GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 796, 20 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

SIR HEDWORTH LAMBTON . , MARRIED.

(Rec. April 19, 10.35 p.m.) . . , ■ 'London, April 19., _ vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hedworth Lambton, K.C.8., until, recently Com-mander-in-Chief of the China Station, and, noted as the Commander of tho Naval Brigade at Ladysmith, has married Viscountess Cholsoa (the Hon. .Mildred Cecilia Harriet, younger daughter of the late Lord' Alinsrtbn, and widow of. the late Viscount Chelsea, who was son of the sth Earl Cadogan).

[The lady was born in 1869, and in 1892 married :Viscount Chelsea, who' died in 1907.. Sir Hedworth Lambton is 53 years of ago, and, .besides his notable service at Ladysmith, sewed in-tho bombardment ot Alexandria and in the Egyptian War. He is a commander of the Legion of Hononr. He is a younger brother of the present Earl of Durham and of the Hon F. W. Lambton (a Unionist Freeii if, l formerly represented Southeast. Durham,' hut who was rejected last January). . Sir Hedworth himself attempted, in the "Khaki" election of 1900, to enter-the Honso of Commons as a Liberal, but Newcastle refused him.]

CAVALRY: ROCKING-HORSES.

T . ■ „ London, April 19. In the House of Commons, Mr. Haldane, Secretary for War, was asked whether the cavalry were trained on rocking horses/ He "replied; amid laughter: Iney are trained' on dummies on rockers.

BRITISH CONSUL ATTACKED IN PERSIA.

,„., ' , . Teheran, April 38. iTibesmeu made an attack on'the British comM (Mr. Bill). and his guard near kumisheh, Persia, forty-eight miles south'by east irom Ispahan. Two of the guard were killed.

MR, BOTTOMLEY FINED.'

„ ~ ~. London, April '18. Mr. Horatio Bottomky, Liberal M.P. for Haokney South, and a.' well-known company promoter,'was fined-vfilOO for contempt of Court by commenting in his weekly paper, "John Bull," on litigation in, which _ the. National .Cash Register. :Lompany is concerned.' - '■ _[A .recent reviewer thus sums up Mr. Horatio Bottoniley: "A chequered career as a -company promoter found its most eccentric development in 1906, when Mr. Horatio Bottomley. after unsuccessfully contesting the division in /1900, found himself the victor in South Hackney with a plurality of, 3479 votes, beating not only th° old and tried Conservative member; Til X "■' Eobe rtson, but also a Free Church minister who had been run by the unco guid Nonconformist who did not like Mr. Botto'mley's racing proclivi-ties.-Politics apart, he stood frankly as a racing man, and electors were given to understand that a vote for Mr. Bottomley was a vote of, gratitude to Wargrave. Jt will 'be remembered that during the .time when the 'Sun' was under his control. Dr. Parker, Dan Leno, ; and other celebrities were given opportunities to show what they could do as editors. His successful speech in his own defence at! the Hansard Union trial was generally allowed to bo one of the ablest feats of the kind on,record, i let he did not impress the House of, Commons in' 1906, when he was refused a-first reading of a Bill against street betting—a most unusual rebuff. He did better in 1908, when he scored off the Government frequently on the Licensing Bill."] ■

AUSTKALASIAN: BANQUET.

•■_. ' . ■..' London, April 18. Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener has accepted an invitation to,bo present at the annual Australasian banquet in London at the end of May. Sir Geuge Eeid, High Commissioner for Australia, will preside.

THE NEW GOVERNOE.'

■ ■ ■ ■ _ ', London, April 18. Lord Dickson-Poynder, ; tho . Governorelect of New Zealand, will join the 6teamer Macedonia at Marseilles on May 13. .

LADY DUDLEY AND-HER. BROTHER-IN-LAW. .

m ■ ' ■ London, April 18. The Hon. Cyril Ward, brother of Lord Dudley (Governor-General of Australia), will travel with Lady Dudley to Australia, where he will spend three months.

1 "FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE."

London, April 18. In connection with the "Festival of Empire,"' arrangements ore being made for eight weeks festivities for colonials. They will be banqueted on the first day, and treated to excursions to • Oxford, Cambridge, and Stratford-on-Avon. Two hundred thousand London school children- will witness the pageant.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Sydney, April 19. Mr. J. H. A. Pike, who recently invented a new "detect»r," got into ■wireless communication with tho Makura just before the vessel reached Suva.

TOFUA'S RECORD RUN.

Sydney, April 19. The stenmor Tofua made a record run from Fiji, lasting five days and fifty-two minutes. ;

OPIUM SEIZURE.

Sydney, April 19. The Customs seized .£6OO . worth of opium on the China Bteamcr Cliaivgsha.

THE PERICLES BUTTER.

Perth, April 18. Tho steamer Una picked up eighteen boxes of butter from tho Pericles. The bulk of it is. in good condition. .

FIRE UNDER CONTROL.

Hobart, April 18. . The great tire that was recently reported by tho captain of the steaacr Waipori to be sweeping over tho big island in the Kent Group, Bass Straits, is still burning, but is now under control.

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