GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 188, 4 May 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

; OY TELEGRAPH—PHESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. SCULLING: A TOWNS-BARRY. MATCH: ; (Rec. May 8, 4.10 p.m.) ' Sydney, May 3. i i Mr. Spencer Gollan, the' New Zealand ' . sportsmaii, has cabled to George Towns, ask- : ing whether ho. will row Barry on the Thames in September. ; Towns has, accepted. , TINNED RABBITS FOR THE NAVY. • f London, May 2. The Admiralty, is. inquiring for samples of tinned rabbits,(for supply to the Navy l . /.. • BRITANNIA ACCIDENT: ANOTHER V DEATH. London, May 1. Another, death, making the third, has' resulted from the bursting of a. boiler-tube on the battleship Britannia. i SHOP HOURS BILL. 1 London, May 2. In the House of Commons Sir Chas. Dilke's Shop Hours Bill was read a second time ■ by. 190 votes •to 45,. and was referred to a Committee of the whole House. ' FLOODS AND.HEAT WAVE. London, May 1. Floods have almost isolated Maidenliead, ' Eton, and other, places in the Thames valley. A heat wave has succeeded the wintry weather. ARRESTED FOR FORGERY. , j London, May 1. In connection with an extensive forgery of French Rente coupon's, a man named Hill, a counterfeiter and distributing agent in London, has been arrested. The agent in Germany, one' Miller, has also been arrested at Wiesbaden. A NEW STEAMER. London, May 1. Messrs. Howard' Smith and Co.'s 3000-ton steamer Burwah, intended for the, SydneyRockhampton trade, has been launched at Sunderland. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN FAILS. < Adelaldo, May 2. ; An attempt was made to wreck a train ■ near Port' Augusta, an engine being dis- i placed by a heavy wooden obstruction placed ' on , the line. No serious damage was done. j A BIG RAILWAY SCHEME. ; Sydney, May 2. { A tendor of £430,000 for the first section j of the North Coast railway from Wost Mait- < laud to Grafton has been accepted. Tho J estimated cost of the w.holo line is three ' millions. ' I ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS. ' Sydnoy, May 2. ' During ■ the past four months, eight hun- j dred and ninety-nino assisted immigrants i havo arrived in New South- Wales.