GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 231, 23 June 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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OLYMPIC. SPORTS.

(Rec. June 22, 10.65 p.m.) : London, Jvmo 22. "The Times" states thai; Australian athletes, after testing it, are enthusiastic about' the fastness of the track at Shepherd's Bush, on -which tho Olympic'sports races ate to bo

FOUND DROWNED. . London, June 22. Tlie body of 'William James Wittick Baker, of\Alexaiidra, Otago, has. been found in tho River Lea, near Clapton. Tho jury returned a .verdict of "Found drowned." COLD WEATHER IN NEW SOUTH . WALES. ' Sydney, June 22. ■ Tho weather is bitterly cold, and the temperature is down to 23 degrees. Snow is falling in the southern districts. Over three inchcs have, fallen at the Jenolan Caves. '■ | f CANADIAN ClttiiF PROSPECTS., London, June 21. Canadian crops of all kinds show healthy progress. Tho yield promises to* be' large; The harvest is early, owing to continuous rainfall throughout the West.

' TRIANGULAR ; CRICKET. London, June 21. Telegraphing on Saturday last tlio South African Cricket Association stated that it' had not received a definite invitation <o visit Australia. The opinion in Johannesburg is that, should tho triangular scheme bo abandoned, tho wholo question"will require reconsideration. ,

, THE WESTRALIA. '. Sydney, June 22. The steamer Westralia, belonging to tho Huddart- Parker Company, ' which touched bottom on tho coast; during -, o fog, was dockod. It was found that sbe had sustained trifling dents in a couple of f plates. A SAILER'S TEMPESTUOUS TRIP. Sydnoy, Juno 22. Tho sailing vessel Northern Chief, 287 tons, from Kaipara, encountered a successsion of tempests during-tho voyage across.