GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(ni Ter.nGtiArn—peess association—corTuionT.), ,' w . ■. •. \'•'v . '•'// A STRIKE W NATAL. April 27, 0.5 a.m.) • ■ j: ,• ; Durban, April 26. Employees, on tho Natal Stato railways, numbering 1500, striick, owing'to objecting to pieoe : work. ■ They refused' the Government s offer of an inquiry. , . GERMAN ATLANTIC SHIPPING. Berlin, April 26. ■ ■ ilerr Heincken, chairman of tho.North Germrnj. ljloy.ds, in.' succossion ; to, tho late Or. Wtegand. (who was reported to have died through worrying over, tho. trans-Atlantic traffic - slump), states that the, prospects, are improving. , - Tho number. -of passengers for tho last three 1 months, is equal -to tho whole number for .4903.. There i 3 ho intention on the.' part, of .the.. North-German Lloyd. Company' to amalgamate with the Hamburg? American Company. , , . X'. • AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS: London, April 26. .The 'Australian cricketers r haro arrived .at Marseilles in good health." - ' BANK FRAUDS. . London,, April 25. =■-' i'Vederiok/ lleginald ,lOng, • formerly a clerk iji, tho employ -ofVtho London and : Southwestern .Bailk,' has been remanded at Bow Street; .charged with.forgery, and complicity in AVindell's frauds. . ' ' SHAW-SAVII,L,DIVIDEND, i London, April 25. . The ; Shaw,, Savill ■ and Albion Company's report . for 'tKe! past. year.■ shows,th^t-_' • the promts amounted to £28,028. A. dividend of ff per cent, is declared, and £8491 -is carried forward. 1 ' .. BROKEN HILL WORK TO BE RESUMED. Sydney, April 26. . The-Block Ten Company has-decided to unwater the minoi It is anticipated tint the'miners- will resume, work on Friday. ■ VICTORIAN MINISTER'S REPORT. ON ■ NEW ZEALAND. Melbourne, April 26. • Tho Victorian. Minister for Lands, Mr. H. M'Kenzie, embodies his conclusions on his Visit-to New Zealand 'in a. report Cabinet. iio was very niuch' impressed with,tho manner ,in wtiichth^.,.Labourßureau was Worked 1 itt~New: . aud , ;thinks.^: the principle might well, bo adopted', in .Victoria. He; denies stating in < New Zealand, as had i "bee'feroported,thatV the; Aont' int.eniled'':introdiicing a graduated land tax next session. : I ■ ■ ■ -■ /.... AUSTRALIAN WASTES TO GROW , • COTTON. | ■ Melbourne,- -April 26. -i , : A company is beins formed to promote i : c6H6n-grpwing' in~;Nprth-West Australia.' 1 ' It is-proposed to utiliso the labour of Hindus i :and Malays. . . " ' ■' ; 1 LOVE'TRAGEDY; THE SENTINEL ! MOON ' : '■ Hobart, April 26. I At'~"the inquest as to tho death of the girl-Langdale,, cablcd on April 10, tlio evii' tlerice showed , that 'on 'one. occasion she and Attwell'went to the.river intending; to drown ilthoniselves together. 'J'hoy sat for hours Waiting for darkness, but' the moon would not go down. NEW TASIIANIAN CABLES, r :...- : Melbourne, April 26. i" /The now cables between Australia and Tasj mania, laid to the order: of. the 'Common-: I wealth Government; will be operated 'from midnight on Friday next. Satisfactory trials Uavo been made. - - . EIGHT HOURS DAY. ■■■■■■■ " l Melbourne, April 26. I ■ The. Eight .Hours Day colebrations passed lioff successfully. . ■