GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 311, 25 September 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(DT TELEGItAI'II—rEESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) MISS ASQUITH'S ACCIDENT. • (Rec. September 24, 9.35 p.m.) London, September 24. Later details of tho accident to Miss Violet Asquith, the Prime' Minister's 1 daughter,' who was rescued by a search party from an unpleasant position nearvthe edge of 1 a cliff at Slain's Castle, Aberdeenshire, show that Miss Asquith tripped on the rocks and fell, and, striking her, head, was stunned. UNITED STATES TRAINING- SHIP ASHORE,,," V-..'" , New York, September 24. The United States training, cruiser Tankeo. is ashore at Buzzard's Bay (Massachusetts), with several holes in her. bottom. ~ HURRICANE IN THE BAHAMAS. London, September 24. A hurricane has devastated tho Bahama Islands, wrecking many-vessels, and destroy.-, ing many houses. Great distress prevails. Destructive storms, causing many deaths, were reported from parts of tho Bahama Islands in 1898. The Bahamas consist of a chain of islands, GOO miles in length, lying between the S.B. corner oFCuba-'and'"'Florida y area, 4466 square miles; population, 59,142, the majority being of the negro race. Twenty islands of the group aro inhabited, but there are besides about 3uoo and rocks. Tho chief island politically ";is _ New Providonce (area 58 square miles), ori-'which is the capital, Nassau, population 12,000, ;a favourite winter health resort for Americans and West Indians. Other islands aro Andros,- Eleuthcra, Great and Little Bahama, Abaco, Inagua, etc. There is much forest and valuable timbei% Cattle are largely reared. Saint Salvador,;\vKefe Colum' : bus first landed in 1492, is orib'of'tho Bahamas." Chief exports: Sponges, turtles, pineapples,, oranges, and sisal' fibre, mainly to the United States. The Government is-representative. There is a Governor and an Executive',' a'Legis- 1 . lative Council, and a House of Assembly ! of 29' membrs. Education is free,- compulsory,-, and, unsectarian. .. . - FATAL EXPLOSION- ON -A • BRUISER. * ' ■ Parte,|.September.' 23. , With regard to the' „a n . big gun on the French.,\armoui;ed _. cruiser Latouche-Treville, which'killed thiifeetf'meri' and mortally 'wounded two, it is stated-t-hat-when tho gun burst the covering of ..its turret flew into splinters.,-The: dejk^of the yessol was littered with mutilated, r.eir-ains.,,;. EMPIRE -DAYt - September 23. Statistics published - .-slio'iv'- that '.'Empiro Day was observed by 15,640 schools and 3,229,000 scholars in the; TJnited Kingdom, and.35,482 schools and 3,548,200 scholars, ill tho colonies—an increase"for the Empire'' of 3119 schools and .715,000 scholars.- ./ .. .. COMMONWEALTH AND . STATES. Sydney, September' 24. The Legislative Assembly, by 43 votes to 23, adopted tho resolutions Sf/fhe/Eremiers' Conference, setting forth "the' vi6w=" of' the States as to the Federal financial proposals. RIFLE SHOOTING. Adelaide, .Septexr,berv..24.i>->

At the Rifle Association meeting, tho King's Prize was won>'by R'ltter,.' Victoria (260), who beat Hyde, of Qneensknd—who tied with him —in the' shoot-off.