GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1286, 15 November 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tolceraph—Press Association—Ooprriebl • * A BISHOP APPOINTED. (Rec. November 14, 9.45 p.m.) London, November 14. The Bishop of Sodor and Man (Dr. T. W. Druryj has been translated to the Bishopric of Kipon, in succession to Dr. Boyd Carpenter, who has been appointed Canon of Westminster. LORD-IN-WAITING RESIGNS. London, November 13. Lord Twcedmouth has resigned the position of a Lord-in-Waitiiig to the King, as he does not now sympathise with tho policy of tho Liberal party. THE INSURANCE BILL. London, November 13. Mr. Sydney Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, proposes that tho Insurance Bill bo amended to allow of the establishment of an unemployment fund to pay tho cost of workmen attending technical classes if their linskilfulness jeopardises their chances of employment. JAPAN'S TRAINING FLEET. Sydney, Novombor 14. The Japaneso training-ships Aso and Soya aro to visit Australia, via Auckland, arriving in Sydney early in January. NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOLARSHIPS. Sydney, November 14. Mr. A. C. Carniichael, Minister for Public Instruction, in opening a new school, declared that tho Government intended increasing scholarships by nearly 300 per cent. AT THE TARGETS.' Perth, November 14. At tho Western Australian Rifle Association meeting, in tho first stage of the King's Prize, Garrety and Simpson (Western Australians) aro leading. . Each scored 100 points. WIRELESS IN AFRICA. Berlin, November 13. The German Government is wirclessly connecting tho colonies on the cast and west coasts of Africa, commencing with tho Cameroons. H.M.S. DRAKE. London, November 13. H.M.S. Powerful's crew will transfer to the Drake, the new flagship for the Australian Station, in January next. GOVERNMENT BRICKWORKS. Sydney, November 14. The Government Brickworks have not had a bearing effect on tho market, and it is anticipated that tho manufacturers will again raise tho price by 3s. to 4s. a thousand. j AUSTRALIAN BUSH FIRES. I Sydney, November 14. As a result of the heat wave there aro numerous bush iires in various parts of the State. ZANZIBAR'S SULTAN ABDICATES. Zanzibar, November 13. Tho Sultan of Zanzibar has abdicated, owing to ill-health, in favour of his fivo-year-old son. BOXERS BOUND OVER, London, November 13. Tho boiers Moran and Driscoll have been bound over on the ground that their proposed tight for the fcather-woight championship would bo illegal. LUNATIC'S ATTACK ON AN ARCHBISHOP. St. Petersburg, November 13. An insane ex-seminarist wounded tho Archbishop of Volhynia, South-west Russia, with a knifo during Divino service. Tho congregation overpoworcd tho man.

CHARGE OP MURDER. London, November 13. The Grand Jury nt tlio Warwick assizes threw out tho bill 'against Mrs. Coventry, wifo of Captniu Coventry, lato of tho 17th Lancers, who was charged with tho murder of a farm labourer named Gilks, whoso daughter had been in her employ. AVIATION IN AMERICA. New York, November 13. From Fnsadonn, California, comes news that Mr. Rodgers, tho aviator, who recently accomplished a flight across the continent, while Hying in the direction of Longbcach, fell in a ploughed field and sustained concussion of tho brain. Mr. liodgcrs (lew despite tho clergy's protest against Sabbath-breaking. THE SYDNEY FIRE. Sydney, November 11. Tho fire in the premises of Messrs. Partridge and Hodgson, Clarence Street, <losiroved the third and fourth floors. Tho damage is estimated at .CIOOO.