GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 194, 11 May 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

ot xEi,EdßAPH—pnkss'AßSociXiioN-Hibrtßibki. OBITUARY. ' (Rec. May 10, 4.2 p.m.) ; I Lcndorii May 9. • The death is announced-of ;Mr/James Campbell, brother of tiio lato Sir : Henry Campboll-Barinermaii.*'' ; ; . ACCIDENT TO 'THE 'BOVERIO. (Rec. May 10, 4.23 p.m.) New York, May 9. J , The steamer Bovoric, bound from Astoria" to. Sydney,, struck, an. object,.,:antl put into San Francisco. , Her cargo will Do discharged, and' ,'sho' i.will:, bo ..dockcdfor repairs. . . MURRAY v. " THE TIMES ''-HEAVY ' DAMAGES London, May, 8.: . Ih'the libol action brought by Mr. Murray, tlio' publisher,, against'"'.The ;Times«'?nowspaper—bnscd on the cominems, of. a correspondent named " Artifcx " on the price nt which tho. " Lotters-'of "• Queen Victoria" w'oro published—a verdict was given for plaintiff with £7600 damages.".. A sfcay of execution wus -granted, on tho ground that the damages Were excessive. guns. * '■/ , Melbourne, May 9. The' Federal Minister of Customs (Hon. A. Chapman) will „hiako ■ inquiry into tho statement of tho Birmingham- Gunmakers' Association, about thV'tfumping. of .'Belgian guns ill: Australia, with colourablo brands liko those of English makers! The Minister states that if fraud is discovered he will itake action. ■ DEPARTED AT 111. Sydnoy, May 9. An old pioneer settler named Costello has ; died at Goulburn at age of a hundred and eleven years. \ . BROKEN HILL'S REPUTATION 'AT ' STAKE ' Sydney, May 9. Tho; statement mado nl the Presbyterinn Assembly about tho' irreligious. conclition 'rf Broken Hill, and tho anti-Church attitude 1 i f Socialists there, is indignantly refuted' by the heads of the Anglican, Catholic, and Methodist Churchos. ■ ,