GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 81, 30 December 1907, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

' ' —< ■/ '' BT' TELEGEirH—rnEsa Assocxixiok—coprEioirr; •. OBITUAR.Y. (Rec. Dec. 30, 1.5. a.m.) ■ Sydney, December 29. A' cablegram from London announces tho death of Mr: Ames - Hollicanjsuporintendent Of tho Ban!* of Australasia, and formerly in the service Jof the. Bank at Auckland, ! Thames and Christchurch. ■ ■ LONDON MARKETS. , - - - London, December 27. Silver; is quoted at 2s. 0 7-16 d. The American risible supply of 'wheat is 64,385,000 bushels. , ~... t • A MOTOR JOURNEY. Adelaide, December 28. Themotorists, 1 Messrs. Dutton and 'Aunger, who set out on November 25. with the object of motoring from -Adelaide to Port Darwin, wero-unablo to get beyond Tennant's Creek': owing to rain, and .have'abandoned their, journey till'the .wet season is past. SCULLING. (Rec. Dec. 29, 5.13 p.m.) ' - 1 .' Sydney,' December 29. * The sculler Tressider is a passenger by tho Moeraki, which sailed yesterday at midnight. ■ • ■ ■ ' PRECAUTIONS AGAINST DISEASE. Hamburg,-December 28. A ship named tho Disinfector, is exclusively engaged ; here, in fumigating .vessels and killing rats by Professor Nocht's system. ■ SUPPRESSION OF. SCHOOLS. St. Petersburg, -December 27. • The Government the' Polish School Society:of Warsaw, which has established' 78 schools, with" 76,000 scholars. . • HEAVY RAIN. , Sydney, December 28. . Heavy rain is falling in all the Eastern States'. ''' ' :I ■ VICTORIAN FLOCKS. Melbourne, December 28. .-Victorian.iflocks in tho past three 'years have increased from ten'millions to thirteen million'sheep. /■. TENANTS REFUSE TO PAY RENTS. !•; New York, December,2B. : Ten, thousand poorer tenants in the East End of New York'refuse to pay rents unless they are substantially reduced. BANK ROBBERY. ■ / ■ Brussels, December 27. Loyson, cashier of the Bank of Brussels, who' absconded with 300,000 francs belonging to the Bank, was sentenced to twelve months', imprisonment for the robbery, and tho receivers', were sentenced to from three to twenty-four .months' each. OVERTIME: PROPOSED RESTRICTION. London, December 27. ' ■ The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union C<mgres3 has circularised Unions, urging thom to strive to abolish systematic overtime, with a view to providing extended employment. ' ' JAPANESE EMIGRATION. ■ ToHSo, December 27. ■ The tide of Japanese emigration is turning'towards Brazil. If you aro contemplating-removing, tlio first tiling you' t should do is obtain a quotation from Jl Keir, 12 Fcatherston Street. He has had many years' experience in this class of work, and is in a position to pack, store, and remove any description of furniture. He also clears goods through Customs, and despatches packages and parcels to any address m the v.orld. Telephone, No. 11S0. C 563 The. Salvation Army acknowledges tho following contributions to tho Shelter:—His Worship the Mayor, JJl.ls.; Mrs. E. Booth, Carterton, -'£1 Is.; Mrs. S. A. Rhodes, .£l;,Mi'S. A. P. Williams, .£1; Messrs., Sargood, Son and Ewen, lOfi. 6(1.; Geo. Thomas and Co., 10s. Gd.j Mr. G. Winder, 10s. 6d.; Mr. Badh'am, 10s.; Mr. 'J; J. Jamicson, 10s. • The following firms contributed parcels'of clothing:—The JD.I.C., Messrs. George anil Korslcy, Ross and Glen(iinhirig, Bing, Harris and Co., Muckay, Loßan, and Caldwell, To Aro House, and J. Smith and,-. Son; supplies of foodstnlFs from tho Gear Co., Mr. W. Cnmpbdl, ilr. J. Newberry, Messrs. M'lllwniith and Co., W. and G. Turnjiull iind Co., .Wry'and. Co., mid periodicals from Gordon and Gotch. The Army also thanks , the 'Jinny friends for a contributions thanks the many friend.* for contributions of thusss fiiv.iUi-H, which ure so necessary for flie work: ii'inong the Shelter men. Fifty men partook of Christmas dinner, nnd each received n parrel. A supper and concert will W ci»*" on Mwiln*. January 6-