GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 876, 23 July 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By .Telegraph—Vrees Association-Copyright, / ' ' 1 ■ — THEIR MAJESTIES AT PORTSMOUTH. '(Rec./July 22, 11.5 p.m.) -. London, July 22. The King and Queen are proceeding to Portsmouth for a week's cruise, and to pay an informal visit to the Fleet Dockyard. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. • . London, July 22. The Wesleyan Conference, sitting atCardiff, elected the Rev. Henry Haigh, of Nowcastle, as president for 1911. [A reference to the above appointment will be found on.pasc 9 of this issue under the heading of "Religious Activity." | MEMORIAL TO MR. ROLLS. London, July 22. The .Aerial Teague is establishing a C. S. Rolls Memorial School to teach the theory- and practice of aviation. THE ESCAPE OF SAVARKAR. ' • London, July 22. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, replying to a question, in Parliament, said ho had been approached by France regarding the escape of the Indian student Savarkar from the mail steamer at Marseilles, while being conveyed to India for trial. Ihe points of international law involved were being considered. CORONATION PROCLAMATION. London, July 21. The. heralds formally proclaimed that the Coronation, would take place in June next. BRITISH CENSUS BILL. , -London, July 21 The Census Bill (Britain) was" read a third time- m the Hoμse of Lords'. MURDER CHARGE. wii-- r, London, July" 21. William Broome, charged at Slouch Uuckmghamshire, with the murder of a neighbour, , Mrs. Wilson, by suffocating her, was remanded, not committed for trial, as wa"s stated yesterday. • • CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. \- (Rec. July' 22, 11.5 p.m.) '~ ~ St. Petersburg, July 22, Ino city nas been officially declared to be infected with Asiatic cholera. CLERGYMAN'S SUICIDE. New York, July 21 The Rev. Athelstane Cornforth committed suicide in Central Park, New l'orlc He had recently traded in London as a stockbroker. This week his creditors had him adjudged a bankrupt. ■ BILLS OF EXCHANGE., Tho Hague, July 21. Iho Hague Conference lias agreed upon a uniform iaw as to the lobulation of bills of exchange. LIGHTNING KILLS TWELVE ..'MEN. ■ Vienna, July 21. Lightning killed twelve workmen at Ulollitwitz, Silesia. SENTENCES COMMUTED. Melbourne, July 22. The sentences of death passed on the three women, Downey, Long, and Pennington, for tho murder of Isabella MacCallum by .an illegal operation, have been commuted as follow:— Downey, imprisonment for life; Long, 15 years' imprisonment; Pemiington' 10 years' imprisonment. ' BUSH NURSING SCHEME. Sydney,' July 22. The "Sydney Morning Herald" proprietary has donated £1000, and the "Daily Telegraph , ' £250 to Lady, Dudley's bush nursing scheme, which takes the form of a memorial to King Edward. , ' . AUSTRALIAN AER OPLANIST. Sydney, July 22. Or. Deluca experimented with a monoplane at Port Macquarie. He roso successfully to a height-of twenty feet, when the monoplane turned turtle fell, and was smashed. Dr. Deluca' escaped without injury.