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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 6

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-. 4 _ . , .LONDON SUMMARY. THE KING AND TEE DOMINIONS ACROSS THE SEA. London, July - 22. Hitherto on the occasion of the opening of Parliament by the King in person, no official provision has been made for tho reception and accommodation o'f representatives of the self-governing Dominions Across the Sea. "While the foreign Ambassadors have a bench ed to them on the floor of the House, gentlemen duly 'accredited as'representatives of the. Oversea States are left to scramble for seats in the Strangers' Galleries. King George has intimated his intention, of seeing that this .oversight shall bu corrected when, in the spring.'pi nest year, he. makes his first appear-; auco on the throne in the House of Lords at the opening of the new session. Places ■will be specially reserved for the High Commissioners of ■ Australia, Canaau, .South Africa,- and New Zealand. . The action,, it'may. .be- stated, was taken directly on the personal initiative of His Majesty, and will, , in duo course, be officially announced. "-- ."•■. / ;NAVY AND .AUSTRALIA. . : ■ ■ Jn an interesting letter, to "The Times," in which ho ■points out tho "importance' of displaying our naval power from time to: time adequately in the chief ports of the Outer Empire," Lord'Brassey writes: "In Australia it were well that our colonial brethren should sometimes see specimens of the latest construction for the Navy on which their security depends. The occasions must be.rare..- .A fitting, opportunity will shortly- offer. Our Dreadnought cruisers would: furnish l a noble, escort-to the Duke of Connaughton his visit to, South. Africa on a most auspicious occasion. ) The voyage should: be extended to Australia. To : day the Navy is a .bond . of,. unity for the Empire as never before. -'Successfully .achieved,-, as •wo' know it would be, -the , voyage of a .powerful squadron, to -Australia would gain credit for the Navy." .' ... V' .. ~- > .'.'.-■■'"■•, I OPERA:'i , 'OE THE , EMPlßE.' '■';■■ ■■■■• Mr. and Mrs. Charles "Manners,-, well' known in connection with the' MoodyManners Opera. Company, are proposing to- found .u .limited liability .company, called the United Empire Grand ..Opera (Limited), .for the purpose, of 'giving (grand: opera in London, the. / provinces, and.in all parts of the Empire, at , popu- - lar prices. The 'company is to. be;'eonistituted only for three years. : A hundred .• .thousand half-crown .shares are tin be bfiered to-the public, but no,'shareholder is to: hold more''than "eight.-: Mr."limit'. lire/: Manuel's do not intend to'appear , .thein;£elves, but will:give their services \ : as managers!: and the 'use of; scenery, 'properties, 'and.'costumes connected , with: the. .opera, the) . iiayo'. liad in Ulieir-.li-Bp'iJrtoiW' ■of the past -thirteen years. ':", Shareholders .will'.always have the first:choice of seats.V '-' ■'.; GOLD RUSH ; EOMANCE: ; ;' ;: V ' ' A ''romantic: story ' was told recently' at, :the' Sheffield. Countj Gouit .concerning. a : .Sheffield man, named Clayton,-who mado' a fortune, in •.Australia;':;:'became 'a bankrupt, and manageil'to conceal his money :from. : . the' Bankruptcy': Court;''He v:died in Australia' in 1907,,;leaving'.£12,000;■■'.Theofficial receiver ,no.w applied to 'have ithe. unconditional- order..of . discharge iwhich, ; was granted to j the ■ bankrupt .'in 1902 i-e----•Tpk- \and the.'judge granted 'the-. !re-'quest.-'ltiappeared that: Clayton .did well : ;at:;the gold' diggings . : .iji : Aush'ulia;.".; and: j.then .speculat'sd in. bank, shares.: ' When j the. financial crash' ca'iriovin. Australia' in ■1903, : the- deceased, in order' : to avoid : -,the ■ calls made on"him..by 'the banks, hiade all -his ■money., over'.to |;feniale .relatives,' •and then resumed'possession of it after, :the;bankruptcy proceedings. 'The. claims: •made against .him' by. '■ the-banks .were'iforj ■ JE9OOO;' vThe.banks' 'will: nb.w.reco L ver,tho :whole .of,;.the;.amount.'due to'thom fi'piii ;the.:'dece.ase(L; p : i .;\.'.^V.': : '• V7GENERAL-.Ti?ENCH'S. EETURN;V: : 'i-General Sir.'John French ; lias,'returned l to'>,-Ehgland;'' : ;havin'g^-cd'inpletea.-.':..the : :''in-' 'spection,.' undertaken /the"' of ■ ■the .Canadian ' Government, 1 : uf "the 'Pd.mihion'smilitary. forces.. , ! He:v.has.been, iengaged 'about .six/weeks;uponCthe -work, IjiayingV travelled", several' thousand.'rrnilesjin Canada, and-.as- far west:as : the'Eocky ■Mountains. V, In''-aii, interview.;.,he.lex.presse'd;;:.great; admiration of•"''the ; Canadiaii .troops. ; Tlie,cailet; battalions : were, 'particularly strong; \ Two leading 'char-! acteristics: of the ' ; Canariian soldiers wc'i;e ;their, great, loynlty.and the spirited;man--:hor;in .which, they pcTforined/ theiriduties:■Pi^ior.'[to leaving^ I .Canada : .General.:l''rench Vα'report • to, ;the, Government therei' ;;;,;.' :| :; iA/ j ::■;■ f. By/'.means .of .electricity, the. , : Duke- of. .Connanght unveiled the/'Eoyal'' Artillery. ■Memorial 'in • the, Mall' 'while at' the same :time attending: l -^..memorial service' 1 , in St. ;Paul's Cathedral. An electric button was placed-iri front of. the■ seat/occupied, by the Duke.. in .the cathedral', "and as: he' declared' the memorial; unveiled~'To' the ■glory..of God and,in memory, of '.tho.officers;.and men.of- the 'artillery forces; who fell.iii South' Duke pressed .the .button. \lnstantly..; the .electrio/ cur-, rent, was ' set. in : action,-' .and' 1 the .■curtains fwhieli concealed , the memorial' in' ;the away^/^s.they'^fell- two !sets> of trumpets , sounded;the "Last Post;"; those-in>St.':P(iurs being v blown, exadtly together; with, : those which : sounded;; the vcall in tli'e- Mall.. ■~'■.' '.;■■'.:.''.-. ":■ <0.-- xv :

