GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1386, 12 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S HEALTH. London, March 10. The progress of Queen Alexandra, who is ill, is slow. She goes to South Europe directly she. can travel. . . K ADMIRAL DECLINES A PEERAGE. | London, March 10. 1 Admiral of the Hoot, Sir Arthur IC. Wilson, First Sea Lord, has been nwarded tlio Ordor of Merit. Jle declined a peerage. DANGpR TO NAVIGATION. London, March 10. The Norwegian sailing vessel Illawnrra v (not the Mamarra), abandoned in midAtlantic, is still afloat SOJdeg, N. and 12Jdeg. W. She is a danger to navigation. POLICEMAN'S CRIMK. Berlin, March 10. Glaus?, a policeman, was sentenced to six years' imprisonment and ten years' lots of honour at Auricli, Hanover, for larceny. When extradited from London ho pleaded not to lie extradited, on the ground that he was wanted on a chargO of espionage. GREAT FIRE IN MOSCOW. Moscow, March 10. The Goloflojevsky Arcade lias been burned. The domains is estimated at £100,000. I'IRE IN COUNTRY TOWN. Sydney, March 11. A fire occurred at Manilla, 310 miles north of Svdncy, three shops being- destroyed. Tliero is no brigade ill" the town. SIR WILLIAM LYNE. „. Sydney, March 11. Sir William Lyno, ox-Fcdcral Trcufinrer, who had a sudden seizure after a Homo Rulo meeting, lias regained consciousness. There is some hope of his recovery. MINE WATCH ABOLISHED. Melbourne, March 11, The miners at the Wonthaggi State coal mine have decided by ballot to abolish tlio dog watch. This means dispensing with betweeu two hundred and threo hundred men. CLtfß-SWINGING RECORD. m , , , . . Sydney, March 11. The club-swinginp endurance record has )«en carried to 109 hours by Jack Beamish,