GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
BX, TEI.EGEAJII—rriESB ' ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT ' COALING AT NEWCASTLE. , : ;,,v' ,i Sydney, January 2. < : Captain Williams, Iccal manager of the , Union Company, speaking at the Newcastle regatta, complained, that the ; coal-loading facilities at Newcastle , had not,., kept pace with trade. The. Union Company would build larger Vessels if tho Govornment would help them to get steamers in and. out of port. At present they could not depend on obtaining prompt coaling at Nowcastlo.
SOUTH. AUSTRALIAN HARVEST. Adelaido, January 2. Tfco harvest is'proving' better thaiv was expected. \ ' ' BURGLARS AT HORDERN'S. ■ ' Sydney, January 2. Burglars entered Anthony Hordern's business promises, and secured jewellery valued at £240. Tho burglars unhinged a door, and made good their escape.... A BEQUEST. London, January 2. The bulk of tho estate, amounting to over quarter of a million sterling, of tho lato Mr. Wilkinson Smith, luce manufacturer, has boen bequeathed to needy widows and spinsters of Nottinghamshire. ' ; REMISSION OF RENTS. London, January 1. The Marquis of Linlithgow (formerly Lord Hopetoun,. Governor of Now South < Wales) has remitted £5000 in rents to his Lothian tenantry, owing to a bad harvest. BRITISH REVENUE. London," January 1. Tho revonup for tho quarter ended December 31 totalled £33,860,000, of which' the Customs contribut-wl £8,533,000, ojxiso £10,720,000, and stamps £2,010,000. CLUB SWINGING. Sydney, January 2. Tom Burrows beat his own club swinging record of 61 hours 35 minutes by two minutes. At Buenos Ayres, in May 1006, |Tom Burrows swung a pair of clubs for 61 hours. LORD NUNBURNHOLME'S ESTATE. Londoni January 2. Tho estate of tho lato Lord Nunburnholme is valued at nearly a million. VICTORIA'S LIVE STOCK. Moibourno, January 2. Tho numbers of livo stock in Victoria last year wore: Horses, 1406,000; dairy cows, 701,000; otlior cattle, 1,113,000; sheep, 12,937,000; swino, 220,000.
OPENING OF HOME PARLIAMENT. London, January 2.
It is officially announced that King Edward will open Parliament on January 29, Quoen Alexandra accompanying him.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 85, 3 January 1908, Page 5
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317GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 85, 3 January 1908, Page 5
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