GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 478, 10 April 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

\:i : '.: (SI TBLEGBAPH-rPRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT.) '?,'■■ '-i-.'-... :- ''' ; V- '.'.":,"——f- • '£:':■ '■'' ; ; v BIG FHIE-A COSTLY JOKE. , ; \\"f :/''■" ; ;.- (Roc.; April 9, "4.15 p.m.) '•■•.'■--.':■ '■:..':.'■•'.:■',.'■' . :.■"■■■ London, April 9. '■•'. .. ;■]' A' : dock fire at Millhall r caused £70,000 ; ..; 'damage. It was,' Started: by a boy jokingly : , putting a lighted cigarette, against a package ■'.■';.'' ->:) of.ijufe/' ' ;''■■'■, •• ' - ;ty ■ ; sultan's allowance reduced. ~•'■ ■;'.;: '■■•'.-■"'. Constantinople,-April 8. . .!'"'.■ .The Budget Committee of the ,Par- ''■■ liameht has reduced the' Sultan's,;.civil list -•to 25,000 .Turkish: pounds; per.-. mo'n.th. ;V''" : ': • J' NEGLECT ;OF.EXHIBITIONS. ' \ : y: •" London, April 7.. [ . '-The; Prince of "VYales, presiding at; a sitting x of ,the _ Royal Commission .on .International \. Exhibitions, declared that Britain's neglect of ';. "this,form of national advertising was highly i. detrimental to tho interests of a manufactur- '■', irig country. His Royal Highness expressed \ a' strong hope that the unprecedented iacili- '• 1 ties offered to British manufacturers to ex- ■', hibit. at Brussels and Turin would overcome . '•■ their reluctance." ■\ ROOSEVELT MEETS ITALY'S KING AT ; MESSINA. ;■ . , ■'..;■ i •■■•.•. Rome, April 7. : King Victor Emmanuel greeted ex-Presi-3ent Roosevelt at 'Messina, Sicily. • NATAL AND- THE' RAILWAY TRAFFIC. I _ ' ' Durban, April 7. ' Opinion in Natal is strenuously opposed to the agreement between • the Transvaal and the Portuguese administration of Mozani- • bique, which provides, inter alia, that 50. per cent..of,the Transvaal's overseas trade' shall go over the Portuguese Delagoa Bay railway. . !.:■' ':,•' SOUTH AFRICAN UNION. i l ' .■-•.'.■ Pretoria, April 7. . Both> Houses of the Transvaal, have approved, without alteration, the constitution ; drawn up by the South African Convention. f \ PURCHASE OF A BURNE-JONES.. 1 ' ''_ ' i ■ . _ London, April 7'. The trustees of "the Felton bequest have purchased Burne-Jones's picture,- "Wheel of Fortune," for the Melbourne Art Gallery. EMIGRATION ON SHARES PRINCIPLE. Melbourne, April 8. .-;,.'. One of the ■ originators of an association entitled the Empire Builders, Limited, of London, formed for the purpose of settling emigrants in British dependencies, has arJ rived here with a batch of twelve agriculturists, who will work together on the shares . -■' plan. : ; ' ■ ~ . STUD SALES: NEW ZEALAND BULLS. Sydney, April 8. • At,the stud sales, tho following New Zea-land-shorthorn bulls were sold:—Waikaka, 38 guineas; Bay King, 17 guineas; Royal Standard; 131 guineas; Expert, 71 guineas; Elect, 56 ; Casket, 41 guineas. 5 '■"■ '-■■. (Rec. April 9, 4.15 p.m.) Sydney, April 9. At. the stud sajes the New Zealand Ayrshire bull Jamie, of Inglowood, realised 20 . guineas. ; ,_ ;V . ..' THE PLAGUE. 1 : . ... Adelaide, April 8. The illness of a man named Cunningham j at Port Adelaide has been diagnosed as an ixtreme case, of bubonic plague. '(Rec. April 8, 10.50 p.m.) : ■ - ' -■'■■' Sydney, April 8. Another case of plague is reported, that of a"woman, who was employed in George ' Street West. .; : (Rec. April 10, 1.10 a.m.) i V'i— Sydney, April 9. ■ Two cases of) plague have occurred in Clarence Street and one in George Street. '. THE HOLIDAY. (Rec. April 10, 1.10 a.m.) Sydney, April 9. The weather is fine for tho holiday. The attendance at the show wp.s 71,000, and the takings £3471, against £3011 last year. i ILLNESS OF DR. SAUMAREZ' SMITH. Sydney, April 8. The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia (Dr. Saumarcz Smith), \ who-'was recently reported to be in failing health, has suffered a slight paralytic seizure. ' His advanced.age makes his position more serious. ,-:v;'.;./.' THE RUM TRADE. (Rec. April ,10, 0.30 a.m.) '-■■'- ■■'■-; London, April 9. The West India Committee states that quantities of plain spirits mixed with a small proportion of rum are exported to (ho colonies as rum, and asks the Australian Customs to assist in stopping the practice, which ; • iniures tho Wash industry;