GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 115, 7 February 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

■r riiLEonArn—rnEss association —coryniom. LIBERAL REPLACES A LIBERAL. -.i (Rec. ,: -F0b:..;6, 9.30 p.m.) , 1 London, February 6. The -Hon.; T. C. R. Agar-Robartos (Liberal), has .'-been returned unopposed for: the • St;vAusteirdivision-.of Cornwall/ in place of Mr.' W; A. M'Arthur (Liberal), resigned. , ■ Tho .Hon. T. C. R.Agar-Robartes, eldest son l ofViscount Clifden, was elected in : 190G :. .for the,/Bodmin 1 division of Cornwall, but was . unseated on petition. Mr. W. A. .M'Arthur, • who -was a Liberal Whip, was a member of the : London. and Colonial firm of M'Arthur and l Co., now under reconstruction. I -NULLITY OF'MARRIAGE-YARMOUTH, ; CASE. ;;; .v;-, ' ...' •"■ London, February 5. " -The Countess of-.Yarmouth obtained a decree of 'of marriage' in. -London. • • ' • The case wqs-heard in.comera..r ■The-'Earl'of .Yarmouth, who, gatliered .notor* -.ictv-jn Australia., in. the nineties.for dancing. ,-, gkirtvdances in public, .married .in (Alice, ,< Cornelia,';daußhtervof.-the late-^llliam 1 ., I Thaw, PittsWrg'-inilliohaire, and .sister of .Harry K, Tftaw> ; recently found not jjuilty of the murder . of : White. " Avsmti for: the- nullity is i defined as "aimatrimonial suit instituted for »the purpose of obtaining a ; decree • declaring a supposed marriage null and void." MRS. EDDY. • - • New York, February 5. '- .'Mrs:. Eddy, founder of- Christian Science, has loft/Concord and" resides in a splondid . mansion, in Boston. , . '

RUSSIAN MURDER AND ROBBERY. • • ■ - St. Petersburg, February 5.' The head,man of Chabarovsk, with his rolations, totalling five men and seven women, . was ' assassinated.. ; The assassins secured • 18,600 roubles. INFLUENZA IN LONDON. . . London, February. 5. i • There have been eighty deaths-from mflu,enza' in Londpn, singe December. -Twentytwo. occurred ; last week. . ; CONVICTS FOR THE PACIFIC. ; , Melbourne, February 6. : Tho Federal Premier, Mr. Deakin, has ro- . ceived a i telegram from tho German ConsulGeneral in Sydney,-stating that-the matter of sending convicts to the Pacific was only mentioned by ono man in the Reichstag, and passed - qmto unnoticed by German .public opinion. A PECULIAR CHARGE. \ Melbourne, February 6. David Charcl, a farmer at Terang, has been • arrested, charged with attempting to have poison administered to a baby.-.... .«{:• It was stated in a previous, cablegram that ' the., policeat ! Terang ;.were investigating ,a' peculiar.\case ,in which! a young woman had received a-lotter inciting her to kill her child, as a preliminary' to 'her marnago with a young'mam Accompanying the letter was a - package contning strychnine, with full directions' how to administev it.' ■' <, 'SMALLPOX.' Brisbane, February 1.. ThoNikko Maru,-Japanese mail 3teamer, \ passed Thursday Island in quarantine.. She . ■ landed two cases of smallpox at Manila. Tho health of all on board is good. . V. ; - Thursday Island, February; 6.' : The steamer Empire has arrived. Ono of ; the Chinese crew died of smallpox, and was buriedat Timor. HIDES MARKET. Sydney, February 6. The' hides market is very firm. Cata- - logries have been cleared in favour of sellers. 'FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE! London, February 6. A' serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease has occurred at Gorgie, Midlothian, where 81 cows out of 111 are affected. ; . AN IDKAL GIFT. • Imperial Hard Camera for 21s. Kapid Rectilinear 'tilinear lens." Time and instantaneous shutter, 'giving, exposure® from ■ one second to l-100th of a second. Magnifiers. Patent badk door. Patent' numbering device. Carries 12 : plates, site 'J 31 x Posted to ' any. address, IHE IMPERIAL CAMERA CO.,.Jervois Quay : (opposite Town Hall). / ' LADIES'TAILORS. The oldest,-best,.and largest firm in Austra- ' lasia. ' Eton Gowns and .Costumes from £5 55.! . - Skirts frcin XI 10s. Nodina and Co., 30