GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 214, 3 June 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

' at xelegeaph—press AssofcuiioN-^coPYBiGHT. ;■ ' A PARI^ORIME. ... Paris, Juno 1. .. Three men and a woman, recognised as former artists' models, entered a Paris villa' at midnight, and strangled Adolpho' Steinhall, a well-known portrait-pai.ntor, lajsiyliis mother-in-law. /. They gagged Mrs. Steinhall, and robbed the villa.,. ~!• -,vt. : • OBITUARY. " London, June 1. !, Sir John Evans, the eminent'scientist and antiquarian, is deadaged 85. •\ r Sir John Evans, K.C.8.',; was bprn. at,' Brit-, well. Court, Buclcs, on iNovomljer 17;' 1823.' 'He was Treasurer of the Royal t Society, XS7S-9S;) President of the Britisli Association, 1897-98;' President- of the Royal i: Numismatic 1 Society since 1874; President of the.* Society of.An-, tiquarics, 1885-92; Pres'dejit .of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1599-ISOB; 1 Chairman of tho Society of Arts, 1980-lW His;, publications ;in-i elude: "The Coins of tlie Ancient Britons," "The Ancient Stone Implements, etc., of Great Britain," and ■ "The : Ancjont Bronzo Xmpiomeuts of Great Britain and Ireland." UNION NEW STEAM!®; "jdelbourha, Juno' 2 .: The Union Company's neiw steamer Tofua has arrived 1 from Liverpool after' a very rough passage from the Cape. Some damago was done to her fittings..: • - ... The Tofua, specially built for the Islands trade, comcs out under the command of Captain M'Beth. Under unfavourable weather conditions the steamer, during her final trial trip oil the Clyde, averaged.jl} .knots, and lqter, during the run from ,C)ydp. v to_ y.verpopl,- registered an. average speed of'l4| onlv three of her four boilers. The i Tofua is 850 ft long,'4Sft.. wide, and.-31ft. deep, and'her gross tonnago is 4200 tgns^,Joining,,,smoking, drawing, and first-class cabins'ara'on deck, "and accommodation is provided for 100 saloon and 4-1 second-class passengers. Special provision .is made for the carrying of tropical ; cargo ..anil fruit. 1 ' Tho Tofua is expected to leavo Sydney on June 23 to enter the Islands trade,; which is maintained at prosent by the Atua' and Navua. .