyer" Yarra; • •whichv is 'to-be launched in a; fewdays'.': ■}>■/.:■: ,■:■:•• "■' '"■' FUNERAL OF :sm : -Sui m!' ; & •;;;:■;,■:--V 7 ■:m'eachabn. ,: ■■'■ <■'.£};. i ,;„.,:; : v London,'-March 31;\' : :- . bir Malcolm M'Eacharn (one time 'Lord. Mayor of- Melbourne) was buried at Sorbie, Scotland,- in the presence ■of his wife and family,: Mr. Andrew' M'llwraith,' Major Robinson, Mr'. R. Gambles, and many of the tenantry. Simultaneous . service was held in St Columba's Scottish '. Church/ Pont Street. It was largely attended, among those present being- Sir Reginald TaC bot (ex-Governor of Victoria), Sir John Taverner. (Victorian Agent-General), nm C . har l cs - L ?cas (of; the Colonial ?i C< &- £ a Ii tam CplUns (Secretary to Me .High Commissioner for Australia) Mr. Henniker Heaton, Mr. E. V: Reid' I and.:many personal friends., ... : ... ' WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER. _./ London, March 31 , -The Premier of Western Australia, j Mr. .JNowton J. .Moore, was the cuost of. Lieut>Colonel Seely, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, : at the House of Commons. ', '...- . ■ ■'■■■". .: ~- ..( ■ ..;, : i : . , :'.; .ITALIAN.CABINET. ./ - ■■: /■; ■ ''•. ■';..■ ,: Roma, March 31. ■■^.The.new. Italian Cabinet contains a strong, Radical;. element. Signor Luz■ptti, (who..was Minister for Agricul,ture m the recently-resigned Sonnino Lrtjvornment) ,is Premier .and Minister, of. the Interior, the Marquis of Sanginiaiii is Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Admiral Villacorteso is Minister of Map ine.--.M-, ' /. ■. ■ ■-: .:... ■.- .■.'•■ V.ISLAND SCHOONER OVERDUE. •,_,•■ . Sydney, April 1. ;. x< ears are entertained regarding the sa '?ty of the Island schooner. Malekula ; \vhich left ■ Solomon' Islands for Sydney on Now.Year's Day. Under ordinary conditions the voyage occupies three or tour weeks. Tho schooner carried 1 several white officers and a native crow.. ' \ "THE THADE-S^LF-DENIAL. ■''in. c Sydney, April 1. Jhe conference of the Licensed Victuallers Association. recommends ■ the closing of all hotels and bars on Goou l< nday and Christmas Day. ■','. CONSUMPTION. m _■■:■■' Sydney, April 1. I lie ■ Oovernment is considering tho Question of making consumption a notifiablo disease. '.■■,; . SPURIOUS COINS. . ' ■'_~'.'■ . Molbourne, April 1.: Thoro is an unnsually large number of spurious coins in circulation.