GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 797, 21 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By, Teioiranh—Press Association— CoDjrieSV

SIR GEORGE REID.

' (Rec.. April 20, 10.45, p.m.) London, April 20. ■'" Sir Geo. Reid, High Commissioner for the Commonwealth, speaking ,at the Municipal Corporations' dinner, said that all looked forward to the time when there wonld be not only British armies and fleets, hut Imperial armies and Imperial fleets. School children, should be'_ given compulsory education in the rudiments of military formation and evolutions. '

STOCK EXCHANGE BOOM.

'■■'.■. London, April.l 9. ..The new companies floated in London since the Now. Tear total 1750. This number includes.'2oo companies to deal in rubber. ;•'.'■■■

EMPIRE''DAY.

London, April 19. In the House of Commons, Captain Craig, Unionist < member, for; .'Down i East, asked leave- to introduco.a. Bill providing for.the official recognition of May 21 (Empire Day).' Leave - was refused hj 240 votes to 150. Sir Charles Dilke', Radical member for the Forest of Dean, remarked that, upon this subject all parts of thc'Empire were not agreed. ..

A PAPER: ON NEW GUINEA,

London, April ,19. ■ At. the Colonial .Institute, Captain Rason,- R.N., formerly British Resident in the New Hebrides, read a. paper on "The History of New Guinea.'-' Lord Brassey presided. - : '.-'_'. ■';

A BLOOMSBTJRY CRIME.

•-.' London,.April 19. ' John William Kaiser, alias Emerson, after attempting to shoot his wife, committed suicide at a Bloomßbury lodginghouse. He.is said to have been an Australian.

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

1 .' 'Sydney, April 20. . At the Hawkesbury Agricultural Collego, W. E. Long, of Oriehunga, New Zealand, was awarded a first-year certi.ficate, and H. BJ.Long, was awarded; a full dairy certificate. . . •' .

MEAT STRIKE, SETTLED.

Brisbane, April 20. As a result of. a conference of employers and employees, the dispute with the butchers at the meat works (who for a time were out on strike) has been amicably settled. '.' ;.

SEISMIC DISTURBANCE.

Adelaide, April 20. '•A seismograph record reveals the,fact that there was a disturbance' on Saturday about 2500 miles distant. It :lasted about ten : minutes.

HALLEY'S COMET.

Perth, April 20. Halley's comet is now visible to the naked eye, rising at five o'clock in the morning. Its tail is half a degree long.

RAINS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

.; ■ Sydney, April 20. Good rains, the result .of thunderstorms, have fallen over a largo portion of the State. ' '