GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
(bt telegraph—peess association—copybight.) •: : ; LORD DUDLEY. (Rec. July 7, 10.20 p.m.) London, July 7. - Lord Dudley will be sworn in as Goverr nor-General of the Commonwealth in Sydney, on September 8. will afterwards proceed to Melbourne. '■''•• '■ ' . QUEBEC TERCENTENARY. London, July 7. Earl Roberts will represent King Edward at the Quebec Tercentenary. SOUTH AFRICAN FODDER. . Gapetown, July 7. . Tho .Capetown Chamber "of Commerce,', by 25 votes to 2, adopted a resolution expressing dissatisfaction with'the Australian action with regard to prohibiting Cape forage. The resolution urges stringent retaliation ; in the event of tho embargo not being withdrawn. .' . FOUR HUNDRED BUILDINGS BURNED. Maw York, July 6. A firo at Port au Prince —capital 1 of the Ropublic of Hayti, a town of 100,000 inhabitants—destroyed 400 buildings, including tho court-house, prison, and arsenal. When the fire reached the latter •an explosion. of ammunition occurred. i,.:,-■■ •; FOURTH OF J OLY CASUALTIES. *'[ New York,; July' 7.; * Fifty-four persons were" killed, aud 1150 were injured through, fireworks accidents on the Fourth of July in America. DR. SVEN HEDIN. London, July 6. Serious fears are entertained for the safety of Dr. Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer, who is travelling in Tibet. Dr. Sven Hedin, aged 43,'' is a Swedish explorer who has made remarkable discoveries in Central Asia. In 1906 lie spent three months and a half going from Teheran to Seistan. He resumed his travels in Tibet-in 1007. ....... M ORDER BY. A NATIVE. 'Perth'," July 7.. . Mr. M'Donaldjj a. station-owner at Turkey Creek, was .shot dead by" a'nativo'naintd Major, who was : well armed..; ilajo'r,. wli 'o '; is accompanied- "by threo ' other ' natives, threatens vengeance on other whites: • ■> WHEAT AND FLOUR—"RING" ■ DENIED. Sydney, July 7.
Leading commercial men, .giving .evidence before the Wheat Commission denied the existence of a wheat "ring""itf New South Wales.
Tho Millers' Association, has reduced the price of flour to £9 ss. per ton.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 244, 8 July 1908, Page 7
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312GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 244, 8 July 1908, Page 7
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