GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 70, 16 December 1907, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

. •' : ; ,; SIR ; RICH ARD'POORE. A*:-*: ■•-■:■••■ -wk. ■ 8.4n~ r , ~/.* .■r.v.-.J.,,-.. h■■/*■' ''-' ■»!^ e ? , !p,?fif' jo, :4.02. p.m.) .. . .V.v "..: . -~...-:■ 'London, December 14. -~; The rAdmiralty.: hast decided that the ap- •■ pbiritmeri't of Bear-Admiral'Sir Richard Poote sj.cothmand the Australian station shall date frpm the New Year: v ' : AUSTRAL WHEEL RACE. . .■■•, ■• .'■■■:■■' Melbourno, December 14. The Anstral. wheel race resulted:—-Colvin 1, Meyer 2, Birch 3. Won by a length. 'Time, 4miri. 25 2-ssec. ; The Auetral Wheel Race, . two i miles, which' was inaugurated in 18S6, was won last year by H. Thomas • (20yds.) in 3min. 59 Msec., a record for the event. , , .BOOTMAKERS' AWARD IN NEW SOUTH ' . wales/ i ■■••'•■'■...•"■ ' Sydney, December-15. .The Arbitration Court's award in the bootmakers' dispute fixes the minimum wage for 1 a journeyman at 48s. a week, which is the same wage as paid in Victoria. For piecework 1\ per cent, is added to existing log rates. The award willcbme into operation jn January 1 next. ....'.

TELEGRAPH-LINES BLOWN DOWN. .■■"■■'■•■ Sydney, December 15. Telegraphic communication witb the South w interrupted, the lines having been blown down. -.. ■ '. ■ . ■ .

LOCAL BODIES AS RELIGIOUS V - INSTRUCTORS.

, /' '' ■ Paris, December 13. ■ -Tho French Council of. State, which interprets the law, has decided that munici- ■ palities must provid3 religious instruction (for school ohildren whose parents desiro it.

REVENUE FRAUDS-A TREASURY ..;•■■■; ALLIANCE. .' •■' . . Lortdon, December 13. Great Britain and France have signed a convention to mutually assist in the recovery of succession duties, and thus prorrent revenue frauds.

•.:' FLOODS IN ENGLAND. ..-•■.,•'. London, December 13. . Many., parts of England are flooded. Groat damage has been done by tho heavy /wins. ',

. . AUCKLAND ISLANDS. Sydney, Dooember 14. '' IThe Committee of the Itoyal Shipwreck Ilolief Sooidty urges more frequent visits to the' Auckland Islands, where the Dundonald 'castaways spent so long a stay lately. The Premier has mado representations to tho ,New Zealand Government on the matter.

COMMONWEALTH. STATS'AID FOR SHACKLETON. Melbourne, Decombor 14. The House of Representatives has voted I £5000 for Lieutenant Shcckleton's Antarctic expedition.

VALUABLE ORE. Sydney, December 14. 'A largo outcrop of stone has beon diseoTored about forty miles south-west from Jervis Bay. Samples assayed yielded forty minces of silver to tho tort, 50 per cent, of lead, 33 por cent, of zinc, and 17 por cent. of copper.

POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH VOTE. Melbourne, December 14. 'Additional estimates to be submitted to 4he Federal Parliament next year provide for £120,000 for postal and telegraphic services.