GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By 'folegraph—Press' Association—UopyrigM. — THE ARMY TOUR SCHEME. (Rec. September 26, 0.20 a.m.) ■ London, September 25. • ■ .The; Army Coimeil denies that it has', given its approval < to; .the proposed Army tour. , --' "■ / : ■: •• : fTo; stimulate recruiting for the British ' .Army, a three years' , tour of; the' British' provinces 'by 50 . officers and 850 is organised. Later the party will give military tournaments in .India and the overseas Dominions.] ■ HUDSON BAY COMPANY. Vancouver, September 23. Messrs. SkinneT ancl Burbidge, directors .of the Hudson Bay Company, a-ro visiting Canada. In.connection with' the company's . business .. they . intend > to inaugurate ' big changes at " Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver. MORE TROUBLE IN .ALBANIA. ..' New York, September 24. Tho Rev. Dr. Burton, of Boston,. ,Commissioner, of Foreign -Missions, ports the outbreak of hostilities'against ; prominent Albanians in the province of; Elbasan, in Western Turkey. . ' • •; : . ' London, September 23. : The. Royal Colonial' .Institute is making' anj appeal for subscriptions, in aid of Empire lectures , in. tlio provinces, the universities, and'schools in;agricul-. tural centres. r' • . y; .• ■ PAGEANT OF EMPIRE. ' , . London, September 23. ' The Council of the .'"Pageant of.Empire" Exhibition in 1911 has decided; to exclude foreign goods from the, exhibition. . ' . SIR MICHAEL O'LOGHLEN. : . London, September'. 23.'_ i ' Sir Michael O'Loghlen, son ofjiSir Bryan O'Loghlen, a former Premier of Victoria, has been appointed Lieutenant iof 'County Clare, Ireland. ' SIR J. G. REID AT BALMORAL: . London, September 23: • The High Commissioner for Australia, Sir George Reid, starts to-niglit .on a visit to King George • at Balmoral Castle. . ' ; AMERICAN LAND FRAUDS:. \ Now York, September 23..; Further suspected • land frauds .in Alaska, which, may exceed in startling developments the recent sensational cases, now form the subject, for' investigation. , A BRUSSELS CELEBRATION, i Brussels, September 23.. j. The police have forbidden inarching in the streets.'in connection with the Belgian Independence Fete. ' . PANIC AT A BULL FIGHT.' Madrid, September 23. During a bull fight'at Da-rajas, near Madrid, a stand collapsed, and one spectator was killed and jnany injured. During tho excitement a bull killed a, matador. ' ' : NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT. : Sytlnoy, September 23. Recent' rains have greatly improved the wheat. cropß. There are excellent prospects in all districts.