GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 535, 16 June 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

liii TSLEumrii—ruEsa association—cprrnioUTj. LIEUTENANT. SHACKLETON. ' (Rec. Juno 15, 9.20 p.m.);' i. London, Judo 16. ■ Lieutenant Shackleton has arrived in London. He was tho recipient of 400 telegrams of congratulation from all parts of tho world. Captain Collins (Commonwealth; representative) personally conveyed tho 'Commonwealth's felicitations.' The National Geographical Society of the United States has awarded Lieutenant Shackleton tho > Hubbard gold medal.; \ t'' rl [Tho following are the dates of importance in the siege of tho Southern Pole, showing the distance from the South Pole reached by explorers during the past two centuries Date. Explorer. Miles from Pole. 1774 ...... Cook 1200 1?23 Weddoll ....... 1050 18*1 Boss.w:*,, .1900 Borchgrevink • " 800 11 * " 1902 ..... Scott . 450 ' 1909 ■ Shackleton 57 * Lieutenant Shackleton has-thus -made an immense advance, on the. previous'record.] WEEKLY REST CAY FOR LONDON -r POLICE. London, Jano 15. In the House of Commons, the Home Secretary/ Mr... Gladstone,; announced that a weekly day of rest" had bi;cn granted to the constables of the Metropolitan" Polico Force. This will make it. necessary-to, employ 1500 additional cbnStables." ' , "

[Following on tho report last yoar-.ofi the Eojal Cnnmission on ■. the - Xondori 'Police— which was generally favourable to tho force— the following appeared ,in . a Loudon paper :—• "The policeman is required to-doi eight hours iduty daily. Day work is-,often performed' inwatches, as it were,,of four, hours each. Thus, ho goes on duty from 6 a.m. till 10.a.m. ;i rests till 2 p.m ; goes on again till G p.m. When on night work he is on duty from 10 p.m. until ,6 a.m. As a rule, he is engaged :duririg alter-, nate months on night or da,r duty.' During these times he has to "; do—well,'.let us >say ( 'policeman's work' which x inoludes among many other tasks the direction of;traffio,-tho-answering of innumerable questions, the stopping of runaway horses, tho arrostiug of desperate characters, and the care of lost babies. That the. work is both difficult and dangerous' is proved by the fact that of the. 3000 men who como under the doctor's care 'annually 'a largo proportion, do so through .injuries'received while on duty. It, may seem„ surprising, that such a good class of candidato' applies for such arduous service, but there are iflaa'y good points about a policeman's life. He-is only paid 255. Gd. on appointment, but .then, he .has a good supply of clothing.' lie'has'an annual increase of pay nt the rate ,of Is. a week until tho maximum of 335. Gd.'is reached.Tlien there is extra pay for promotion-a" sergeant gets from 3Ss. to,jE2 2s. a week, an in" spector from' X 2 19s. to ...£3 75.. per i week, a superintendent from .£320 to .£(2O per. annum:' Theso figures apply to the Metropolitan Police only. The rates paid tho City., /police (nro slightly higher. After .15'. years', service) m? unfit for further duty, a, man is retired, on, a pension. If he serves th'o' full 26 years he is entitled to a pension equal to two-thirds of his salary."]

: JAPANESE IN.HAWAII. Now York, Juno, 14. In connoction with the; alleged conspiracy, of Japanese, labourers .'in Hawaii, .tho JajKuieso Consul-General approves tJie prosecution of tri'clvfl leaders of tho stinkers for conspiracy and riot, and of three others for conspiracy and murder. FLOATING ACETYLENE SHELLS FOR SEARCHLIGHTS. ... Berlin,*, June; 14'. Germany is trying acetylene shells for soarchlights for' naval purposes. Tho. projectiles float for threei hours. ': V FIRE ON A STEAMER.-SIX, LIVES LOST. Sydney, June 15. Tie underwriters have received a cable messago announcing that an explosion m an oil-tank caused a hre on board tho steamer Growngen at tho port of Taniong l'riok, in Java. Tho firo was soon extinguished, but six of the crew lost their lives. AUSTRALIAN CADETS" FOR NAVY. Melbourne, Juno 15. : i The Federal Minister for - Defence, Mr, Cook, is considering a suggestion that the Commonwealth should defray, the cost of training Australian cadets in the Royal Navy,

SUPPOSED SEAQUAKE. . _ , . Sydnay, Juno 15, On Sunday morning a severe earth tromor ivas registered at tlio Sydney Observatory. It is supposed tliero was a stibmarino disturbance a thousand miles off the Now South Walos coast., WEE WAA TRAGEDY—SENTENCE, ' / u d , noy > Jnuo.lo. , Williams, found guilty of the. manslaughter of Johnston in December last at Wee Waa (where Johnston's body was found in the river), has been sentenced to ten yoare' imprisonment.