GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

.".I,v ; - : BY TELtGRATH—PEESS ASSOCIATION —COPTRIGHI I DRUCEPERJURY CHARGES; : i 9.4S p.m.) } London, April 7. /. At the hearing of the Druce perj ury cases, ' Mr. Avory, prosooutihg counsel, stated* thai j: : Mrs. Hamilton was ■ a daughter of Mr. R. ' Atkinsoh, and was 'in'.Westmpreland. • Apart from her bargain with Shoridan (who ! figured in the No. 2 Druce Company), sh« - received £400 for giving perjured ovideucji ■ The trial :was .adjourned. , V - ; BROKEN HILL RETURNS \ ' Sydney, April TV >. ; The Broken Hill mineral returns for tha ;• past quarter show a : decrease in. value of 1 [. £120,000, compared witli'/tho: Corresponding -period of last year. The output of metals f was- even better.than in the corresponding, quarter, tyut-' the if all ih the prices of metal* • reduced tlio value. . , ' MR. KEIR lIARDIE'S RETURN. ; London, April 8. | Mr. Keir Hnrdie, M.P. for Merthfr-Tydvil, ; and ex-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour • party, had an enthusiastic welcome home at ' the Albert Hall. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, , .secretary, of. the Parliamentary Labour Party, presided, ./and many Labour members and delegates from Unions were . present. : BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM ANNOYED. ' ' v ' , Vienna,-, April G. The Count and Countess Szechenyi (neei- ] Miss. Gladys Vanderbilt) asked for police protection' .while in Budapest. Hundreds of-'' demands for money wero made on them' daily, and thousands of adventurers thronged , . ; their hotel. : 1 RUGBY-THE KING'S BEST WISHES. ; London, April, 6. :. King Edward-wired to the English tour footballers at Plymouth on the evo of • their departure for New Zealand, wishing 'J ' them ..good luck: and a prosperous tour. GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA RESIGNS. • Melbourne, April 7. Owing-' to private' business, Sir Reginald Talbot has resigned the Governorship of the ' Stato, and will return to England early in ■ July.. .'/"-.-v:. ■■ Mnjor-Goneral Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, K.C.8., has been .Governor of Victoria since. ISO-!. He ! was... \born : in- IS4I, and was. educated,at' Harrow.:' Prom ,1869 to 1874 he'.was M.P. (Conseirative) 'for Stafford. ;His record of active'service includes:—Zulu War, 1579; Egyptian Campaign, 1882; Nile Expedition, 18SI-85. Prom 18S9 to 1895 lie was . Military Attache at Paris, and. he commanded ■ the Cavalry , Brigade, Aldershot, from 1898' to 1899. In the four following year 6 he com. manned the army of occupation in Egypt,