GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 161, 1 April 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

• pv TELEGRAPH —PREBS^ASSOOUTION— COPYRIGHT. ,TELEGRAPHIC CONFERENCE. <' > (Rcc. March 31, 11.35 p.m.) New Yorkj March 31. A'leading'commercial organisation, is endeavouring ito secure official representation of the United States at the Lisbon International Telegraphic 'in order to oppose any curtailment of-existing code privileges, ■ ■. . . : PRIME MINISTER'S HEALTH. ; London, March 30. • Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman passed a fairly good night. He. is weak, but there is no marked ohango in.his condition. ■ > > THE PACIFIC TRAGEDY. • Suva, March 31. In connection with the mysterious wreck of a schooner, tho Neuvro Tigre, at the Apamama Lagoon, 'in. tho Gilbert Group,;,tho sequel to which was the arreat of Mortimer, a coolc, and Jackson, a boy, on a cliargo of murdering the captain and. mate of tho vessel, the Mariana will bring the prisoners | from .Tarawa to Suva. . i ;■ NEW SOUTH WALES' MINERAL. - w ' OUTPUT/.

Sydney, March 31. The value of the minerals produced in this State last-year, was £10,597,000, an. increase of £2,408,000. ; \'V'v ; : - 1 -' POLITICIAN'S.VANISHED ESTATE. . Melbourne, March 31. • 1 Tho' lato Hon. James Mlinro ? : who • died last month, left. property to the valuo of £203. He' formerly possessed 1 estate estimated to be worth a' quarter > of' a 'million. >. , ; ' A COSTLY MISTAKE: ; / . • Sydney, March 31. . A * passenger recovered £200 damages against tho Railway .Commissioners for, his removal from a carriage on the ground that lie was allogedly drunk, when he was really ill. X'. ' ' .. V: . ..>V