GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 55, 28 November 1907, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

r- . ' .. !BY TEEEGRAriI—PRESS 'ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, MR. BALFOUR' INDISPOSED. (Reo. Nov 9.16 p.m.) • _ London, November 27. Mr. Balfour, Leader of the Opposition, ha< contracted a .severe chill, and has cancelled an. i appointment to speak in ' Lolidoi oi Friday. , <' ' .. •' • VOTING STATISTICS. ... Sydney, November 27. ■ . '"•"A' syiiopsis of the votiiig at the late Stab'j elections, shows that the "percentage of vote'V ' recorded to tho number enrolled was : Male l <1 72.11 ,60.78. . /'I MR. CRICK. . ;: ;; Sydney, November 27. " Mr. W. I'. Crick has been called upon t® show cause why .lie should not. be struck oif the High Court solicitqrs'' register. ,H& undertook not to' practice pending an appeal tr tho Privy . Council. . late: sporting; . ' Melbourne;, Navembor 27. Tho Sandhurst' Cup resultedPiorus l t Lady Esmo 2, Vim 3. Nine started. >Vou by a head. Time,.2min. 12iscc.. LATE SHIPPING. / Sydney, November 27. ' Sailed, at 3 p.m.; Zealan'dia. Melbourne, November 27. • Sailed: Warrimoo., ' THE- JALLAND-WAGSTAFF CASE. .... London, November 26. The Court of Appeal has upheld, tho lat* Mr Justice Kekewich's : decisiou allowing Mrs. Jalland to retain tho income of £180,000 loft her by Mr. Wagstaff, whom sho had married while a former husband was still living. ■ Mr. Wagstnff's. relatives contested the will. .' AMERICAN EXODUS. London, November 26. : A record number of steerage passengers : recently arrived from New. York and Canada. An influx to Europe of aliens and of labourers!, discharged; l'rom American industries, has- been predicted sir.ee the pincu o£ iiiiAiicinl stringency began to be felt. Lsiiap'.to a steamer; V Sydney, November 27. The. foremast of the Union- Company'?' steamer Oon'aii, 1757 tons, struck as tho vessel was leaving tho wharf. The .truck' was' shattered, and the flag camo fluttering to the deck; otherwiso tho steamer was t undamaged. •••••. '. NEWSPAPER" POSTAGE RATES. , ■ London, November' 26. • The Postmaster-General, Mr. Buxton, in declining to reduce tho postage on newspapers and periodicals froni Great Britain to Newfoundland, explains that the Canadian rate of a penny a pound was established because British publications would otherwise have been excluded , owing to'American'com, petition.;' No similar circumstances existof in tho case of ; Newfoundland. . UNION COMPANY'S PROGRESS. Sydney, November ,>27. Tho "Herald," in an article, says:—"The arrival of the Maraina, an event in Australasian shipping circles, is evidence of progress and growth, and bears witness to tho sound lilies on which tho business of tho Union Company of New Zealand is conducted."'. HOBART'S MAYOR WILL NOT RECEIVE MR. TILLETT. ' ' Hobart, November 27. Tho Mayor'has declined to givo an official reception to Mr. Bon. Tillett, who is visiting Tasmania.