GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
(or TttEOßArn-PRMs.Assoej/iTipij-csir'TntnnT.t THE VETERAN "EMPEROR; /; : " (Roc. August' 19,' 10.6.p.m.) •• : ; 1 ' s/j'erina^Aujrust 1 19;', All tho lieadsy . President lloesevelt/.BCiit .greetings :to"the Emporor Francis Joseph on his birthday: (August 18), on which iho attained rthe>-age-of '78. Thero are official and popular rejoice, ings throughout tlie Monarchy, Ed-' ward, tho Kaisor, and the .'.Tsar.; rbcqived special banquet toasts. THE CHANNEL SWIM; BURGESS 'AGAIN, FAILS. London, August is. After swimming for many'hours'Burgess'yvas wifchiu a milo of'Grisiiez,''wllen'au advorso tide compelled him to abandon'his at--tempt .to swim tho Channel. ■ .. CHILD MURDERTBLOODHOUND ON THE TRAIL. London, August "18. . A bloodhound. for four' days tracked, tho murderer of Madge ffirby; a ■ little •'girl, - i whose body was foundin .the cellar., of .'an ompty house at Liverpool. The dog finally gave up the scent' on-the railway. l platform; hence it is believed the murderer left,the city last night by a Birmingham excursion train. ; v * * VISIT FROM KING UNLIKELY. Melbourne, August ]97 " ; Sir Henry Weedon, Lord j Mayor;, of MelIbourno, hoard nothing while' iu'England reigarding the rumour that the King was likely Ito visit Australia. Ho thinks such a . visit jimprobablo. '• V. | MEAT COMBINE ' IN" PERTH. • _ • Perth,: August 19; j There is a partial meat famine, owing to. ft wholesalers' combine declining to supply n&a-union retailers/ . ... , .. V; ' WOMAN SUFFRAGE; j Melbourne, AugUßt 19. A unique deputation, consisting- of ' members of the Womanhood Suffrage Loague, an organisation formed <j# jm§n;;)\yafted qn\the Premier (Sir Thos. Bent), who promised to consider their :argumfenl s ;? wittf granting votes to women. Y.M.C.A. BUILDING. Brisbane, August 19. - Tlio Young Men's, .Christian - Association's new building has- been opened. Mr. W. Cribb donated £22,000 to the fund.
. ANOTHER ~,v 'Sydney,- August 19. , Mrs. Ivory, a centenarian, 1 is-dead;'- 1 Hei 1 ago was 109 years. , ' • •" FRANCO-BRITISH-pRIBITIbN. Mejb«urnej;Anignst*,;i9. Sir Henry .Weedo]i> ; Lp'rd Mayor of Mek bourne, has rcturnefl-.-froin England. Ho says the Anglo-Freud? Jxlubition is the best and cheapest advertisement Australia has ever had. ' ««'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 281, 20 August 1908, Page 7
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318GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 281, 20 August 1908, Page 7
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