GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 216, 5 June 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BY TELEGRAPH—FSEBS ASSOCIATION— COPTRIOm TORNADO DESTROYS FAMOUS : TREES. 1 London, Juno 3. , A tornado on Monday night in a few minutes destroyed sixty famous, chestnut trees, at tho Teddingtori end of Bush'ey Park. Bushoy Park is a Royal''iiark"about eleven miles south-west of .London. 'HIE LATE GENERAL BULLER. ' London, Juno 3. ' • Speaking at Bristol, tho Earl of Dudley, Governor-General of' Australia, paicf a warm tribute to tho late Sir Redvers Buller's lifelong devotion to his country. ( . ' (Rec. Juuq 4, 10.5 p.m.), . London, Juno 4. The Natal Government has: conveyed i'.c condolence to Lady Buller. A CONSUMPTIVE'S APPEAL TO THE QUEEN. 11 London, June 3. A poor, unknown girl, a dying' consumptive, who is an inmate of St. Luke's House, Bayswater, recently appealed to tho Queen to Visit her, stating that sho had never had ail opportunity of , seeing : : her ' Majesty. Touched by the appeal, , Queen Alexandra carried a bouquet to. the, institution, shook hands with and comforted the girl, and dis-, tributed roses, to the other patients.. ' 1 • FIRE AT MULLUMBIMBY.

Sydney, Juno <4. A firo destroyed a block .of seven business places at Mullumbiniby,' a township on tho Brunnuck river, 39 .miles from Lismore. The occupants of the batik had a narrow escape from losing, their lives.. , . / v ■ OBITUARY, . Melbourne, Juno 4. Mrs. Deakin, mothor of the Prime Minister of Australia, is dead. \ THE UNITED STATES FLEET. Syiinay, Juno 3. Thero is much activity;in Sydney and Melbourne in connection .with,tho making, of. arrangements for tho festivities for tho ap-. proaching American visit. Tha Federal Prime Minister will preside at a' national banquet. COLD weather! . V ■ . Sydney, .Juno 4.-, The weather is very cold. ■ Snow has fallen on the' southern table-lands. Melbourne, Juno'; 4. Tho weather is very cold. The tomperaturc was two degrees below, freezing point yesterday. . 'i ; v-. ',' FIRE ON A STEAMER. < - • ■ Sydney, Juno 4. It transpires that firo occurred : during the passago of the steamer Indrivelli from Wellington. It originated in the'storeroom, ami was extinguished promptly,: without damago being dono to tho vessel.