GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

<1Y TELEGRAPH—PHEB3 ASSOCIATION— COriRIGIIl- : 'A-' SENTENCED-.;;' : ; ; ' (Rec. March 6,' 11.28 p.m.) , • . Sydney, March 6. Three men, coavictcd of . receiving the , proceeds of the jewellery .robbery at Hordem'a cabled on January 6, have been sentenced, •two to five andi the other, to.threo years' hard labour..' . J ';;. . RAIDERS PUNISHED. : ' Cairo, March 5; . King Menolik, of Abyssinia, imprisoned 1 the chiefs who , were responsible; for - the recent raids, and appointed t-hoir successors; RELIGIOTJS AND CHARITABLE - " /BEQUESTS.-- 1-- , London, March 5. Lord Overtoun bequeathed £61,000 to religious and charitablo- societies, including £25,000' to tlio United Freo Church. ' EXHIBITION AT HOBART. "SUPPORT NATIVE INDUSTRY." v > Hobart, March 6. ; The, Federal Premier, Mr.. Deakin, opened the Australian Natives' Association Exhibition. He urged tho people of; theCommonwbalth to support iiativo industry whenever possible. The exhibits include a quantity from Now Zealand. . ■ DECREASE IN CRIME. ;. f Melbourne,' March"6; The Chief Secretary states' that the gabl population, of the State is 600 less, than',32 years ago,; though the' population lias' increased by a. half million. The Government had had to,close gaols in three centres. One had been .turned into a butter factory. SUICIDE. , Londojp, March.s. , Mrs. Margaret Alcott, onco an actress in Australia uudcr the name-of Miss Leigh toil, committed suicide on the Metropolitan Railway. '.. ; , ■■ . CAPE COLONY. ' ' Capetown, March 4. Mr. J. X. Merriman, Cape Premier, speaking at Victoria West, announced a deficit of three millions. The Government's chief efforts next sossiori would be to increase taxation and mako tho'colony solvent. Referring to the necessity of closer union of the States,'ho said South Africa wa-s ovor-governed and unable to stand the expense. Personally, ho favoured ono Parliament. i ■' ' -- !'