GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1412, 12 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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COMPANY DIVIDEND. (Rec. April il, 11.20 p.m.) London, April 11. ' The British and Australasian Trust and Lcin Company, Ltd., has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. PRESENTATION TO THE KING. : _. London, April 10. . The King has accepted a. small gold shield subscribed for by members of the Church Army, mostly in pence. The shield is inscribed "In gratitude to God for His protection of their Majesties during their Indian tour." BRITISH M.P. RESIGNS. London, April 10. Captain J. A. Morrison, Conservative M.P. .for Nottingham East, has resigned his seat becauso of ill-health. SIXTEEN DESTROYERS ORDERED. London, April 10. ■ The Admiralty has placed orders for the construction of sixteen of the twenty destroyers of the 1912 programme. POSTAL WORKERS AND STRIKES. London, April 10. A Postal Servants' Conference at Bristol, by 98 votes to 47, resolved that it t| would,boriittpr.aper for the postal workers :to strike, State employment entailing ' .jpeeial responsibilities. '■■'■:-'.'; MOTOR-BUS COLLISION. Lisbon, April 10. Two omnibuses collided on a hill near Oporto. One was hurled over a precipice, nine persons 'being killed. Seven other persons aro in a critical state. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS. Caps Town, April 10. Sir T. W. Smartt has been unanimously sleeted Leader of the South. African Opposition in succession to Sir Starr Jamieson, who has resigned in order to visit England. ' MILITARY SHIRKERS. . Melbourne, April 11. The Federal Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, states that at the proper time steps will be taken to bring to book cadets shirking drills. LITHGOW STRIKE. Sydney, April 11. ; .Although the Lithgow strike has not yet been officially declared off, the embar go on Lithgow iron, which caused tho stoppage of the Sydney foundries, has been removed. The men have resumed work. NEWCASTLE MINING DISPUTE. Sydney, April 11. A considerable section of the Newcastle joalminors are changing, front with regard to the abolition of the afternoon shift, fearing that abolition will result in throwing many out of employment. ' HEAVY RAINFALLS. Brisbane, April 10. Phenomenal rains have fallen in the northern districts, forty-two inches being recorded at Innisi'ail in two days. Considerable damage has been done to cane And other crops. EPIDEMIC OF DYSENTRY. ■ Suva, April 11. An epidemic of dysontery is being experienced here. Eighty cases are in the hospital, 40 in primate homes, and 40 among prisoners in gaol. : For rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, backache, neuralgia, and all old doepeeated rheumatic and muscular pains, nothing can equal WITCH'S OIL (registered).*