GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 830, 31 May 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telejrrarh—J?resa Association—OooTrieht ' "WEST AUSTRALIA IN THE MAKING." (Rec. May 30, 11.30 p.m.) mi tt London, May 30. Ihe Hon. N. J. Moore, Premier of "West An-/ 0 !. ,'. "dd'ossed a men's meeting at >\itr . -lyljeruaelo in Loudon on West Australia in the Making." AMERICANS IN EUROPE. (Eec. May 31, 0.30 a.m.) , . London, May 30. ine steamship companies estimate that 100,000 to 150,000 Americans will spend a holiday- in Europe during 1910. ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF INDIANS. s London, May 30. / bir Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary) is communicating with tho United States in view of the alleged ill-treatment of tho Putumayo Valley Indians by the Peru-vian-Amazon Rubber Company. MR. CHAMBERLAIN LOOKING WELL. „ ' London, Stay 29. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., who has' been on the Continent, has arrived iu London. He is bronzed and in good spirits. A GREATER BIRMINGHAM. London, May 29. There is in course of preparation a Bill having for its object the incorporation of Aston Manor, Handsworth, and other places near Birmingham, with the latter city. This/ would make the population of Birmingham 895,000. WHITEHAVEN DISASTER FUND. London, May 29. The Fund for the relief of the sufferers _by the disaster at the Wellington pit, Whitehaven, has now reached .£32,997. The London Stock Exchango subscribed £2609. DEATH OF A QUEENSLAND M.L.C. ' Brisbane, May 30. The - death is announced of Mr. John Thomas Annear, a Legislative Councillor, aged (18. [Mr. Annear, according to "Johns's Notable Australians," was born in Budock, Penryn, Cornwall, England, in 1812, and arrived in Queensland in ISG3. As partner in J. T. Annear and Co., railway contractors, he constructed tho Maryborough and Gympie railway, and was contractor for other important public works. Elected to the Legislative Assembly in 18fit, he represented Maryborough for eighteen years, and was Chairman of Committees in six sessions of Parliament. In 1902 he became a member of the Legislative Council. He was an alderman of Maryborough for fourteen years, and also Mayor, and chairman of the Royal Commission on the jWorks Department in 1900.]

KING'S BIRTHDAY. (Bee. May 30, 9.30 p.m.) ' Sydney, May 30. The Government, finding that the lawmakes no provision for cancelling the holiday, King's Birthday will bo observed as a holiday. Ottawa, May 30. Friday next will be observed as a Bank holiday in Canada, but them will be no celebrations in view of King George's wishes. . :