:■ :■ .THE. LABOUR;:EXCHANGES.. - jv .The : total' number. of -applications! for 'M'oik reroiiining on the register of the XabW ; Exchanges at the: end 'of June , was 73,G0'1, as .compared \yitii' 75,-402. "at 'the end of May. . : The total number- , of •applications received during. Jnao. was 151,558, ,r\V,com pared with 100,392 during May. :.' The number. of vacancies. filled -has' ■increased 'from' , 21,025 in May -to 41,650 in. Jirnc. . The; \prbportion '-of: filled to vacancies notified .'■rose from: 78.-: per. cent.•.in Hay to 81 per , cent:, in /.lune (men W> per, emit.-,boys. 77; .per .cent, , women .70 per cent;,. and. girls ■74 per; cent.).-' ;:.-':'. ''):., \o. ■■; '\ : '--.

'■ 1..;'.. Imperial^education/;■ -; ; • .The Right' Horn ',]?■'. 8... Hald'ane'l'. Secretary. I'ov. War. sneaking, at -a.'luncheon at the HolboL'n Kestauraiit recently? said that for■• more than a , , year he had been chairman of a Hoyal : Commission 'oh ■ University. Education in Lundon in relation to the Empire. ; "We see;" _he saiil, "eiiornioiw possibilities of different par,ts uf the Empire : with different Industries and different- 'exigencies for 'training . people' for the. great battle :of life, co drdiiiatitg their systems so that wo might' lmve an" educational system under which.n student;will proceed from place to- place, nnd wo may. thereby have' unity. in conceptions |of mind as' well as 'in.;mqre material -things." .: ..-..•; :■'/■,' '■~ 'bOTAL-COLONIAL INSTITUTE., ■■At >a- : .meeting of tho ,Council. of the : ltoyal Colonial. Institute,' the following 'New Zealanders were elected:—Fellows: Lieutenant-Colonel Eoehfort Snow, V.D. (New Zealand); Jlr. 11.. H.Wall, J.P. (New Zealand). Tho Hon. Sir. William' Hall-Jones (High. Commissioner for New .Zealand), the Hon. Sir Richard Solomon /(High Commissioner of -South:-"Africa), laud Sir, George M»-»koiizio have been.appointed vice-presidents; and' Jlr. Richard .Tebb a councillor of the.'Royal Colonial .Institute!—" Standard"' of Empire." ',■■:';: