GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 451, 9 March 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(er TELHaitAm—pbess association—corraiouT.) » ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SUCCESSFUL. (Rec. March 8, 9.25 p.m.) Rome, March 8. The Italian elections havo given Signor Giolitti's Government a largo majority. fSignor Giovanni Giqlitti became Italian Premier for tho third time in 1905, and Minister of tho Interior. Born at Mondovi in 1812, of an old but poor family of mountaineers, l-o has preserved the same simple habits as when he was a struggling barrister. After occupying several minor legal posts he entered politics in 1882 as Deputy for Coni, and soon came to the front as a man of great independence and ability, and also as an orator. Although he became Minister of tho Treasury under Crispi (1S89), he subsequently fought the Crispinian policy with the greatest determination as Prime Minister. When he fell and his opponent returned to power, Signor Giolitti crossed the frontior, having been advised that his arrest had been decided on. Dnring his second administration (1303-5), ho introduced soveral Liberal reforms. TURKEY'S BUDGETARY DEFICIT. Constantinople, March 8. Tho Turkish Budget for tho coming year will show a deficit of four millions. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN SOUTH AMERICA. London, March 8. Strong earthquake shocks are reported along the coast of the Bay of Guayaquil (on tho coast of Ecuador, whoso principal seaport, Guayaquil, is on an estuary of tho Bay). ITALY'S DISASTER—LORD MAYOR'S FUND. London, March 8. Tho Lord Mayor of London's Italian Earthquako Fund amounts to £136,420. WHEAT CARGO ON FIRE. London, March 8. The eteamer Inverkip, 4353 tons gross, bound from Geolong to Falmouth, with a cargo of wheat, has put into the Spanish seaport of Vigo with her bunkers and No. 2 hold afire. DINIZULIFS EXILE. Durban, March 8. Mr. W. A. Deano, Minister for Defence, announces that Dinizulu (recently sentenced to four years' imprisonment for sheltering rebels) will never again return to Zululaaid. TAFT'S POLICY. • New York, March 8. Tho American press is unanimous in praising President Taft's inaugural address. .RUSSIA AND PERSIA. St. Petersburg, March 7. Russia will send half a sotuia of Cossacks to deal with the disturbances at Resht, a town in Persia lying to the south-east of the Caspian Sea, and situated on an important trado route from the Persian interior to Russia in Europe. ACCIDENT AT A DOCK. London, March 7. The rush of water which "• followed tho bursting of the dam of tho new Victoria Dock at Birkenhead threatened tho barrier of the great dock. Tho barrier, however, withstood the pressure, otherwise several vessels would havo been overwhelmed. THE WASHINGTON BLIZZARD. New York, March 7. One hundred trains wero snowbound on Thursday within fifty miles of Washington. A BISHOP'S WIDOW LEAVES TEN MILLIONS. Now York, March 7. Tho widow of Bishop Potter (tho lato Protestant Episcopalian Bishop of New York) is dead. Tho estimated valuo of her estate is ten million pounds. REAL TENNIS. London, March 7. In a match of real tennis at Cambridge, Twinn, of England, beat W. Stone, of Melbourne, 8-6, B—6, 6—4. [Real, or royal, tennis is played within walled courts. On February 21, at Prince's Club courts, Stone beat Twinn, the scores being d—B, G-4, 9-7, G-3.] LAWN TENNIS. London, March 8. In tho lawn tennis championships at the Riviera, in tho gentlemen's doubles the Americans. Alexander and Myers, beat Simond and' Ritchie, the holders, 2—6, 2—6, 6—3, 6—4, 6—3., . FOOTBALL. London, March 7. The football match Wales versus tho Australian Loaguo team had to bo postponed owing to bad weathor. TRUMPER SHOWS A GLIMPSE OF OLD FORM. Sydney, March 8. Viotor Tmmper, playing for Paddington in a cricket match against .Wavorley, scored 2(30 runs in 210 minutes. SMALLPOX. • Perth, March 8. Throo moro of the coloured crow of tho steamer Paroo —which has already had two cases, ono being fatal—aro down with smallpox.