GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 335, 23 October 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

|BY IBLE&tIArn—MiESS ASSOCIATION—COPT EIGHT.) TRAFALGAR DAY. (Rec. October 22, 0.45 p.m.^ Londonj' October 22. Trafalgar Day was celebrated in London in the customary manner, the Nelson Column being decorated. ; - CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE. Paris, October 21. A Papal circular to the French bishops forbids the attendance of -clergy -at -the Stato universities. J ' : EXAGGERATED. Poking, October 21. The affair at Kan-toa, on thp Korean border, between Chinese and Japanese turns out to be an unimportant fracas. WILLER AND • Lonttari, October 21. Justine the Hon. Sir Rdlph Neville, of the High Court, has approved ' the voluntary winding up of-the firm of Wilier and Riley, produce merchants. The Winding up, bv order of the judge, will be carried out under tho 'supervision of tho Court. 5 MESSAGERIES-MARITIMES. Paris, October 21. The French Government is .guaranteeing an issue of Messageries-Jlaritjines .bonds, which are being put on the market','with the.object of securing a scrvice /Between .the East and Australia. " COLONIAL WINES. London, October 21. There wero 111 entries of colonial -.wines at tho Breweries' Exhibition. Six gold, seven silver, and seven bronze medals were awarded to Now South Wales, Victoria,' - and;' South Australian growers. Tho "newspapers comment favourably on tho excellent display, by New South Wales arid South Australia, FOOTBALL: London, October 21. The Australian League team (professional) beat Runcorn by 3 goals and a try to 2 goals and. a try. DR. MASON AT MEDICAL CONGRESS. Melbourne, Ootober 22. At tho Australasian Medical Congress, Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer for Now Zealand, delivered a paper on "Sidelights on tho Work of a Health Oflioer." MINTAHO-WAIRUNA COLLISION.. Sydney, Ootober 2-2. The Marine Court found that tho collision between the steamers Mintaro and Wairuna was caused by tho Mintaro's master thinking that tho Wairuna had anchored. This mistako was discovered too lato to prevent a collision. Thero was nothing to justify tho certificate of either master boing dealt with. [At the time of the collision the Adelaido Steamship Company's steamer Mintaro was outward bound, and tho Union Company's Waf* ranu was Bhifting to anotlior berth; Tho Mintaro was - considerably damaged, her forepoak being full of water, and alio restumed to pert; a crew of artificers from the cruiser Gibraltar smartly stopped tho • leak withcollision units. A survey of the Wairuna showed that nine plates were dented, reaching below the waterline. It is expected that four or flvo will ltavo to bo replaced.]