GENERAL'CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 5

GENERAL'CABLE NEWS.

• ' ■ .. 4> or TEI.EGRAril —I'BESS A33OCrATION—COriItIOHT, CHALLENGE TO A NEW ZEALAND v SCULLER. (Rcc. Jan. 18, 0.27 a.m.) Sydney, January 17. Harry Pearce has lodged a deposit to row Arnst, tlio'Now Zealand sculler, for a match of £100 a-sicle. Tho match.will probably bo rowed on tlio Parramatta in thrco months' I timo. ' DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Sydney, January 17. i The loss by tlio firo at Galiymcdo, whero six business places v.'ci'o destroyed, is .£3500. i \<\ . ■ EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE. San Francisco, January'l6. • ; An 'earthquake and tidal wnvo havo damaged Gonaivos, on tlio coast of Haiti, sixtyseven -miles, north-north-west of .Port-all-, Prince. _ ; WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S ' MINING FUTURE. London, January 16. Tlio Agent-General of Western Australia, MrV.ltason, .ill tlio courso of'ail interview, protested against 'Mr., Hermann's pessimism, .which -ho said was not justified. ' Although thoro was milch .evidenco to show that for many years prosperity awaited mining, yet 'Western Australia's future.',did not depend ontirely on tho gold industry, Mr.' Hermann-, chairman of , the Associated Blocks (West Australia) Co., Ltd., presiding at a meeting in London of the t Company, sug-' gestcd that , the producing mines at Ivalgoorlio wore approaching their end, And that the Government should assist .exploration operations. I MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY BY'MOTOR. Sydney, January 17. Messrs.- Kellow and James, who left Melbourno in a 15 horse-power motor at 2.30 o'clock on Thursday morning, with the object of making-tlio journey to Sydney in twentyfour hours, just failed in tho attempt, arriving in Sydney about- 3.30 this morning.' Sydney, Later. Tho overland motorists failed in their journey through taking a wrong road when nearing Sydney. TASMANIAN CABLES. , , Melbourne, January 17. Negotiations with tho Eastern Extension Company for tlio'purchase of tho Tasmanian cobles having so far failed, the Federal Government is inviting tenders for tlio manufacture and laying of two cables between Victoria and Tasmania, at an estimated cost of between £60,000 and £70,000. Tenders, accompanied by a deposit of £1000, close on April 14. ADELAIDE'S "OUTER HARBOUR. Adelaide, January 17. Tlio Governor (Sir G. le Hiinte) officially opened tho outer harbour,' constructed at a cost of half a million. It provides a thousand feet of wharfage. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's Oruba was the first big steamer to berth in tlio new harbour. KEIR HARDIE ON NEW ZEALAND. Hobart, January 17. Officials of tho AVorkcrs' Political League wolcomed Mr. Kcir Hardio. The Mayor declined to officially receive liini. Asked how ho found the workers faring in New Zealand, Sir. Hardie said, "Better even than in Australia." Ho added that lie fell in love with New Zealand, and that tlio labour legislation tbtro was proceeding oil right lines.