GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1385, 11 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

LONDON COUNTY HALL. (Roc. March 11, 0.40 a.m.) London, March 10. The King, the Queen, and the I'rinc* of Wales laid the foundation stone of the County Hall, on tho south sido of the Thames. There was a great function. The Agents-General mid their wives wore "> present. INTERNATIONAL RUGBY. London, March 10. In the international Rugby football match, Ireland (a goal, dropped goal, and ! a try) bent Wales (a goal) by IS" points to 5. ABANDONED AT SEA. ". London, March 8. Tho Mnmarra, bound from Leith to Valparaiso, was .abandoned in niid-Atlantio. Tho crew was saved. INCREASE IN NAVY PERSONNEL. London, March 8. Tho "Morning Post" states that tho Government proposes to increase the personnel of the Navy. PETROLEUM IN ENGLAND. London, March 8. Petroleum has been discovered nt Willesden, near London, at n depth of sixteen hundred feet, and at Newark (Nottinghamshire) at a depth of two thousand five ; hundred feel. TRAGIC REVENGE IN A CIRCUS. Vienna, March 8. Two Germans, named Josef Krammer and Franz Kami, were killed (luring a circus performance at Finnic. Kraimner'e sister loosened a rope of n trapeze, situated at a great height, because Knim did not reciprocate her love, mid the trapeze gave way when the men were goinf through their net. EDUCATION BURSARIES. Sydney, March 9. The Government has obtained leave fo> introduce a Bill to establish a fund for bursaries tenable in secondary schools and the University. SALES OF BLOOD STOCK. Melbourne, March 9. At the sales of blood stock, the mares Lady Molly brought 500 guineas, Snowy River 1000 guineas, Mary 550 guineas, and Wood Nvmph 510 guineas. Tlics'.uluon. Bright Steel realised MOO guineas. News reached Plymouth on January H of the rescue in mid-Atlantic, under thrilling circumstance.", of tho crew of tho British schooner Virginia. The schooner was on a voyage to St...John's, Newfoundland, from Cadiz, with a cargo of rait, when she sprang a leak after being sixtoon davs at sea. For thirteen days tho crew struggled at the pumps until at length tho decks wcro almost awash. They then took to the rigging, and were eventually rescued by the steamer Manzaiiarcs on' December 12. Two of th? men wero unconscious, while two were frczon to tho rigging. All have recovered.