GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 20, 18 October 1907, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

I : '' —' * BT TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. HEALTH OF EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. (Reo. Oct. 17, 11.33 p.m.) Vienna,' October 17. A reassuring statement has been made in the Reichsrath .regarding the health of the Eniperor Francis Joseph, though it is admitted that it will be some time before tho effects of tho illness disappear. SALE OF PICTURES. London, October'l7. Tho Ashburton collection of picturos has been sold to a Bond Street syndicate for £150,000. ■ ■ ' DAMAGE AT* FONTANEL London, October 17. The damage at Fontanet, Indiana, U.S., where powder mills exploded and' killed forty people, is estimated at £150,000. BIG EARTHQUAKE SOMEWHERE. London, October 17. The seismograph in tho Isle of' Wight recorded yesterday an earthquake of extraordinary violence. The area affected is supposed to be somewhere in the Southern Atlantic. , NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. 1 Sydney, October 17. The consure debate is proceeding in spiritless fashion. : , OBITUARY. London, October 17. Obituary.—Sir Robort Alexander Baillio, who commanded the Australian Squadron of the King's Colonial and Imperial Yeomanry. CABLE REPAIRS. Sydney, October 17. "Tho cable steamer Patrol is engaged making 'slight ropairs to .tho New Zealand cable off Botany Bay. RIFLE TEAMS. ' Sydney, October 17. The Riflo Association entertained the British and Now Zealand toams which tako part in tho Australian meeting. TO ASSIST AUTHORS. j Melbourne, October 17. 1 A scheme for the relief of authors or their 1 relatives has been tabled in tho Federal 1 Houso. It provides a total annual voto of 1 £525, and a maximum paymont of £2 wcokly. NO EVIDENCE OF COMBINE. 1 Melbourne, October 17. The Federal Crown Solicitor has reported ] that ho is unable to scc'uro evidenco to justify I a prosecution in connection with tho alleged i tobacco combine., . ''