GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 256, 22 July 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(bt TELEGiurn—rnuss association—copyright.) EXHIBITION LAWSUIT SETTLED. (Rec. July 21, 10.5 p.m.) London, July 21. Tho action takon by the Agents-General against tho Franco-British Exhibition authorities—for allowing tho ."Daily Mail" to erect a largo pavilion -which,- •it -is alleged, almost completelyobscures' the Australianbuilding from tho main, aveiiuos—has been settled. Tho Exhibition : will pay all costs, and undertake to erect illuminated signboards.'thrbughouty-'the" groiiiids wherever required''by "tho ; "Agents-General, and on top of the Australian buildings. 1 FURTHER RIOTS, IN INDIA! Calcutta, July 20. .Four thousand riotous mill hands at Bombay to-day stoned the policc, who used their revolvers and dispersed' -tho 'mob. There wero several casualties,: . PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. m -;.'Sydney 1 .-.'Julyr 21.,' Sir Harry Rawson, tho Govornor, opened Parliament to-day. The : Speech ""referred to tho prosperous condition;: .of' '-the! :State, ■ and the visit of the American fleet, and expressed a hope that thoi ca'pital site' question Wrould bo settled during tho present session. Bills promised ineludo l, Closer Settlement, Pure Foods, Minimum Wage, and.Workmen's Compensation. It is understod the Leader of tho Opposition (Mr. M'Gowen) will move a vote of want of confidence. FATAL EXPLOSION OF CRACKERS. : Berlin, July 2{J. A case of fire-crackers. aboard, tho. f steamer Schwahen, of tbe"Korddeiitsclier-Lloyd' line, loading, at Brem&n'tor "Australia,' exploded, killing a cook. The whole consignment (26 cases) was damaged,.rand- -was-kept- baok. . • FRENCH CONVICTS; ""-"' - i.• i " • ■■■Paris, July • 20." Vere Gookl, the , MontG , "Oarlo 'lnurdel'cr, and Liout. Ullnio, who offered for sale French naval secrcts, ha_ve_b.een_shipped to French - Guiana, South America. ' . ,tendon, July 20. " Tlio - Times considers • tho > triangular cricket scheme unfaiiVand'that'it is "impgs-. sible to complain,,o£ Australian .action. Tho paper says:—"Australia will naturdlly bo soro if tho Marylebone Club:,c tancol-their-in-vitation for 1909 at "tho bidding of Mr. Abo Bailey and tho Advisory Board. '-The' Board did not act in a conciliatory spirit, and Australians way complain that, having established a Board of,;Coiltrol,.,in deference to puglisli wishes, they now discover that tho Marylobone Club is dominated by Mr. Bailoy and tho Advisory Board." . SCULLING: THOROUGHGOOD AND " DURNAN. . - Bydney,> Ju1y,21..,, The sculling champion of Australia, Thoroughgood, v'ho' recently' defeated Fogwoll, desires to irako 'a taatcli' with E. Durriaii, the Canadian, for from £100 to £500 a-sido, he allowing tho Canadian 'expenses! j - - • IRON DEPOSITS. ~ , Perth, July 21. A Government survey party reports, immense iron deposits on an island at tho entrance. to King's Sound. Samplos assayed 70 per cent, of iron. King Sound is high up on the north-west shoulder of the Australian .continent, und is included in Kimbbrloy, tho most \ northerly division of West Australia. Tlio Sound is a largo one, and receives thft.mtorß of the Fitzroy and Lennard 'rivers."--'At' tho mouth of King Sound is tho,Buccaneer Archipelago, and there is a number of islands along tho coast. A BIG TURTLE. — - Perth, July 21... A turtlo nino feet long; and weighing 1120 pounds, was caught at Rottncst bland. It is the largest on record. NORFOLK'S IMMIGRANTS. :::: :: Sydney, July 21 r Tho stoamor Norfolk brought fifty" immi'crants for Now Zealand." ■: