GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1365, 16 February 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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' NEW LORD CHAMBERLAIN. (Rec. February 15, 10.10 p.m.) ■ London, February 15. Lord Sandhurst lias been appointed Lord Chamberlain, in succession to Earl Spencer. THE BRITISH MINISTRY. London, February 15. . Mr. C. F. G. Masterinan, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Office, has been appointed Financial Secretary to tho Treasury. FIRE IN AMSTERDAM. Amsterdam, February 11. A dock and warehouse belonging to tho Compagnic de l'Ocean have teen destroyed by fire. The damago is'fetimatcd. at *683,i)00. THE TRIPOLI WAR. Malta, February 14. _ Throe Arab prisoners, found heavily iioncd almrd the steamer Eunn, en routo from Sicily to Tripoli, have been detained pending tho British Government's decision. WEST AUSTRALIAN LOAN. London, February 15. The underwriters received 71 per cent, of the West Australian loan. GERMAN BUYERS OF CONSOLS. London, February 11. There have been large German purchases of Consols. ; THE ISLANDS HURRICANE. ' Sydney, February 15. The Islands steamer reports that Mr. Capelle, tho Jaluit planter, who, with five natives, was at sea in a boat during the recent hurricane, Ims arrived safely at Truk. SMALLPOX IN~HONG-KONG. Port Darwin, February 15. A steamer from the East reports that a virulent type of smallpox is raging in Hong-Kong, and there have been a large percentage of deaths. BRITISH RESIDENT AT TONGA. , r _ , Suva, February 15. rV - ~* 3 ' a 5" M Owan, Inspector-General of Police, suececds Mr. W. Telfel Campbell fts British Resident at Tonga. BRISBANE UNIVERSITY. Brisbane, February 15. Sir. .T. J. Stables, of England, has been appointed lecturer in English, French, and German at tho University. OBITUARY. London, Februarv 15. The death is announced of Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Nowell Salmon, Y.C., G.C.8., aged 77. JTho deceased Admiral saw service in the Baltic during the Russian war, and in Peel's Brigade during the Indian Mutiny. He was successively Commander-in-Chief at tho Cape, on the China Station, and at Portsmouth. He wa'i Commander-in-Chief of tho Fleet a'c Queen \ictoria's Jubilee Review in 1807.]