GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1016, 4 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—FresiAssociation—CojiyrltM. :■—_—fr~ ARCHBISHOP AND BATTLESHIP. (Kec. 'January 3, 9.25 p.m.) ..' London, January 3. Mrs. Davidson; wife; of the Archbishop of. Canterbury, will, '-launch-' on tha Thames the now Dreadnought Thunderer. The Primabrwilt participate in the service of dedicaikm-and. blessing. FRENCH EREETRADE LEAGUE, 1 London, January 3. The members of the Cobden Club have congratulated M. Yves Guyot 'on tho establishment ( of a - French . Treetrade. League. . ■-.;■.;. ■.'■ GENERAL, STRIKE THREATENED.-: .Paris, January 2. , .The Confederation of Labour has determined to secure tie liberation'of the railway striker Duraiid, -who was sentenced to. death for• the murder of-a blackleg at Rouen, the sentence being afterwards commuted to imprisonment for sevon years. It is. now organising a' general strike. • EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA UNWELL.. London, January 3. The Emperor Francis Joseph, who is suffering from a-cold,:has been ordered'to remain indoors,, in order .to prevent com.plicciticnis..: - -'* -.;'■■"■-- . "-" l .-■. -• ; ./:■'!' BRITAIN'S ALIEN PROBLEM.' "■ ... ■ ■ London, January. 3. Mr. R. G.Sefon, the' Recorder, of Devises, Wiltshire, emphasised the fact that deported aliens generally return to' Great Britain within six weeks of their depor-' tation. ■.■-.. . TEE RISING 'AT EL KERAK. , Constantinople, January 3. ' A thousand of the Druses concerned inthe recent rising:at;El r Kerak," ihs.Palesliue,. have surrendered,.- the; remnant. hasbeen driven into tho desert. v*.';V.■ .: ; ...

KING EDWARD- HOSPITAL FUND; ', London, January 3. The -League of.Mercy, which'was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1898 to secure small'subscriptions for King:' Edward's Hospital Fund, during'closed raised .£IB,OOO for this purpose.- . . TOUSS-F.OR'FARMERS.'}?! ;■ '■ •' ; •■■'''■. '"Sydney; January %"'■ .The State Governments distinctly fav-' ourable to a proposal which has been put forward that the'.. Commonwealth arid States should arrange a-special tourist trip for farmers through Australia. ANOTHER ELECTION.'PETITION. "i- ; London, January 2. A petition has been-lodged against tka return of Sir H;;S; King; for the Central Hull' seat,. on tho -grounds of,-. allcgedo bribery, undue influence, and treating..-, "■ STATUE TO GENERAL WOLFE. - * London,-' January 2.-.' Field-Marshal Lord 'Roberts 'unveiledMr. Dorwent Woods's.,statuo of ...General Wolf t>, the hero of the Battle of Quebec, at.the village of Westerham, Kent,.wherethe general was born in 172?.. . . .MISSING FRENCH STEAMER," •■ Algiers, January 2. Wreckage from . the:. French steamer Norma (518 tons gross) has been found; The crew of fifteen 'is-missing. ' : ' TEACHERS'.SALARIES..'". , ■ 'Sydney,'"January 3. . The minimum salary: for all mala teachers in State schools-has been ■ raised to • .mo. • ;'■: -;''.;> ;■■.'■ '/.-''■-■ . -.'..' STUDENTS'/CHRISTIAN. UNION. „ : ' Sydney, January 3. : The biennial convention of the Australian Students' Christian Union is being held at Blackheath. Mr. Smith and Misses Walker and Turnbull were elected New Zealand representatives on the General Committee. RECORD CHRISTMAS TRAFFIC' Sydney,. January 3. The Christmas train and tram traffic easily broke all provious records.

'. "LATE MB, T. S. CLIBBORN. Sydney, January 3. There was.a...large and representative attendanco at the funeral of the late Mr. T. S. Clibborn, formerly, secretary of the Australian Jockey Club. Tho. officiatiii" clergyman paid a tribute to the deceased, who, ho said, had tried to make sportclean ; he was what men call "a good sport," .