GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 233, 25 June 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

itt TELEQRAPH —PnESS ASSOCIATION —COPTHIQHI SLEEPING SICKNESS. , (Rec. June 25, 0.40 a.m.)' ' London, June 24. The British Government is sending fresh commissioners to Lake' Victoria' NyO-nza, Uganda, to study sleeping sickness. •" i RAILWAY.TOOL DENIED. London, Juno 23. The reported alliance between the railway companies with the object of doing away with excessive competition has been offiojally denied. . ; ■ \ BISHOP OF NEW GUINEA ILL. London, June 23. Owing to pulmonary trouble, fir. StoneWigg, Bishop of New Guinea, has • been ordered complete rest. , MR. KINGSTON'S ESTATE. Adelaide, June 24. The estate of the late Mr; C. 0. Kingston, an ox-Premier of South Australia, and an ex-Federal Minister, has been, sworn at £2000. . . FEDERAL REVENUE-BIG INCREASE v EXPECTED. . Melbourne, June 24.; • The Federal Treasurer, Sir Wm. Lyne, expects tho Federal revenue for the year will be over two millions more than last year. A DESPERATE SUICIDE. Melbourne, Juno 24. Hayes, manager of a skating rink' at Bairnsdale, committed suicide. He shot himself four times, then walked half a mile, and jumped into the river. . ANOTHER CENTENARIAN PASSES. Sydney, June 24. Ann Ross died at Mittagong, agod "ono hundred. TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE. Melbourne, Juno 24. The . invitation of tho Federal Government to' hold tho next International Telegraph Conference, in Australia has been declined.