GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1151, 12 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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KING CONGRATULATES MELBA. (Rec. June 11, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 10. Tho King attended a performance of "Romeo and Juliette" at the Royal Opera at Covent Garden Theatre, and warmly congratulated Madame Melba on her singing as "Juliette." THE FALL. IN RUBBER. London, June 9. The reduction in the value of the imports for May (,£1,299,929), as compared with May of last year, was wholly due ■to the lower price ruling for rubber. ! " THE PAGEANT OF LONDON. London, June 9. Prince Arthur of Connaught opened "Tho Pageant of London" at tho Crystal Palace. BELGIAN CABINET RESIGNS. Brussels, June 9. Tho Belgian Cabinet has resigned over tho education question. ARSENIC MISTAKEN FOR. BAKINGPOWDER. • . ■■■: i... Perth, June 11. One of the gins at the Aborigines' camp at Lagrange Bay made a mistake and used arsenic instead of- baking-powder in making damper. Seven natives ate the d.imper, three of them dying, while two ethers arc in a serious condition. PEARLING LUGGER CAPSIZES. Port Darwin, June 11. Tho pearling lugger Neptuno has capjized, four of the crew being drowned. SHIPMASTER ACQUITTED OF MANSLAUGHTER. Ottawa, June 9. Captain Sears, master of the steamer Iroquois, has been acquitted on a charge of manslaughter, in connection with the foundering of the vessel on April 10 last, when eighteen lives were lost. FIFTY THOUSAND IMMIGRANTS. Ottawa, June 9. Fifty thousand immigrants from Europe came to Canada during April. American immigration is decreasing in Tolume. ________