GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1133, 22 May 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association-Oopyriirht ELECTION PETITION DISMISSED. (Roc. May 21, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 20. The petition against the return of Captain J. A. Morrison, Unionist member for Nottingham Bast, on tlio ground of treating and illegal 1 , payments, has been dismissed, BRITISH OLD AGE PENSIONS. London, May 19. Tho Government has promised to introduce a Bill removing hordsliips now Buffered under the Old Ago Pensions Act. ..CONSULAR APPOINTMENT. London, May 2t. " The King has approved of tho appointment of Senor J3ayona as Spanish ConsulGeneral for Australia and New Zealand. HIGH-PRICED PORTRAIT. , London, May 10. The portrait of Mrs. Robertson Williamson, by Sir Harry Raeburn, tho famous Scottish portrait painter _ (17561823) has been sold by auction at Christie's for 22,000 guineas. TREATMENT OF YOUTHFUL CULPRITS. Paris, May 20. The Senate has carried a. Bill empowering women to hold magisterial inquiries prior to the trial of youthful offenders whoso ages aro under thirteen. THE WORST TRUST. , New York, May 19. . The Attorney-Genera!, Mr, Wickersham, declares that tho Lumber Trust is tho worst of "all in the United States. ALLEGED THEFT. , OF NAVAL STORES. Vancouver, May 19. Four prominent residents of Victoria (8.C.) have been arrested oil a charge of being implicated in theft of naval stores. MINISTERIAL INVALIDS. Melbourne, May 20. Mr. King O'Mallcy, Federal Minister for Home Affairs, is suffering from paralysis of the side of the face, and is confined to his home. Mr. Macdonnell, Chief Secretary of New South Wales, who is in a Melbourne hospital, is improving. GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA. Melbourne, May 20. Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichaol, tho retiring Governor of Victoria, and his suite have sailed for England. ESCAPED PRISONER CAUGHT. Port Darwin, May 20. The prisoner who escaped from gaol after assaulting his guard has been recaptured. Ho had been two days in the bush'without food.