GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1579, 24 October 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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— 9 MARCONI CONTRACT INQUIRY. London, October 23. Sir Albert Spieer, M.P., has boon appointed chairman of the House of llions Committee which has been appointed to inquire into the granting of the Marconi contract for erecting an Imperial system of wireless stations. PUTUMAYO ATROCITIES. London, October 23. Mr. Charles Roberts, Liberal meniaer for Lincoln, has been appointed chairman of tho committee to inquire into I'utumayo rubber atrocities. . AIR. FLEET FOR ITALY. >' London, October "3. The Italian Government has ordered twenty Bristol monoplanes, costing .£30,000. The machines will be built in Italy under the supervision of British experts. NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION. Sydney, October 2.1. In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Wood, on behalf of tho Leader of the Opposition, moved a no-confidence motion. On Mr. Id'Gowcn's motion the Assembly imineliately adjourned. NEW AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN., London, October 22. It is officially announced that ~Sir Conyingham Greene, Minister to Denmark, has been appointed British Ambassador to Tokio, in succession to Sir Claude MncDonnld. UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENT. London, October 22. • Dr. Robert Robinson, of Manchester University, has been appointed Professor of Chemistry at Sydney University. CROATIAN SnOOTING CASE. Vienna, October 22. The death sentence passed on the Bosnian law student, Luka Jukitch, who slut M. de Hcrvoitch, a prominent Croatian official, at Agram, when making an attempt on the life of M. do Cuvaj, tho Ban and High Commissioner of Croatia-Slav-onic, in June last, has been commuted to one of imprisonment for life.

RUSSIAN HEtR-API'ARKNT ILL. St. Petersburg, October 22. The Tsare.-itch. who is eight years old, has sustained an injury to tho groin as the result of an accident. The Prince lies at Upsala, Sweden.

SUGAR COMMISSION CASE. Sydney, October 23. The Federal High Court has granted leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the Sugar Commission cas?, in which an injunction was granted restraining the Commission from asking certain questions regarding the affairs of the Colonial Sugir Refining Company. QUEENSLAND BY-ELECTION. Brisbane, October 22. Mr. Mitchell (Labour) has filed a petition against the return of Mr. Corser (Liberal) for the Maryborough seat, claiming that ho received a majority of lawful icles. [At the recent by-election the :e----sult was declared a. tie, but.a recount gave Mr. Corser a majority of two.]