GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

<Bt TKLEGRAPn—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPrniOIIT.) AUSTRALIAN RELIEF CREWS. (Rec. August 3, 9.50 p.m.) , London, August .3. . The cruiser Gibraltar has left Plymouth with relief crews for t-lio Australian, station., CHILDREN'S OUTING—THE QUEEN PAYS._ ' i ■ London, August 2. Queen Alexandra paid the .-expenses ,-of Lady Dudley's first party of' fifty East' End children to tho Franco-British Exhibition. COWES WEEK. London, August' 2. ' King Edward and Quoon Alexandra have arrived at Cowes, where,the yacht races are about to bo held. MEAT TRADE COMMITTEE. London, August 2. ;. ; Mr. William Weddel (of . tho well-known meat -firm of Weddel and Company) has been appointed a member of tho'Moat.Comaitt'eo appointed by the President of tho Board'of. Trade to inquiro how'far'and'in what manner the general supply and distribution and tho price of moat in the TJnite'd Kingdom is controlled or affected by the combination of ; firms .or companies. ' BAKERS' STRIKE IN, PERTH. ' > >! 'Perth,'. August 3, 1 Tho bakers have struck owing to the refusal of the' employers to introduce day jwork. The operatives have started a.cooperative bakery. ■ ( FATAL QUARREL. Hobarb August 3.Bock, who was murderously assaulted liy a" young man named Hudson,-was clubbed with a pieco of wood,- not with a,-gun as: first, re? ported. Ho has succumbed to,his,iniuries.-- ,

It was cabled on Saturday that, as the result of a quarrel, Hudson, who is 22 -years, o|- !\ge. shot a girl named Bradley in the'"baekp'and clubbed Bock, her brother-in-law, fracturiue the latter's 'skull and jaw. The girl is reported' to be in a low condition.!.:.;: , - ,' . PRICE OF BUTTER IN SYDNEY. ' : Sydney, August 3:. - Butter in the local market will.be quoted at 180s. to-day. . ,