GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

{By Teleeraph -Press Association -Copyright.) 4 AN INDIAN LOAN ISSUE. (Rec. July 14, 8.35 p.m.) Caloutta, July 14. India is issuing on July 28 a 3j per cent loan of 230 lakhs (the lakh represents 100,000 rupees, tho rupee beong roughly 2s). UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.' , ' London, July 14. The Union Bank of Australia has declared a; dividend of 10 per cent, and a bpnus of 2 per • cent. ,The sum of £10,000 has been added to'the colonial premises account, and £20,000 to reserve. The suih of £38,000 is earned forward. LATE COMMERCHALI" ( - London, July 14 Copper—On the spot, £57 Is. 3d., three months, £58 17i> fjcl., electrolytic, £59 10s. per J ton.' , ~ ~ , ' , Tin—On' the spot, £130 17s. ~6d,>; three months, £132'7s 6d. per ton. Lead—£l2 12s. 6d. por ton. At the wool sales, Ruakiture sold at 61d., 'Severn Is. OJd., Pmo Valley : ls OJd. < "CANADA'S NEW LOAN. London, July 13. It is understood that Canadian unaerwntiors secured 65 per cent, of the new Oana--1 dian 8} per cent, loan of six apd a half millions. , ' THE MARATHON CRAZE ' , . London, July 13. Dorando, the Italian long-distance runner, is overwhelmed with proposals to take part in "competitions in 1910. He declares that he will probably give the preference to South Africa and Australia. COLONIAL .OFFICE APPOINTMENT. "- " ••■ London, July 14. Mr. G. V. Fiddes, principal clerk of the Colonial Office, has succeeded Mr. R. L Antrobus as Assistant Under-Secretary of tho Colonial Office. , • t EX-SULTAN'S WEALTH. Constantinoplo, July 13. The director of the Deutsche Bank at Constantinople has handed to Abdul Hamid, tho deposed Sultan of Turkey, half a million sterling. Abdul haß promised to transfer tho amount to tho Turkish Minister of War. UNITED STATES PACIFIO FLEET. No* York, July 13, Tho American Pacific fleet will bo dispatoned to the Philippines at the end of tho forthcoming naval manoeuvres. * STRUCK A CORAL PINNACLE. Brlsfcano, July 14. The Federal liner Dorset struck what is believed to be an unchaited pinnacle of coral near Cape Capricorn. She armed here, making a little water. ( A BISHOP DIES PENNILESS. Sydney, July 11 ■ The late Dr Murray, Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland, did not possess sixpence on his. death. LATE SHIPPING , Sydnoy, July 14. Sailed.—Mokoia (3 30 p m ) Melbourne, July 14 Sailed.—Manuka , ] ■ (