GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1023, 12 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Iclt'grapli Fress Association—Copyright. ' ! ' THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. ' ■ London, January 11. Mr. L. V. Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies,. who has been unwell since'the end of November, .has recovr ered and has resuiijed-his attendance'-at tho Colonial o%e. ■ TO' ENTERTAIN CORONATION " TROOPS. . London, January-'ll-. A club has been formed in connection with tho'Festival of-Empire to entertain the colonial troops attending the Corqnation. . : - c-".'" The Duke of NotffolkHs"president anil Lords Strathcona and Latnipgton are- insisting the mpvenjeiitf. CIVIL SERVANT'S RIGHTS. Sydney, January 11. Regulations have,,been adopted by the New South Wales ' Government giving full political rights to publio servants,, but providing: that':Sjo[. bfficer -shall, puh-:' licly comment", u'poii .-.the' administration of any State Department. - : " FISHERMAN.■.'CARRIED -'TO.. SEA. st:;.:Petersiburg, January 10. -An iceflow at' Astrakhan carried to sea eighty-five fishermen;'' 'A' 'ste'apier iras" sent out and resMjpd s thehi.;■ STORM ; IN CANADA. •'*Vv Ottawa,-January' 10.. Tho worst'storm-for .years- is' being experienced on the Canadian prairie. The weather is . very cold, and-snotf. is, foiling. LORD CHELMSFORD/''' Sydneyf-'Januarr 10. 1 Lord Chelmsford, Goysrji,or]-o.f:< NewSouth Wales, has obtained six months' leave of ?bsencft"> He • Hfjir'-viSilt 'XJo^lanU* in April next, w-oi'i'v-v-• POLIC-E OFFICER KILLED. , Sydney, January 11. Police Superintendent Grudgeon was thrown from a buggy at Deniliqum and' fatally injured.... -. -. ." IRISH' BLIGHT. " ' :,- ; Sydnoy, January ;11.».' Seven hundred" 1 '" bags of Tasmanian potatoes were ,condemned. l "on-. ;• arrival, because they contained Irish blight. DECREASED GOLD YIELD. - .... Sydney, January 11. The gold yield of .New South Wales for the last year showed a decrease in value of .£65,812. . NEW SOUTH WALES. TRADE. ■ ' Sydney, January 11. . The oversea imports into New. South Wales last year increased by ,£2,517,736,-, and the exports increased by -£5,992,65?.. A PERTH AEROPLANE. Perth, January 10! Mr. Hammond, tho aviator, who has |)een giving exhibitions here, inspected an aeroplane designed locally. He says that for automatic stability" it will revolutionise' aviation.