GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 280, 7 August 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By TolOKraph.-Preas AssoclntlDii.-OopyrlilH.i

NATIONALIST SEAT

!'-W; ."//.(RccV AuKustvG.. lO'.kf: vim.). .,.;'. :< - •.■ :■-:> ■■'.', ■ London,. August/ G.- : ■Mr., Scanlari '■ (Nationalist): was- returncd'undppos'ed for- North 'Sligo, .''which" seat was rendered /vacant .by'..the'deatli.of Mr. P. A. •M'Hugh'' : (Nationalist). !- '•.-'.•■■,-.' -:. ;

BORON'S HEIR DIES WHILE UNDER ANAESTHETIC

, : London.-Ausust f>, ■v. jThe vHon.j'_ Thomas Athorton foivys, agea Id years, heir of Lord Liiford, died -.under an l ai)aesth6tic : i.d'uriiig ! ,'an-;operation" ' for thp removal •/,■;; .;;'u , \'

-FATAL ERROR.—LIVE SHOT AMONG":.vr ■';...THE blank;;.;■■-.

~".';:/ London,;. August '5;. : ;Mr.;Hodgsqn, ohaplam; of ..the''Leeds Rifle o]ub; while;.' watching r.tho;, manoeuvres of territorial; troops at Gainsborough, was killed by a stray bullet from a live cartridge, which had. got.,mixed witrutke, blank ammunition.

WEATHER DAMAGES THE HOPS.

'.;•'.'■>.'•' ' : X;.'' ■ London, August 5. . 'The bad weather this: summer has seriously affected tho'hop' crop." The position in Kent is .critical. '.'.■'., ,:■'■■:■;■ .'<-. •■'.'■.■'.■".•■...>.■ '. . ..;

?vl DELEGATES. ; '

; ji '.'.'.' •■ ' ;;.'■ ; Londcn, August 15. . .Mr., Mark Cohen, editor ■. of the Dunedin ."Star;'-' : iyill' return to. New Zealand by;the Marama, and Mr: G, Feriwict. of the "Otago Daily Times," bytho Makurd;: '•'•■;.

1- ~;';'■'".PREFERENTIAL VOTING.

■;■; .. ;;■;:. .^.;i:.,.Molbourna ( -August 6.'-.--sitting of- the State : Assembly. was suspended 'for a couple of. hours, at the 'n-. vita-tion ; of.;, the Treasurer, while .mockelections 1 wore held in one of the 'committee rooms io demonstrate 'the working of the preferential voting.system. VA section of tho 'House object, to the, introduction : of the. System m tho; Electoral Bill, and took this novel ■; way of, illustrating thjir objections.

LOAN BALLOT"A LOTTERY.

;■.'■' ..;■-•.■:.:;.. ; :- ■ Sydney, August '6. The High Court upheld the, Lower, Court's deoision that a loan ballot, conducted-by the Mutual Loan Agency, Ltd., was a lottery. ;

j. ; SENTENCE FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.

■ .['■ Adolaldo, August 6. Jacobs, late manager of the -Bank of Adelaide, 'at Caltowie, has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for embezzling £213, the,money of the bank. ','.

TASMANIAN POTATO DISEASE.

■' Melbourno, August 6. ~ The: Federal and State authorities propose te take prompt action to;prevent the potato disease in Tasmania (reported to be Irish blight) -from spreading to other States'.

.VICTORIAN WOMEN VOTERS.

:;.,; Melbourne, August 6. A hundred and sixty-eight thousand women have been enrolled as voters for the State Legislative Assembly. ;

SYDNEY: HORSE SALES.

.■■■•:' s"'",', ;. ■ Sydney, August' 6. - At the horse sales the following sales were reported ;—On, aacount of Mr.Gadsby, Tnranaiii, Clydosdalo Big'Bon, 70 guineas; on 'account 'of Mr. .Hoult, Foildiug,. two colts,' 28 guineas and 30 guineas. Mr. ,D. Mitchell, of New Zealand, bought the ] Victorian Clydesdale Horigo. '. -.-!'.-..' ■- i ■ ..-. ■;'. Sydney, August 6. At the horee sales the following draught mares wore sold :-r-On account of Mr. Grant, Blaso 48 guineas, Loivie 71 'guineas, Blanch 59--guineas;" Noll 47-guineas; on account of Mr. Qadsby; Miss, Grant 80 guineas, Rosebud II 100 guineas, Royal Gem 75 guineas; on account of Mr. Hoult, ten mares, aggregating 409 guineas; on account of Mr. Brett (Foildmg), 15 mares, aggregating -548 guineas.