GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 900, 20 August 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Toiof-raptt—Pre«s Association— Oopjrriuht, ■ t THE LATE EARL SPENCER. (Rcc. August 19, 10.30 p.m.) London, August 19. . The late Earl Spencer was quietly buried in Great Brington churchyard, near the family. seat at Althorpe Park, Northamptonshire. : The King and Queen Alexandra were represented at the funeral, and Mr. Asquith, Lord Crewo, and many political and , social leaders were present. ■ . . ". . ALPINE FATALITY. '.. ' 3erne, August 19. ■' T>vo German girls, aged .18, were caught in a thunderstorm on the Jinigfrau and swept over a precipioo and' killed. This is the twelfth fatality on the Jungfrau during the present summer. / • DARING JEWEL ROBBERY. London, August 19. Sir Gilbert Parker's sister, Mrs. Bacon, has been daringly robbed >of £9000 "worth of jewels at Saint Moritz, Switzerland. A-BIGAMIST SENTENCED. ■ . Perth, "August 19. ' John Ordy, an ex-New\ Zealand ongiue-driver, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment "with hard labour; on a charge of bigamy. \ A NEW.INDUSTRY.. : \ Melbourne, August 19^ The old Shamrock Brewery has been transformed. into a pure compressed yeast factory. This is a new industry for Australia. ■•-..■ ■■•- ' . ADELAIQE CITY. Adelaide, August. 19. The. .seventieth anniversary of the incorporation of the city has been cele-' brated by a banquet. It is proposed to.have the title of the Mayonraiscd to Lord Mayor. . THE SHACKLETON. EXPEDITION. Sydney, August 19. Professor David, -of Sydney University, who went as geologist with the Shackletoh . Antarctic- Expedition, is proceeding to. England to assist with the compilation ,- of the expedition's records, and the publication of a book relating to the expedition. --;- ■ NEW SOUTH WALES' PENSIONS. ■ ' Sytiney, August 19. Official returns show that there are at present 985 retired civil servants receiving pensions,. the total amount paid being £120,000 per. annum. NORTHUMBERLAND MINERS. ■ London, August 18. The recent eight liours a day trouble at the Northumberland ntines cost the Northumberland Miners' Association £83,000, . . ..'"'■'. RUSSIAN PRINCE IN TROUBLE. : . St Petersburg, August 18. Priuco Kuguslieff has been arrested at ' Saratov, south-east Russia, on charges of appropriating and squandering funds entrusted for 'the payment of doctors ami nurses engaged in fighting \ tho cholara. • CRETE AND, GREECE. Athens, August 18. Cretan leaders- refuso to stand for the Greek Assembly. .' MONTENEGRO'S NEW STATUS. ' ' • .:' Cetinjo, August 18. Preparations for tho proclamation of* Montenegro- as a kingdom are being pushed on. The citizens of Cetinje are busy day and night erecting tents and barracks (to accommodate • 30,000 visitors. ; ■ SETTLERS FOR CANADA. Ottawa, August 18. Mr. J. Norton .Griffiths, . Unionist M.1 , , for Wedn-esbury, England, who purposes establishing in Manitoba- a colony of residents of Wednesbury, has •purchased 140,000 acres oLprairio lanfl. CHILE'S PRESIDENT. ■ ■ Santiago, August' 18. The death of Senor Montt, President of Chile, hns caused a profound sensation. Political parties are agreed that the election of his successor must be in strict conformity with the law.