GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1135, 24 May 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telestrskpb—Press Association-CopyTicrht 'STEEL WORKS TO CLOSE DOWN. (Eec. May 23, 11.15 p.m.) London, May 23. Owing to the depression, the Ebbw Vale steelworks and coke ovens in South Wales, employing- 3300 men, will bo indefinitely closed trbm May 31. THE FINANCE BILL. London, May 23. The Finance Bill has boon read a first time in the House of Commons. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. London, May 23. Lord Curzon has been elected president of the Royal Geographical Society in succession to Major L. Darwin. VICTORIAN PREMIER IN LONDON. Paris, May 22. Sir John Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, met Mr. Murray", Premier of Victoria, and the two called on the Minister of the Interior and at the British Embassy. They will arrive in London on Wednesday. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE. London, May 23. After a prolonged discussion it has been decided that a representation of the' Battle of Chatcauguay, in which the Canadians defeated the. Americans in ISI3, shall ,ho reincluded in the Canadian pageant at the Festival of Empire. It was proposed some littlo time back to omit the battle in deference to American susceptibilities. LABOUR MEMBERS' FEES. London, May 22. A conference of tho Railway Clerks' Association 1 defeated a motion in deprecation of Labour M.P.'s charging fees for speaking at propaganda meetings in the province's. GERMAN ROYAL VISIT. London, May 22. Tho Kaiser, in a message of farewell, said he and the Empress had been greatly impressed by the warmth and cordiality of the welcome extended 'to tho Princsss Victoria Louise in her first visit to England. A SUFFRAGETTE PRINCESS. London, May 22. Tho Princess Duleep Singh, who is a daughter of tho Earl of Coventry, was fined ono pound for refusing to pay dog licenses. Tho refusal was meant as a protest on behalf of the suffragettes. SURVEYORS' CONFERENCE. London, May 22. Lord Curzon will open the SurvovorsGencral Conference on May 31. Mr. E. A. Counsel, Surveyor-General of Tasmania, and Mr. A. A. Spowers, Surveyor-General of Queensland, .have arrived to tako part in tho conference. SOUTH AUSTEALIAN PRODUCE. London, May 22. South Australia has an excellent display at tho Grocers' Exhibition at Southport. MR. CARNEGIE TO GO IN THE BOX. Washinjjton, May 22. Mr. Andrew Carnegie must givo evidenco before the commission investigating tho operations of tho Steel Trust.