GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 16 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

CROWN SOLD FOR .£OO,OOO. ' London, March U. The Indian Government has purchased the Crown used at the Durbar for .CGO.OOO. It is to bo deposited in tho Tower for use nt future Durbars. A HANDSOME GIFT. London, March 14. A sum of vEIOO,OOO has been given anonymously to •purchase a. site for a headquarters for tho University of London, near the. British Museum. CARTERS' DEMANDS CONCEDED. Sydney, March 15. The brick carters' strike has ended, tho men's demands for an extra sixpence a thousand in tho cartage being conceded. LEGISLATOR'S ESTATE. Sydney, March 15. The estate of the lato Mr. George Lee, a Legislative Councillor and formerly Minister for Justice, has been sworn for probate at X 152.000. EMPLOYERS' STRIKE EXPENSES. Sydnoy, March 15. The Employers' Federation has decided to assist the employers in connection with tho expenses incurred by them over tho recent waterside Btrike. QUEENSLAND MYSTERY. Brisbane, March 15. The body of a man named Kingston was found near Aramac, with a bullet wound in the head. It is supposed to be a case of murder. Kingston's companion, a coloured man, has disappeared. RAILWAY ACCIDENT, i New York, March 15. Great Western train was derailed at Chicago. One person ' was killed and thirty-three injured. MR, BALFOUR, London, March 15. Mr. Bitlfonr, ex-Lender of tho Opposition, has returned to tho House of Commons looking well.