GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 65, 10 December 1907, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

DI TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTEIGBT. THEFT OF A VAN DYCK. (Rec. Dec. 9, 11.22 p.m.) Paris. December 9. Van Dyck's famous picture, " Tho Elevatibn of the Cross," valued af £20,00(j 1 ' 1 has boon stolen church of Notre Dame, Paris. Sir Anthony Van Dyck, born at Antwerp in 1859—in liia later yours Court painter to Charles I. of England, who knighted him— was n pupil of Rubens. Among his best-known works arc "Crucifixions," "Elevation of the Cross, "St. Augustine in Ecstacy," and portraits of Charles I. and prominent men of tho time. Ho is best known as a portraitpainter. FEDERAL TARIFF. Melbourne, December 9. The House of Representatives negatived Sir William Lync's proposed duty of 10 per cont. on paper for printing newspapers, and Cd. por lb. on magazines containing advertisements, equal to more than one-fifth of tho printed matter. The Houso placed both on the free list.

NEW HEBRIDES CONVENTION. Sydney, December 9. A cablegram from Noumoa, capital of Now Caledonia, announces that llio Anglo-French Now Hebrides Convention was proclaimed at Vila on December 2, in the prcsonco of the Governors of Fiji and New Caledonia. . LATE SPORTING. Brisbane, December 9 The Queensland Cup resulted:—Tolupha, 1; Searchlight, 2; Miner, 3. Sixteen stared. Won by two lengths. Timo, 3min. 30sec. LATE SHIPPING. Sydney, December 9. Arrived.—Star of Now Zealand, from Dunedin; Fifeshirc, direct from Liverpool. The Fifeshire brings ICB immigrants for Now Zoaland. COAL TRADE TRIBUNAL. Sydney, December 9. A special Court that has been set up, under Mr. Justico Heydon (of the State Arbitration Court), to deal with tho coal troubles, hold a mooting at Newcastle, and adjourned till Thursday. LORD MAYOR OF SYDNEY. Sydney, December 9. Mr; Hughes has been re-elected Lord Mayor of Sydney. UNITED STATES REVENUE, i New York, December 9. The United States revenue for tho year shows a surplus of 84,000,000 dollars. INCREASE IN BRITISH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. London, December 8. Tho imports for November increased by £1,308,000, and the exports increased by £2,887,000, as compared with thoso of tho previous .November. A. E. TROTT—BENEFIT FUND. London, December 8. I Tho Middlesex Cricket Club has raised Albert Trott's benefit fund to £800. COST OF A COMMISSION. Sydney, December 9. A return shows that the Land Scandals Commission cost the State £12,182: