GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1104, 18 April 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By Telegraph—Press Association Copyrlehtl _4 AN APPOINTMENT. (Eec. April 18, 0.40 a.m.) London, April 17. Mr. E. J. Soares, Government Whip, has .been knighted and appointed to a post in the Treasury. Captain Guest succeeded him as Whip. A by-election will be necessary. 'ME. HENNIKER HEATON, (Eec. April 18, 0.40, a.m.) London,"April 17. Mr.Henniker Heaton, who has been ill for some time, is still very weak, but lias slightly improved. ~ A WRECK LOCATED., i (Eec. April' 17, 10:35 v p-.tli-i- <" Perth, April 17. The wreck of the Glenbank has been located inside Le. Gendro Reef, safe from the ocean fairway. [The Russian barque Glenbank capsized oh February 0. While loading copper ore at Balla Balla, tho barometer Jell rapidly, and tho master, fearing a cyclone, put to sea with 2800 tons of loose copper on board. The .vessel sailed for twentyfour hours, when the full force of the storm struck her, and ■ the boat convulsively turned turtle twenty miles from t'ossack-l A STALLION SOLD. Sydney, April 17. The two-year-old Victorian Clydesdale stallion Eoyal Scotch was sold, for , r ,OO guineas. BOATS BURNED. Melbourne, April 17. A train conveying boats to the Bairnsdale regatta caught fire, and before tho outbreak was extinguished three racing boats were destroyed. THE WEATHER. Sydney, April 17. . There was further heavy rain last night, and the weather is still threatening and showery. Heavy falls of rain have broken the dry spell in the coastal districts. (Rec. April 18, 1.5 a.m.) Sydney, April 17. Although the Showground is almost a sea of mud, over 20,000 attended the show to-day. A heavy rainstorm occurred this evening. Many places on tile coast record five inches of rain. SOCIALIST LABOUR PARTY. Sydney, April 17. The annual report of the Socialist Labour. Party expresses satisfaction at the establishment of a branch of the party in New Zealand. SOCIALISTS AND DEFENCE. London, April IG. The Social Democratic Conference resolved in favour of an adequate navy and a citizen army. MANUFACTURERS' WEEK. Sydney, April 17. Manufacturers' Week commences tomorrow. Over a thousand city shops have arranged to make displays of purely Australian goods in their windows. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. Adelaide, April 17. Sir E. Smith, patron of the Commercial Travellers' Club of Australasia, has presented a thousand pounds to the Commercial Travellers' Association, to form the nucleus of an accident' and sickness insurance fund. SMALLPOX. Adelaide,' April 17. The P. and O. steamer Mooltan was quarantined on arrival owing to a case of smallpox aboard. The victim is a secondclass Australian passenger who joined the vessel at an Indian: port. BOYCOTT REMOVED. Melbourne, April 17. The cabmen's boycott of tho wharves has been removed, pending action by tli9 City Council.