GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1085, 25 March 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

(By Telegraph—Press Association Copyriirht) 0 BRITISH MINISTERIAL CHARGES,,* (Rcc. March 21, 9.15 p.m.)" London, March 21. It is officially announced that Colonel j Scoly will become Parliamentary Under-' Secretary for War, in consoq'uenco of! tho elevation of Mr. .Haldano, Secretary i for War, to the UppGr House, as elsewhere. ! Lord Lucas will become Under-Secre- 1 t,ary for tho Colonies, in Colonel Seely's place. i 1 — . t LABOUR AND THE CORONATION. ■ London, March 21. Tho Labour Party in tho I-fouse of Commons has decidcd to protest against tho expenditure on tho military display at the .Coronation, to the exclusion of' any representation of the civic side of national life. IMMIGRANTS FOR CANADA. Ottawa, March 23. For the ten months up to January i last the immigrants to Canada' cd 260,687. MR. ALFRED PARSONS. London, March 23. : Mr. Alfred Parsons, A.R.A., thai landscape painter, has been elected a. Royal Academician. BRITISH BY-ELECTION. London, March 23. , Mr. W. Joynson-Hicks (Unionist), who i was unopposed for tho Brentford (Mid-/ dlesex) seat in Parliament, rendered) vacant by tho resignation of Lord! Alwync Comptgn, has been declared' elected. . ■» FIGHT WITH SAFE-BREAKERS. New York, March 23. At Gahanna, Ohio, tho Mayor, at the head of a posse, surrounded fivo safe-1 blowers. Two of the robbers were' wounded, but all escaped. Berlin, March 23. j A Japanese military mission will visit, Germany in May next for tho purpose of studying German military methods. Melbourne, March 21. ' Crowds in various parts of tho city ■gave uncomplimentary receptions to two ladies wearing harem skirts, and accom-) panicd by a male escort. Several times lliey were compelled to take refuge in. an accompanying taxicab or in shops. • Sydney, March 21. • A firo destroyed Davy and Sons' flourmill at Pyrmont, The damage, estimat-, ed at £10,000, is covered by insurance* Davy's ,mill had recently been fitted with up-to-date machinery. Tho fire-\ men were greatly impeded by large bod-1 ics of dough falling" from tho higher | floors. Tho Orange and Maitland districts aro tho latest additions to tho Irish , blight area. On the strength of legal opinion, tho j Stato Minister for Mines, Mr. Edden, ! believes that it will bo necessary to ob- j tain Parliamentary sanction before ho is 1 able to proceed further in the matter of ■, a Stato coalmine.