GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1101, 13 April 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By Tclcsrapu-Prcss.A6Sociation Copyrieht) 4 ,— THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. (Rec. April 12, 10.25 p,m.) London, April 12. The Duke of Connaught is recovering from his recent indisposition, but as he will not bo permitted to travel, Prince Arthur of Ccunaught will instead represent tho King at tue Italian jubilee celebrations.

FRENCH CIVIL SERVICE INQUIRY. Paris, April 11. ' A searching inquiry has been opened regarding financial and administrative irregularities in the cash accountancy departments of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. BRITISH TAX RETURNS. London, April 11. The property and income tax for the first week of the financial year totalled .£3,393,000, compared with ,£179,000 for tho same week of 1910. [Through a mistake the tax demands were not sent out to many big concerns until the end of the'year, ai'id much of last year's revenue was therefore carried over.] 'AN AUSTRALIAN SINGER. London, April 11. At a concert at the residence of Lady Louisa Walker, Miss Ella Cooper, a Sydney singer, sang before Princess Louis of Battenburg ,and her daughter. PLAGUE IN JAVA; Amsterdam, April 11. Two cases of pneumonic plague are reported at Malaug, Java. LORD CREWE CONVALESCENT. London, April 11. The Earl 'Of Crewe, Secretary of State for India, who has been indisposed for some time as the result of a fall, is now convalescent. Ho is recruiting his health'in Italy. SIR R. BADEN-POWELL. London, April 11. 1 It is definitely arranged that General R. Baden-Powell; will commence his lecturing tour through Australia and New Zealand in 1912. A COMING CONCERT TOUR, London, April 11. Messrs. J. and N. Tait, of Australia, have engaged Mr. Ben Davis, tho famous Welsh tenor, and Miss Esta d'Argo for an Australian tour, commencing at Sydney in September next. ' .

THE CANTON MURDER. Peking, April 11. The assassin of the Tartar General at Canton is a member of the Reform Society, who was repatriated from Singapore. LOSS OF THE IROQUOIS. - New York, April 11. The loss of lifo by the foundering of tho coastal steamer Iroqiiois at Vancouver is now stated to be sixteen.

CYCLONE IN OKLAHOMA. Oklahoma, April 11. A cyclone swept the country near Frederick. A family was lifted out of a demolished house in their beds and seriously injured. A guest was killed. ALASKA SETTLEMENT BURNED. Vancouver, Aprjf 11. A cablo message from Kaltag, Alaska, states that practically all the business section of Iclitarod was burned on Tuesday. Twenty concerns are involved, the loss being ,£25,000.. EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. Mexico City, April 11. An earthquake shock on tho weft const shattered buildings in different towns. ANCIENT BURYING GROUND. Adelaide, April 12. An extensive ancient aboriginal burying ground' has been discovered. It will be of immense interest to anthropologists. THE CAIRNS FLOODS. Brisbane, April 12. Mail communication, by pack-horse, has boon established with the flood districts around Cairns, pending railway repairs. A ton of delayed mails has been dispatched on pack-norscs to tho flooded districts. YONGALA SEARCH DELAYED. Brisbane, April 12. It is still too rough to dispatch n vessel to search in tho vicinity of the Nnres Rock, whore it is thought the steamer Yongala may have struck and foundered. APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ZE4.LANDEIiS. Perth, April 12. The Mines Department of Western Australia is augmenting its geological survey staff. Recent appointments include the following Now Zen landers:—Messrs. E. R. Cower Clarke (field geologist) and R. A. Farmihnrson (petrologist). [Mr. Clarke was for some time engaged as an assistant geologist by the Mines Department. Ho is at present studying at the Auckland University College.]" OBITUARY. New York, April 11. Mr. Tom L. Johnson, n former Mayor of Cleveland, is rte.id. [Mr. .lohnson served for four tirms.nnd acquired some celebrity by his novel olcctionefring method?. He curried out ;i reform campaign which riiclcd in failure.]