GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

i DY.Tiir.nqßArri—prebß. association—copyright, > ' ' BRITISH RIFLE TEAM'S TOUR.. •, • ' (ReiJFeb. 5, 11.22 p.m.) i London, February 5. : . At .a, meeting of tho! Rifle .'Association 1 Majorßichardson, a member of tho'Britisl . team which visited Australia it) October, am j which came third in the' Empiro ' match-; , Australia' being first and' Now Zealam ) second—described tho tour, arid espresso appreciation of tho hospitality'met with a . all places visited. yaS sure that the ex • pefierico would; bio of"great valuo to Britisl rifle shooting..'. The- Australians'. N constan ' 'practice''at longer ranges than are\in vogu in Britain largely 1 contributed to thei success. • '' 1 - • KOROMIKO'S DAMAGED CARGO. , > Perth} February 5. -The superphosphates, which were damage by sea water in one of tho holds of the Unio S.S. Co.'s turret steamer Koromikoj will b dumped at sea, as they., are useless. Tli losses estimated at £3600. ■ ■]... , A JUDGE RESIGNS. " Sydney, February 5. ' Sir William Owen has resigned his judg< ship. ■ , Sir ' William Owen was knighted in' 1901 1 Bom in 1834, ho was educated at .Cheltenhai ' and at College, Dublin. Ho wo I called to tho Bar in 1859, anil tfas admitte to the Bar of New South "Wales in 1860. H i has been a puisne judge, of New South Wale since 1887, and from 1887 to 1895 was Chic Judge, in * Equity. ;He constituted the Land ' Commission which' inquired into the Cricl : :Willis scandals.