GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1675, 15 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TolceraDh—Press Ae»ociatlon-Ooi>Trlglit KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. : '-« t » l ~' Mndon, February 14, Mr Bertram Mackeniial. the Australian sculptor, has been commissioned to oxes' ti n Edl ™rd memorial statue m Pall Mall..

AERIAL, NAVIGATION BILL. Tv ti ''l-onfon, February 14.' Ine'.House of Lords .has passed -.the Aerial Bill; which . permits the authorities after notification to .fire on air-craft passing abovo' certain' areas. Tho measure now only requires, the Royal Assent to become law. ,■ JAPANESE TRAINING SQUADRON.

T ■Sydney, February 14. iflo Japanese Admiral in command, of the training squadron and his staff ha'vo been officially welcomed at tho Town Hall. .-./•■.. , -

; BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL. 'no. i, '■'■■' ,' ' Mndon,.'February 11. lne notiee of Commons has carried the third reading of tho Railways Bill, empowering tho railway companies 'to increase their rates. ... ■ ■

/ .CROWN JEWELS MYSTERY. ''■:'. r'ii! tt'■'•'■ „ L ° ndon . Pebruary 13. In .the House of Commons, Mr. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, replying to questions, said it was a particularly cruel ■outrage to associate.Lord Haddo with tho disappearance'of the Crown Jewels from Dublin Castle.- Lord Haddo was absent lorn Ireland months before and after the robbery. ■ ~. ~ _:■.'/

• PUNISHED FOR SOCIALISM, j „'„, _'•■,. London, February 13. • Mr. looter Coats, manufacturer, of Paisley, alleging that Socialism is apparent in recent legislation, has revoked' bequests of J>sooo each to local infirmaries. MILITARY AEROPLANE FLIGHT.: rv -vi London, February 13. iivo. military aeroplanes have started from Aldcrshot for Montrose, Scotland; m ; , : , London,' February 11. lio Army air squadron, which is flying to _MontroEo,! was compelled to descend; owing to fog near the starting-point. I

BRISTOL AGRICULTURAL SflOW. m, „i .„ London, February 13. Tho King will open the. Royal Agricultural Show at Bristol in July next; The Lord Mayor of Bristol is inviting the Premiers and Governors of all States aridDominions. " The Commonwealth is arranging a special display. '.' '

.'BRITISH M.P. DEAD. 'nil,' j «. ■• London. February 13. ine death is announced of Mr. Robert Cahieron, Liberal M.P. for tho Houghton18<r DS ' DlTision of Durham, sinco ■' A TRAVELLER' ROBBED. ■ ■■ Melbourne,, February 14. • A traveller at tho Ballarat railway station asked a youth to carry a'bag containing a thousand pounds' worth' of jewellery. Tho youth suddenly fled, and escaped with the valuables. NON-STRIKERS TO BE DISMISSED. ~ ~ Perth, February 14. Considerable Interest is being evinced in the announcement made in New Zenland recently by Mr. Johnson, Ministor for Publio Works, that when the Government assumes control of the tramways' the twelve remaining loyalists who worked during tho 1910 strike wquld bo dismissed. Tho president of the Tramworkers Union says tho responsibility is Mr. Johnson's, not tho union's.