GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 300, 12 September 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

C (BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPXRIGHT.) BARRY AND TOWNS. (Rec. September 11, 9.25 p.m.) London, September 11; Barry, the English sculler, and tho Australian, George Towns, ex-champion of the world, who aro to row for the Sportsman Cup, have made their final deposit of £100 aside. Both are in excellent condition. Prominent • amateurs are generously assisting Towns in the Expenses of his training. FOREST FIRES IN CANADA. Ottawa, September 11. Immense areas of forest are ablaze in tho province of Ontario, and threaten the township of Fort William, on the CanadianPacific Railway. LOCAL OPTION IN CAPE COLONY; Capetown, September 11. The Light Wine Licenso Bill was read a second time in the Capo Colony Legislative Council. The Government promise to incorporate a local option clause; TOLSTOY. , St. Petersburg, September 11. Count Tolstoy spent his eightieth birthday quietly with his family and intimates. He was greatly touched by the world-wide greetings he received. ANNEXATION OF CONGO . FREE STATE. Brussels, Septombor 10. The Belgian Son'ato, by '64 votes to 24, adopted a motion in favour of tho annexation of the Congo Free State by Belgium. In August the Belgian Chamber of Deputies' oarried a similar vote by 83 votes to 51, so Belgian annexation of the Congo Free State may apparently be taken as ratified so far as the Belgian Parliament is concerned. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN. London, September 10. A South Australian loan of two millions has been issued at 97iThis is the two million • loan required towards the rcdemjjtbn of tho -23,095,000 i per cent loan maturing in January next. The reoent attempt to arrange with Lloyd's Bank for the purchase outright of the a failure, and ultimately tho South Australian Agent-General (Mr. Jenkins), having differed with his Government, resigned. The present loan is being raised though the ordinary channels with tho usual underwriting and dotation charges. UNITED STATES FLEET DESERTERS. Melbourne, September 11. The United States battleship Kansas— which remained in Melbourne pending an inquiry into the collision between the United States collier Ajax and tho pleasure steamer Leura—has sailed for Albany. It is stated that when tho vessel left thoro were still one hundred American sailors missing. TASMANIAN FINANCES. ' Hobart, September 11. The Budget shows that the year closed with a surplus of £75,000. ' Tho deficit, which stood two yoars ago at £169,000, has been reduced to £37,000. GOVERNOR-GENERAL. ■ Melbourne, September 11. The Earl of Dudley, Governor-General of Australia, who was sworn in in Sydney, was accorded an enthusiastic welcome on arrival in Melbourno. SUVA-HERO COLLISION. (Rec. September 12, 0.20 a.m.) Sydney, September 11. The Court of Mariue inquiry into the collision between the steamer Suva and the tug Hero, off Sydney Heads on August 28, has concluded the taking of tho evidence, and has reserved its decision. A collision occurred off North Hoad, Sydney, early on the morning of August 28, between the A.U.S.N. Company's steel screw steamer Suva, 2229 ton#, built in lOCS, and the iron tug Hero, 161 tons, owned by J. Fenwick and Co. Tho Suva was bound to Nowcastle to bunker, and the tug was inward bound. Both woro badly damaged. The Suva was struck on tho port side, and a hole six feet in length and eighteen inches in depth was cut just below deck level. Several platos below tho waterline wero damaged and the rivets started. The Suva's pumps kept a hoavy inrush of water down (Jill the steamer reached the wharf. The Hero, in a cripplod stato, was towed into the', harbour.

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