GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

.V..../ 6T TEI.EGn.APH-—TRESS ASSOCIATION—COrTBICHT. DOCKERS FIGHT WITH POLICE.' (Rcc. Jan. 31, '4;30 p.m.) v . Naples, January 30. ■i ■: Dockers at Na'plc-s struck;aiid" tried' tc '■i sink'a vessel;'in'the''harbour. 1 :* In a* candid \ with the! police many-: Sookers-wcro thrown ii ■ • the harbour. • ' MARSHALL ISLANDS' CLAIM. ■ ■ ■ - London, January 31. ; Tho Consul-Gcneral has paid tin \ Australian shipping firm, Burns, Pliilp anc 0 Co;j £4100, the, amount- agreed, on. in, ful settlement of the company's claim .against /' Germany for loss of-trading rights in .'tlx . Marshall Islands. '

. ILLNESS OF POLITICAL LEADERS. J ■. London, January. 31. An influenza attack;will keep Mr. Balfour, .abed,'for several days. jSir Henry Canipholl- 1 Banncrman is processing', bu'tho will roniairi indoors for,some days as a;precaution.' IN SUPPORT OP FREE TRADE. 1 London, January 30. ■ The Liberals are making. a public appeal for £50,000, in support of the Free Trade Union. ' . , ' / , BIOGRAPH FILMS BURNED. • Brisbane, January 31. ' '. A biograph outfit at Rockhampton took 'fire during a performance, and 7000 feet of filnis wero burned. Tho audienco' stam- v peded, but no ono was hurt. SELLING MILITARY PLANS. Berlin, January 31. An omployeo at Krupp's ironworks arid armament manufactory, at Essen j lias been' .arrested for ; betraying, military secrets by selling plans of guns, which plans it was intended to convey to tho Italian Government. ; ' REPORTED RESIGNATION London, January 30. The " Irish Times" assorts that Sir Anthony MacDonnell, Under-Secretary for Ireland, has. tendered his resignation, as ho wishes to resort to sterner measures against 'offenders against law mid order.. tliaii ■ Mr. Birrell will sanction.,' ' ABANDONED SHIP—CREW SAFE. • V v • London, January 30. •• The captain and crew of tho ship Eclipse, which was abandoned at sea while carryin" coal from Newcastle to San Francisco, iiavo landed at Hunua, in tho Sandwiah. Islands.

FEDERAL TARIFF IN THE SENATE. ' , . Melbourne, January 31. The Federal tariff is making slow progress in the Senate, which recommends a reduction of tho duty on stoariiio wax from n penny to a half-penny, and tho taking of a halfpenny off confectionery.