GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(b* teLeohiph—press association—corviudHT.) ■ IRISH UNIVERSITIES BILL'. (Rec. July 23, 10.5 p.m.)- ..... ■ London, July 28. In the' House of Lords. the Irish Univorsitios Bill was received favourably, nud was, read a second time without a division. ,VENEZUELA. •' . ; .■ ■ Caracas, July 27. In connection with Venezuela's expulsion of the Dutch Minister for Caracas, it seems that tho.cause .was the appearance in a Dutch publication of an article :■ by -the Minister, declaring that Presidont! Castro's dictatorial regime was leading'.to Venezuela's decadenco. A/hostile crowd atWillemStajl, a seaport of Curacao, in the Dutch; West''lndies','''foi'ced the Venezuelan. Consul jtqi,take r.plfugo.,in. ,the Gorman consulato. ■■ MOTOR CAR RACE—THE' WINNER. ;' Paris, July 27. ■ The German Protos car has' arrived" in' Paris. Tho American 1 car has traversed Eydtkuhnen, in Prussia.'; i , ■■■■■'.■■ • ' 'WHERE IS V THE • WHIP ? . ; London, July 27. The " Standard " (severely ■ censures the Unionists for slack attondanco in tho House of Commons during division!. , ■ COLONIES AND SHIPPING. >: ■ ,London, July 27. Sir: Gilbort Parker, Unionist M.P. for Gravesend, has been selected,' through tho Board of Trade, 'to make inquiries in Germany regarding Article 20 of the fundamental subsidy contract' :with . the North. German Lloyd Company, made in 1898. Tliis doos.not apply to tho mail service between German New Guinea and' Australia. . German New Guinea is'dependent upon a port near at hand ' —especially Sydney — .for.. ;produots which would deteriorate, or .ho too expensive in trajisit from Germany, such as corn, vegetables, flour, hvo cattlo, meat, fish, wood for building, and salt. : ENGLISH CRICKET TOUR PROFITS. ' : i Molbourne, July 28. The Crickct Association mado a profit of £1080 ' out of the recent 'English cricket team's tour. ' ■. : ■ VICTORIA'S NEW GOVERNOR. ' . • Melbourne, July 28. .Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, the new Gor of .Victoria, .was enthusiastically welcomed.;; v 1 THE'AUSTRALIAN RUGBY TEAM : FOR ENGLAND. ' ' . Sydney, July 28. ■ Pronticoi ' Stevenson, M'Murtrie, and M'Ar.thur take, tho places of the University quartet in tho Rugby team for England. BAD WEATHER. ,Sydney, July 28.: i Heavy rain . continues, .'With a. strong southerly. gal,o along the coast.. " ;.! '.