GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BY TELEGRAPH—PBEE3 ASSOCIATION—COrYEIQHT. ' DISTRESS IN .INDIA. . •'' (Rcc. Feb. 27, 1.12 a.m.) ' .. j ; ' ! . ' Calcutta, Fobruary, 26. : Upwards of a million persons in India aro in receipt of reliof. Y LORD ROBERTS.-: v (Reo. Feb. 27, 0.19 a.m.) ■ Sydney, February 2G. Lord Roberts has accepted the .honorary colonelcy of the Royal Australian Artillery, offered him by the Federal Government. FLOODS IN NEW! SOUTH WALES. , Sydney, February 26. ~ The floods in the northern rivers.are re-; ceding. Tlie mines that wore .flooded aro' resuming work. . BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. . , London, February/25. Sir !H. Campbell-Baniierman, thti Prime Minister, wlio'is from an attack of influenza, is .'progressing, though slowly. '; ;' MR. KEIR lIARDIE. Durban, February '25. ! : Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., addressed a crowded meeting in, tlio Blpemfo|itein Town Hall. He was cordially received. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. ■ Sydney, February 26. Parliament will meet on March 10 for a short session.. The chief business will ho. consideration of the Arbitration Bill. CYCLING. Sydney, February 26. At the Sydney Cyclists' Union championship meeting, Mutton (New South 1 Wales) won the mile championship, beating Thompson (Now South Wales) by-a length in 2min.10 3-ssec. Thompson annexed tho fivemiles event, beating Mutton by, two lengths j in llinin. -18 4-osec. •

SILVER COINAGE. Mslbourne, February 26. Senator Best announced in the Senate that tho Imperial Government had agreed to allow the Commonwealth to coin its own silver. METHODIST CONFERENCE. Sydrny, February 26. The Rev. Mr. Banks has been elected president of the Methodist Conference. LESS POVERTY IN SYDNEY. Sydney, February 26. The annual report of the Benevolent Society indicates \i decreaso in poverty. PLAGUE. Sydney, February 26. A girl died at Komppsey from plague.