GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 286, 27 August 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(BT TELEGRAPH—PRESS association—coptright.) AMERICA'S OTHER- CRUISE.New York, August 25. Rear-Admiral Swinburne's squadron — six armoured cruisers and a flotilla of destroyers —has sailed from San Francisco for Samoa, .in response to Germany's invitation. ; ; POISONED WITH,BAD MEAT. Berlin, August 25.' Prince • Friedrich Leopold' of Prussia' and his wife and daughter were poisoned through eating contaminated meat in Berlin. Their condition was serious, but they are now recovering. HONOURS FOR '.'JiOSS " CROKER. London, August 25. ° Mr. Richard Croker, the Tammany "Boss," has been presented ..with , the freedom of Dublin. Richard Croker, bom at Black Rock (Ireland) on November'2-i, ISI3, went to the United States at the mature*ig&".'6f.te6':s'ears,':a]id became .a. Tammany leader, being specially active in the campaign of 1897, when Kobt. A. Van Wyck was elected first Mayor of Greater New York. Subsequently ' Boss" Croker transferred himself to Great Britain, where lie lias figured chiefly in the racing world, winning the Derby (with Orby) last year, also the Irish Derby.

BRUTAL;.;' fl[iDlaic.'e, August 26. 11l the Assombly Sir. Vaughan asked the Treasurer whether it was not possible to prevent the publication of details of a fight such aS that betweon Burns and Squires. Mr. Peake replied that lie quite agreed that the fight was brutal, but he did not think tho law prohibited the publication of .details. , V : , .. A UNION COMPANY PURCHASE. - ' Sydney, August "26. The Union Steam Ship Company has purchased tho Huddart-Parkpr steamer ,Zealandia. ■ ■