GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 510, 18 May 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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ftEW HEBRIDES: THE JOINT COURT. (ll?c May 17, 0.35 p m.) Paris, May 17. I'icsidcnt l ( 'olliores' decrees enforcing tho provisions oi tho Anglo-Frcncn Oonveption of 1900, relating to tho New Hebridee, ha\o been gazetted. They jn- v stitulo two French Courts, civil and criminal The documents include rules for tho joint Aiislo-Fronch Court, undei tho Conventiou of 1007. * PRESS CONFERENCE DELEGATES. (R«c. May 17, 11.50 p.m.) Ottawa, May 17. Ino Canadian authorities, press, and public, are everywhoro grwng ovations to and fctmg tho Australian press delegates ' rho aro now in Toronto. LORD ROBERTS'S GOLDEN WEDDING., tontJon, May 16. Field-Marshal Lord Roberta will celebrate ' hie golden iwedding on Mdndav, [Lord Roberts, now 76 years of married on Mny 17, 1859, Nor.i Henrietta, daughter qf Ciptain Bews, 73ul Foot. His onlj eon wan / killed during tho South African War, at tho Tugcla Rivor. winning,,the.,, Victoria .Cross. Lord Eoboitss lieii is his (laughter, ladr Ailecn llarj Roberts, to whom tho Peeragt will pass by special remainder.] UNEMPLOYMENT AND TRAGEDY, London, May 16. Georgo .Brown, a collier at Comsbrough, in . Yorkshire, who hnd been out of work for cloven montliß, attempted to murder his eight ' elooping chddren by turning oil tho gae. Ho then oomn-.itted suicide 1 The children aro in a serious state, but ivill probably recover. * ' M'ARTHUR AND CO. 1 London, May 16. , , ; Tho report of tho W. and A M'Arthur < Company for tho year to January 81 shows'a profit of £,1706. A dividend of *5J per oent. Iβ paid on tho preference shares, and £864 in oarriod forward. ! [Tho Australian and English firm of W. mid A. M'Arthur 'wont into liquidation in 1907, and a new compauy was formed to take over the business and carry it on as from January, IPOS.] ' ART COLLECTION AUCTIONED. 1 London, May Iβ. , Tlio lato Justice Day's collection of modern DutolKand Fronch pictures has been sold by i auction, tho collection realising £95,000. Tho Folton Trust, of Victoria, secured ono picture for 120 guineas. "GRAND LARCENY" IN ' AMERICA. ' New York, May 16. Augustus Heingo, formerly president of thb 1 Mcrcantilo National Bank ot thus United States, has been chaiged with applying . 2,250,000 dollars (£150,000) belonging to th« institution to his own use. , • , GETTING ROUND ANTI-BETTING LAW. New York, May 16. ' ' , Tho Law Courts havo decided that tho now anti-gambbng Ja\v (passed i,by tho Now York State Legislature at the instance of Governor ( ' Hughes) only prohibits tbo registration of 1 bets on tho racecourse , Bootmakers aro ' doing much business'orally, the money, being paid 11} envelopes. 1 • TASMANIAN LOTTERIES POSTAL BLACK LISr Hobart, May 17. •A long list of persons to whom postal ar- ' tocles aro not to uo delivered has been pub- t hshed. Tine includes tho trustees of Georgo Adams's vvill, and the Commercial Travellers' Club Tlio prohibition in regard to tho latter, however, does not apply to all members. OBITUARY. ' ' s London, May Iβ. ' Lady Scott, mother of tlio lato Countese 1 Russell, is dead. 1 ' , Sydney, May 17. , Tho death is announced of M.r. Montagu Scott, the wcll-knpwu animal painter. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. sydnoy, May 17. ' ' ,' Useful rain has fallen 111 all parts of tho • SUto c\ooplmg tho coastal districts, vhoro tho tnll was light. Up to an inch fell ui tho Ruerma. \ v (Ucc. Mny 17, 1160'pm.) Sydney, May 17. The weather is stormy and bitterly cold. , _ TO CONTROL AMATEUR ROWINQ. , 1 Brisbane, May 17. f At a conference of intei -State rowing representatives, it was decided to appoint an Australian Rowing Board of Aduco to oontrol amateur rowing. Each State is to bo loprosiMited by three delegates A PATENT FIRE EXTINGUISHER. Bydney,i Jlaj 17. ■ Advices hivo boon rccei\eJ thit representatives of tlio'Adiimaltj, of Llojd's, and Uia London fire bugadcs intnesicd a satisfactory trial of a firo oxtinguiiher invented by Dr. Harkci, of Sjdney. Tho process consists of using vvasto gases from tho up-tako of a ( vessel's boilors for fire ci.tinguishing and fumigation puri»sos. After carding out successful trials 111 Sjdncj, Dr. Barker proceeded with lus invention to London. s