GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 219, 9 June 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. : THE NAVY IN COLONIAL WATERS. (Rec. Juno 8, 10.10 p.m.) ' London, June 8. A , correspondent of tho " Daily Mail •' appeals to the. Homo-Government to send a squadron to Australian waters worthy of ; the .'American visitors.' . MADAME MELBA: TWENTY YEARS' ' SUCCESS.: ' ' - ' 1 . ; London, June 7. ' In acknowledging London's kindness, and to commemorato the twentieth anniversary of her appearanco in opora, Madame Melba is organising.\ matinee in aid of -an Eaht End London Hospital. Born in Melbourne,, in.-; 1863, and married ih 1880, Madame Melba 'in 1887 to Europe witn her father (who was. Commissioner to tho Pans Exhibition) aud placed herself under the instruction of lladame Mavcbesi in Paris. Sho made her, debut at the Theatre do la Monnaie; Brussels, as Gilda in "Bigolotto," and iirst appeared at Covent Garden in "Lucia' dj' Lammermoor," in 1888, securing instant success. ■. V KING'S HOSPITAL FUND. ' London, June 7: The Prince of Wales and many other notabilities have givon special donations in response to Lord Mountstephen's appeal, wilb a view to enabling King Edward's Hospital Fund to dispose of £150,000 annually. Lord Iveagh contributed £10,000.

BIG BURGLARY. Glasgow, Juno 8. Burglars blew open a safe on the promises of M'Menirain, Glasgow, stole £3000 worth of diamonds and watches, arid then oscaped. . JAVA-SYDNEY STEAMSHIP LINE. 1 Sydney, Juno 8. A Dutch lino of steamers will establish a regular monthly service between Java and Sydney, commencing on July 11. FIGHT AFTER FOOTBALL MATCH. Melbourne, June 8. There was a free fight at the conclusion of the Fitzroy-Essendon football match. About 2000 larrikins, assailed tho Essondon men, and the police had hard work to quell tho disturbance. • . * ' ' CORNWALL'S EMIGRANTS. Sydnoy, Juno 8. Tho Cornwall, from Liverpool, brings 140 emigrants for New Zealand.