GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1988, 19 February 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

■By TeJcsraph-Prcsa Aseociaticm—Copj'rlif'j'i

POSITIONS FOR BOATSWAINS.

(Ree. February 19, Q..10 a.m.) , London, February 18. The Admiralty has approved of hoat.BAvajnsj .who liavo qualilied in gunnei'y and torpedo work 4 being appojiitod to tho command of torpedo heats.

OILFIELD DISCOVERED.

Nairobi (British East Africa), Feu. 18. An oilfield, supposed to bo'-extensive, has been discovered near Late Albert.

STRIKE OF .LAWYERS.

Romo, February 18. Owing to discontent felt at tho proposed legal reforms tho lawyers of Turin, Florence, aiid Naples refuse to tho Tribuual. The ' striko 'ia spreading;. • ; •

PROMOTED: PRINCE GEORGE OF DA'n'EVBURG.

London, February IS. Prince George of Battenburg, has been promoted to a- lieutenancy oil H.M.S. Now "Sun" Special.

THOUSANDS OF BOY SCOUTS.

London, February 18/ Tiro report of tho Boy Scouts, movement for 1918 shows that there fire 160,000 -members of the- Organisation in Great Britain, and >.0,000 i:i_ tho Dominions.—Sydney "Sun" SpeCiak

DECLINED A PEERAGE, "

London, February 18-. : It is reported that Australia's new Governor-General, Sir lloiiald MunroForguson, declined a peerage.

GERMAN DIPLOMATS,

Berlin, February 17. The inhibition against Kierman diplomats marrying foreigners applied to a Secretary of Legation, hut in view of his excellent record, bo wag transferred to tlio Colonial Office.—Sydney "Sun" Special.

NEW LINER, LAUNCHED.

London, February 17. _ The Commonwealth and.; Dominion liner Star of England was launched, at Belfast-.

UNDER-SECRETARY FOR INDIA.

Lofldqh, February ]7 Hf. Charles Roberts, M-.P. for 'the City of Lincoln, Iwg been a]?pri.iited lJnd.er-Sec.ret.ary for India, in succession to Mr. Montagu.

BELGIAN KINS INJURED.

Brussels, February 17 The Belgian King was tiding in tlie forest of Soignies, when his horse fell. His Majesty's anii was broken.

HARRY FRAGSON'S FATHER,

■Paris-, February IS. Harry Fra.gson's fa'thei', who was undei(?oing imprisonniait in •••.nivert'ion • with tlio murder of Iris son, died in gaol fi'OJn d'iab'otos.

Calcutta, February 18. The police soivrclto.il many houses in Delhi. Correspoiidenei) and papers vvero seized and have been handed to tlio Criminal Investigation Sydney "Sua" Special! Sydney, February 18. I\ii£ estate of William Waters, merchant, ln» been sworn at • £35,00.0. It is divided between liis widow, arid children. London, February 17. Lieutenant Hopwood, of tho Ri'flo Brigade, is to be aidc-de-cam)) to Sir Harry' Galway (tho _ now Governor of. Victoria), vice Captain Kilpa-iriek. St. Petersburg February 17. Maximo Gorky, tlio novelist-, sold the copyright of all liis works for £-20,00!). London, pebm.at'j' 17, • Lord Roseberv, recently operated oH, passed a- good night, aitil is progress* iitg, i London, February 17. A translation of Mona Urieu.rs plity, "Los Avarlcs," written to expose tiro liotTom of syphilis, has been produced jit a series of afternoon performances in the Little" Thcatr-o-.—Sydney "Sun",. Special.