GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 592, 21 August 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

W Wieffrhbii.-rriiiii Aieitllkiloti.'-flbbyHelil i » 1_ SHACKLETON'B TRIP-BTATK GRANT OF £20,000.; ' (Red. August 20, 16:35 pjn.) ' ,\ . London, Angnst 25. In the Houße of Commons, tbi> Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) annonnced his. imteition bo recommend & grant of £20j000 towarde ,tho cost. , of Lieutenant' Shacldoton'e Antarctic expedition (tho expenses of which have 'largely exceeded the guaranteo); AGAMEMNON REFLOATED. I londort, August 19. ' With assistance from tuge t the batUosbiA Againom , noil, 16,600 tons, wiicb. Went afiAjuia 1 at Shceriiess, has been l-ofloatodi' Bho Iβ apparently little datonged. , \ CASTRO LOOATED. '' Maftlcl, Atorfn'rt 18i , ¥ho of OittHand CastW, exi Presidbnt of Vellezubla, has been a m»st«rt i {of some time. It has now boen found tnait Castro is residing at Solarcs, a small tdwd in tho north 6f Spaih, scVen iniles . ' east of Santimder. ' \ ALLEGED CONFtDENOB V&ICK: August 20. Georce Tliompßon. an .Amoncap, has boon . , remanded at the Marylebono Court on ft oh3rgo of Btealing £100 from William Strong) an Australian merchant, by means di a confidence trick. An alleged confederate escaped. - LIVE EXPLOSIVES IN COAL. Londoni August 20. With regard to the alleged finding of livo cartridges in a cargo of SdUtli Wttlee coal that was being transferred to tho crUißer Djiko ttf .Edinburgh,' ; it is now officially slated that detonators were found) but not cartridges. , iNDIA and Ireland , . London, Anguit 19. Placards havd been pdsted near Dtlblint , ■ lind in otllef li'lHb of Ireland)' With 'tho b> v sctiption, printed Ui large, title typo:—"lreland hdliours Dbingra, wild was proud tb laj down his life for his countryi" , GONSEORATION~OF AROHBISHOP 6P' SYDNEYi Londbn, August 19. Arclidenuon Wriglir, of Manchester, will bo coilsecratcd as Afrclibiehdp of Sydney by thb Archblshdn of Canterbury at St. Paul's on Tuesday afckt. Tlio Bishops df MdhfchcSj tor, Soutb'wark, Gibialtai , , and Rangodnwill assist in the cerombiiy. , , JOnNSON-KAtJFMANN MATCH OFF. LontldH, Aughst 20. Tho heaVy-weieht bosiug lnateli, JAhhsoh (champion) and Kaufmann, is off. . MINING PERILS; CREEP IN MOUNT August 20i Atl ditonsivo "creep" has occuhrod in an cuttiDg at Mount Morgan Minei All work has been stopped in tho vicinity. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY LOSS, Molbourna, AUgtist 2d. It is reported that thd 'Broken Hill' Proprietary Coinpaiiy showß a loss dufilig Ihd ' lafeb half-year of £59,020) Ballsed ty Ulo lite dtrikb, tho stoppage oi the smbltihg woty dperatidhs, alld the decrease ill the price Of lend. ,' , GOLfT Melbourne, Ailgust 20. Tho Hon. Michael Scott; of Victoria, wh6 recently won the New South Wales amalciir g;olf champiotisliip, has tttn tno golf chamrioliship" of Vicloha. EARTH TREMORS. Sydney, Anguet 20, A prortbnnced earth iromor was tecordtd at tho observatory on Wcdnpsday. A Boricß of scisinio Waves was lecordedj oStondiilg from 10.44 aim. to 11.65 aim, Do not try to ouduro that nerve-facking coUgh. Zyiaolo Trokcys will stop it and rS move the irrititidh. They dispel hoawwuss and et+enßthen the throW. • , ? CYCLE TYEES. ' Are ]?ut* rubber of gredt tticWss, toughened and vulcanised by phUni jtrocsss ob io a waler-rciißting bae& , Most suitable tjr* tot New Zo&lt&d obhditions, Qgttfanbwd 15 Inbhthe, AU.ehbpe. . CVGU3 AND HO'KiR SUPPLIES. XOU, .Wolliiucton. CSXi