GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 257, 23 July 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(BI TELEGRAPH —rRESS ASSOCIATION— COPTRIOHT.) A SLIGHT MISTAKE. (gee. July 22, 9.30 p.m.) London, July 22. ■ Reutor announces that Admiral Rozhdestvonsky is alive. A mistake occurred through confusion between Wo persons of the same name. LADY GOLF CHAMPION. Sydney, July 22. The ladies' golf championship of Australia was won by Miss Wray, the present holder, with 268, Miss Parbury being second with 280. Both are residents of Sydney. RIFLE SHOOTING. London, July 21. " Tho shooting for the Schumacher Cup resulted in a win for the Seventh Australian Infantry team, the scores being:— Australians ... ... '. 3897 Witwatersrand Rifles (second) ... 3774 H.M.S. Excellent (third) 3689 MURDER OF A MILLIONAIRE. Paris, July 21. Remys, a valet at Courtrai, confessed that he helped a butler named Renard to kill and rob his master, a Parisian millionaire. Both Romys and Renard have beon arrested. SPEED OF MOTOR BUSES. London, July 21. Yielding.to public agitation, the London County Council is reducing tho speed of motor omnibuses in the city thoroughfares. A GAMBLER'S CHANCE IN PAK-A-POO. Melbourne, July 22. In connection with , a Chinese gambling caso, ! a detectivo stated that a Government actuary had worked out the chances of drawing a prize in pak-a-poo, and found that they wero eleven million to one. NEW HEBRIDES. . Melbourne, July 22. Inquiries by the Federal Government indicate that the report that the French Government had appointed a judicial officer in the Now Hebrides under- thq new Franco-British Convention is not well founded. A French judicial officer was relieved of his duties in New Caledonia, and was appointed to act in the New Hebrides, but the appointment was not made under the Convention. •, LOCAL BODY AND CASUAL WAGES. Sydney, July 22. An attempt was made by tho City Council to raise the wages of casual labourers, in dofiance of the advice of the Council's responsible officers. The Lord Mayor, warned the aldermen against the reckless raising of wages, and threatened that, if money was voted in'haphazard fashion, he would refuse to sign cheques. < PROSPECTORS MURDERED. Sydney, July 22. Details of the murder of two Australian prospectors named Fearby and Sutherland, at Trainor, show that it was the work of brigands in . order to secure the victims' money and arms. ' . SUNDAY CONCERTS. Sydney, July 22. After a long-drawn battle, tho City Council decided not to allow the use of the Town Hall for Sunday concerts.