GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
(nv ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) SHEEPBREEDERS SHOW. : (Rec. July 3, 1 a.m.) Sydney,-July 2. At the Sheenbreeders Show, tho New Zea land prize-takers are as follow: — , Border Loicestcrs: G. Andrews (South bridge), champion cwo; also four firsts, thra. seconds,, and one third.' J., Nixon (Killinchy), one. first, two seconds, and onr third. , . English Leiccsters: E. Rudduck (South bridge),,champion ewe, one first,-.two seconds, and two thirds. J. Andrews (Ellesinero), ono first, two seconds, and two thirds. ' W; Nixon (Killinchy), two thirds. , TO SWIM THE CHANNEL. London, July 1. In preparation for another attempt to swim the Channel, Holbein swam fifty miles down the Lower Thames in 13hr.* 47min. J. Wolffe, Holbein, and others have, in recent times made a number of unsuccessful at. tempts to swim the Channel. In one of several efforts last year, Wolft'fc, in a rough' sea', got within two miles of tho French coast. Captain Matthew Webb swam from Blnckwall to Gravesend, 20 miles, in i hours 53 minutes, on' July 3, 1875; and .on August 2i-25 of the samo vear from Dover to Calais (22| miles); in 21} hours. Captain Webb was drowned while attempting to .cross 'the rapids of Niagara an July 2i, 1883. . ' BRITISH REVENUE FOR QUARTER*; ' . LonCan, July I. The revenuo for tho quarter totalled £30,313,000. Customs contributed £7,218,000", Excise £7,270,000, and stamps £1,850,000. The revenue for the corresponding period of 1907 was £32,650,000. Customs contributed £5,259,000, excise £7,629,000, and stamps £1,920,000. ...
STEAMERS COLLIDE.; London, July 1. Lloyd's Baltimore agent reports' that.the British steamer Glenfruin, laden with coal for Australia, collided with the HamburgAmerican liner Bosnia, at. Norfolk. Tlio Glenfruin was cut to below the water-line, arid must be. docked, ■'. .. The Glenfruin is a steel steamer, 3097 tona gross, built in 1901 at Port Glasgow, and owned by the S.S. Glenfruin Company, Ltd The Bosnia,. 7436 tons,-.was . built in 1899 at Newcastle.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 240, 3 July 1908, Page 7
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309GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 240, 3 July 1908, Page 7
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