GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1712, 1 April 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—l'riss AssodaMon-^opyriglit THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. London, March 30. . Their Majesties the King and-Queen met the Dulio : and Duchess of Corintvught at'Euston f Station; on tlieir arrival fvoiri Canada. Many t royalties and notabilities W also ■Jresiinfc"'.'; Large and enth'usias- . tic crowds welcomed , their ,Hoyal' Highnesses. ; - .■■V RAHAVAYMEN'S UNIONS. . London, March SO. Twenty thousand railwaysmeii at.Hyde Park celebrated .the fusion of the three r'ailwaymen's unions.

: OBITUARY. ' London, March-80.* : The death is announced 'of Lord Archibald Campbell, brother and heir presumptive td.the Duke of Argyll; [Lord Archi T bald Campbell was 'a partner in Coutts Bank. Ho was born in 1816; and in 1869 married. Miss 'J. S. Caliender, who is well known .in connection\with the production of pastoral plays.] ■ '' 1 London, March 31. The Earl of Pembroke is dead, aged 60. [Sidney Herbert, foUrteenth-'Earl, of Pembroke, succeeded to the title in-iBDS. He was formerly 'a member of the - House of Coliinions, and. held office iii Lord Salisbury's Administrations. Ho was the owil'er'<if .Wilton. House,. which contains many.famous pictures and' much antique st-atuary.] '■ • .■■ .

. AUSTRALIAN MUSICIAN. ' Berlin, March SO. Mr. Godfrey-Ludlow, an Australian artist, gave a sucossiful .performance at an orchestral concert lioro, . , , , MR. PIERPONT MORGAN lEL. Romo, March 30. Mr. Pierpont Morgan,; who has been •suffering from' acute indigestion, has not taken nourishment since: Wednesday last. He is jprostrated,- and his condition is critical. ' .... Rome, March 30. ■ / Mn'Pierpont Morgan has not developed organic trouble, but Kis acute indigestign is alarming the doctors, who have refused to .allow him), to be taken to London, fearing a collapse. : AN-ASSASSIN'S END. • Delhi, March 30. • It appears (hat the ' bomb which exploded in the compound of the residence: of Mr. Gordon, Divisionar Officer : at Moulvi Bazaar, Assam,,went off while tho youth who . was carrying it, and who was killed, was climbing the fence of Mr. Gordon's tesidence. The youth was tinned with two revolvers and a knife, and was carrying' an electric; torch. : . KING GEORGE THE FIFTH LAND.' ' . ' • Melbourne, March 31. Lord Denman, the l Governor-General, sent a wireless message to-Dr. Mawson, stating that his Majesty : the King has graciously approved of , the title "King George- the Fifth Land" being. given to the territory between Victoria Land and Adelie Land. 1,.".' • .

ALLEGED WARATAH MESSAGE.. . ' Sydney, 'March 31. The captain of the steamer Malaita brought hero a bottle coiitaining the following pencilled note:'—"Wo .are lost. There is not hope.—G. Wess, Waratah." This bottle was found 011 Tanna Island, New Marine opinion is that the message is a hoax. F'ARM HANDS FOR' AUSTItiALIA. London, March 31. ■ The Central Emigration Board is giving prominence to the British Immigration. League of 'Australia's appeal for livo hundred farm hands, and the conditions have been fully published. • ; COMMONWEALTH BUILDINGS. London, March 31.Tho "Daily Telegraph" has published a largo sketch, of Mr. A. Marshall Mackenzie's design for the Commonwealth office building. The work above ground is to '.commence in May.' Mr. Bertram Mackennal, the Australian .sculptor, will be responsible for. 1 the sculpture. NEW ITALIAN DREADNOUGHT. Rome, March 31. : The'Andrea Doria, 20,000 tons.displacement, Italy's fifth Dreadnought, has been, launched at ftpezzia. [It is expected that the Andrea J)uria will mount cither fifteen- 12-indh .giihs in five triple tnrrrfo .Or ten U-im.-h guns in live turrets on the cantro lino.')