GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

nr T/iMtaairn—Fitnaa ABSooiiTios—cowniqUT. STRUCK DEAD BY LIGHTNING. ' ■ (Roo. Jan. 27, 11.18 p.m.), , Sydney, January 27. At Ulin, near Cassilis, two lads named Archer and Bailey, and the horses they woro riding, woro struck'. dead by ]ightrii«g, : ; LATE SPORTING. , Sydney, January 27. i The Anniversary Handicap, a milo and a h&lf, resulted: Lord Fitzroy, • Bst.;-21b., 1; Absontee, 7st. 31b.,2; Lamora, 7st. 61b., 3. Eight started. ■ Won ; cilsily, Tirno, 2min. •,'lGJsec. ' ■ ;• ' \ INTER-STATE CRICKET-GREGORY'S DIG SCORIJ, ; - Sydney, January 27. i' - In tho inter-State c'rickot match Victoria v. Now South AYalos,in which' .Victoria pqoroil 402 in . the first innings, New. South ..Wales' first innings produced 461 .176, Gregory 201, .Thc-scoro stood at. ilol for, pix- wickcts, hut the tail collnpsod. toria, in thojr sccond innings, havo josfc two wickets for'.64 runs, ■■ : ' A LARGE SPLASH. ' Molhourno, January 27. Whilo a soven-ton boiler was being dis-. charged from tlio Mnlieno, tho ropo broke, and tbo boilor fell into the river. \ CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE CONGRESS. London, January 26, Mr. Howard Borry, in an interview with tho chairman of tho Chamber of Commerce, discussed tho.question of holding a congress of tho various chambers in Melboiirno. Mr. Borry suggostcd that tbo whole, party should proceed to Canada, ohartering a spcclal boat at Vancouver, but tho saliomo was abandoned owing to tho impossibility of business mon arranging to travol by ono route. FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION. London, January 26. Franco is devoting £31,832 to tho Frauco< Britisli Exhibition, to be hold at Shepherd's Bush, London. TURKEY AND PERSIA: London, January 27. Prince Firman Firma telegraphs that ho w;js compelled, without resistance, to evacuate Sujbulak and proceed to Zandvale, Tho Turkish troops have ocaupjed Sujbulak.