GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1266, 23 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

liy TeloEr&Db—Press Association—Uapyriebt ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND GEORGE. (Kcc. October 22, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 21. It is officially stated that Sir Francis llopwood ami Sir Charles Lucas, who ro- j cently retired from their positions at the Colonial Office, have resigned tho secretaryship and Resistrarship of tho Order of St. Michael and Gtorgo. Tho lvin;; lias directed that these positions shall hereafter bo held ex officio by tho Permanent Secretary of Statu for the Colonies and the Senior Assistant UnderSecretary for tho Colonies. NAVAL GUN ACCIDENT. London, October 21. During gun practice on the battleship Colossus, a six-pounder shot ricocheted and struck the deck of the battleship Hindustan, on which tho Prince of Wales is sewing as a midshipman. Nobody was injured. Tho Prince of Wales was below. SOLIOITOE-G'ENEHAL OF IRELAND. London, October 20. Sergeant Ignatius O'Brien, formorly a reporter on the newspaper "Freeman's Journal," has been appointed SolicitorGeneral of Ireland. AUSTRALASIAN FOOTBALL TOUR, London, October 22. The Australasian Rugby League football team played a match against Huuslct, Leed9, yesterday, each sido scoring a try. The game was rough. A MISTAKE AT TEE MINT. Ottawa, October 22. Tho words "Doi gratia" havo disappeared from tho new issue of Canadian coins owing to a mistake at tho British Mint, which remained unnoticed until a largo number of coins had been issued. A TRAITOROUS SOLDIER. Berlin, October 20. A reservist named ICohrer was sentenced to six years' penal servitude at Leipzig for endeavouring •to sell i'ortiiication plans of Metz to tho French authorities. GERMAN STUDENT TRAGEDY. Berlin, October 20. It has transpired that tho tragedy at Rudalstadt, resulting in tho death of two young students named Dictzcn (aged eighteen) and Vonnecker (aged sixteen) was a caso of doublo suicide. Tho previous statement that the lads fought a duel with pistols after a quarrel over a lovo affair at a danco was incorrect. BASELESS MURDER CHAHGE. Georgetown (Guiana), October 20. Tho diary of Mr. Davis, tho American missionary, shows that ho died of fever. Tho aboriginals who, at tho time of his death wero asserted to havo poisoned him through exasperation at his anti-polygamy preaching, have been cleared of all suspicion. POSTAL PROHIBITION REMOVED. Melbourne, October 21. Tho postal prohibition on tho Commercial Bank of Tasmania has been removed. COMMONWEALTH ARBITRATION ACT. Melbourne, October 21. Tho debato in the Federal House of Representatives on the Arbitration Act Amendment Bill turned chieily on tho question of tho legality of (ho measure. Tho debato has been adjourned. SALE OF MILITARY" DECORATIONS. Melbourne, October 21. In the Federal Senate, a Bill to prevent military and naval men selling their decorations was read a third time. CATTLE TICKS IN SYDNEY. Sydney, October 21. Tho ticks discovered in cattle at the llomobush market are declared to be of a harmless variety. PHILATELIC CONGRESS. Sydney, October 21. Tho stamps shown nt the Philatelic inhibition hers wore vnluod at over _£W,ooa,