GENERAL CABLENEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 801, 26 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLENEWS.

By TelejTraph-Press Aesociation-OopyrUat- ' «—l__ GERMANY'S BUDGET DEFICIT. . (Reo. April 25, 10.25 p.m.) . ~ Berlin, April 25. Germany's realised doficit is much less than the estimate. The realised deficit is £8,000,000, while the estimated defioit was £12,000,000. FROST KILLS FRUIT. ' New York, April 25. Frosts killed the early fruits in ten of the Northern and Central States of the Middle West. ' DOMINIONS' POETRY AND SONGS. '~,..' London, April 25. At the instance of Mr. Henniker Heaton, a recital will'be given in London early m Juno of representative specimens of the vigorous' poetry and songs of the newer States of the Empire. THE RUBBER BOOM. London, April 25. The United Malaysian Rubber Company, with a.capital of £2,000,000, iai issuing 400,000 shares at par. Directors and- their, friends have applied'for 300,000 of these shares, which will be allotted in full. : IMPERIAL MISSIONERS' HOT ■'• RECJ-JPTION. ' i London, April 24. At Rotherhithe, a meeting addressed by the so-called "Imperial.Pioneers" (the self-appointed rerresentatives of Canada, Australia, and South Africa, who have I been speaking at various centres in England on the question. of Imperial. preference) ended in a free' fight, after a resolution, in favour of Free-trado had bein carried. Radicals present complained that there were thirty-five "bruisers" in the gallery and fifty-five in' the body of the ball, to-keep order. ■ THE TJSPENSKYCAT'HEDRAL ' THEFT. ,• . '' '■■ St. Petersburg, April 24. The peasant Femin .the.self-confessed thief of the jewels in the Uspensky Cathedral, Kremlin, Moscow, was 'discovered inside tho cathedral, despite the fact that the building had been thoroughly eea'ohed.fcr thirty-six hours. He revealed'the fact-that the jewols were hidden in a tomb, . •ST. MICHAEL'AND ST. GEORGE. 'm. -i* • ''". ''" "London,'. April 24.' I The Prince of Wales and a large number if others attended the annual service of the Order of St. Michael and St. |.;Gcorgo. at St. Paul's Cathedral. ' [Tbe annual service of the.Order of St. Michael and St. George, held in St' Paul ; s Cathedral, London, on-St. George's Day (April 23),. is in memory of tLe members who have died durin-j tho year. Owing to the increasing number who attend, only a small part of the service could bs held this year in tho Chapel of the Order. A processbn, including the band of the Coldstream. Guards, was to take place to the space under the Dome • where tha Prince! of Wales, Grand, Master of the I Order, kneels, surronndsd by' the members.] "...-?.••■■ ■''••"

MISSED THE WIDOW'S MITE. London, April 24. A young man named Bowsr, aged 25, a draper's assistant, hasbee-i awarded <EIOO damages against. Jesusa Edsworth, ; aged .51, a wealthy widow.' for breach of promise. ' ' NEW' GUINEA DEVBLOPMENTi „ ','■'.. London, April' 24.. The British Now Guinea Developmon l . Company 1 has purchased the steel screw steamer Bentiack, 1148 tons gross, built in 1903. The Bentinck, after discharging at Port Moresby (New Guinea) implements and sawmill machinery, which sho •is now loading in London, will trade between New Guinea; Sydney, and Brisbane. "FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE." London, April 24. King Edward and. Queen Alexandra will, attend,a concert in connection with "The Festival of Empire." . ■.' ■ JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT. •Sydney, April ,25. • The vacancy on tho Supremo Court judicial bench, caused by the retirement of .Judge Simpson, has been filled by. the appointment of Mr. Alex Gordon, K.C., a leading barrister of Sydney- who was called to the Bar in. 1882. ■ [This is the judgeship which rumouT associated with the name of tho Premier, Mr. Wade.] . -' ' V , . GAOL FqR REFUSING ; DUTYi Sydney, April .25. The Malay crew of -the steamer Kalibia, who refused duty on the voyage from New York .to Melbourne, repeated the offence on the trip from Melbourne, and were arrested here. They were sen-' tenced to six weeks' imprisonment. NEW BISHOP OP NEW GUINEA. Brisbane, April 25. The Rev. Gerald Sharp was consecrated Bishop of \New Guinea- (in- succession to Dr. Stone-Wigg) > at. the Anglican ProCathedral. The Archbishop of Brisbane, Dr. Donaldson, performed the ceremony. OBITUARY. Sydnay, April 25. : Obituary: Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, member of the Legislative Assembly for Belmore division of Sydney, formerly Minister for Works in the Lyne and See Governments; aged 61. .' WIRELESS FROM THE M4EURA. Sydney, April 25. A wireless, message from the steamoi Makura has' been received via Honolulu. It reported the vessel all well: in latitude 5.35 degrees- and longitudo 167.6. LATE SHIPPING. SIDNEY, April 25. . Arrived.—Aloia, from Now Zealand.