GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 593, 23 August 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By TolcEraph.—Prim . imocl»llon,—OopjrlEti i ;* . \ STJFPEA6ETTES AND LORD CREWE. \ (Rec. August 22, ,5.5 p.m.) London, August 21. Suffragettes and their sympathisers, caused riotous scenes outside St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, whero tho Secretary for the Colonics, Lord Crewe, was speaking. Lord Crewe, owing to the, dense crowd, resorted to strategy at the close of his speech to' make his' exit. ' DAYLIGHT THEFT OF JEWELLERY. London, August 21. Jewellery valued at £4000, belonging to Mrs. Moser, an American, was stolen in the daytime from a room of tho Great Central Hotel, London.' OHINO-JAEANESE SETTLEMENT ' LIKELY. London, August 20. Router's Agency reports that the announcement -ivill shoitlj' be mado officially that, all outstanding questions beUcen China and Japan have been amicably settled.' ANOTHER TRANSATLANTIC RECORD. , London, August 20. ' The- Cunard liner Maurotania crossed the Atlantic westwaids in 4 'dajs 14 hours 28 minutes —a jecord, THE SHACKLETON TRIP FINANCES. London, August 20. Lieutenant? Shackleton, interviewed on the Prime Minister's promise to recommend 'a grant of £20,000 towards the finances of the recent Antarctic expedition, .said a further) appeal for assistance was unnecessary:

evorything was right now. He appreciated greatly the generositj of tho Government as lCprosenting the nation, and believed its action, would be- popular. (Rcc. August 22, 5.5 p m ) London, August 21. Mr. Asquith, in a letter to Lieutenant Shackletou, says that the Government isi much lmpiessed with tho great value of the discoveries made by his expedition, and with tho efficient and economical manner in winch * the whole enterprise has been conducted. DANISH WOMAN TAKES SPEAKER'S CHAIR. Copenhagen, August 20 ,Mary Westonhols, an elderly splnstfer, entered thoi Folkething (the Danish House of Commons) in Copenhagen, and took the Speaker's chair. Kinging the Speaker's bell, the intruder denounced the llinistei for Defence,'and tho fiovernniont as a band of unpatriotic hirelings and betrajers of Dcnmaik's honour. ITALIAN STABBING CASE-ONE MAN DEAD , Tl , t „ August 21. An Italian namod Castellma stabbe<l two of his countrymen, Foraeti and' Carara. i Forasti is dead, and Carara is in a serious condition. Tlio ciimo was the outcome of a quarrel. I MOUNT LY.ELL RETURN. i Melbourne, August 21. I The Mount Lyell return from July 15 to August 11 inclusive shows that 27,224 tons of oro were treated, also 205 tons of purj chased oio. Tho smelters produced 732 tons , of blister copper, containing 724 tons coni per, 53,582 ounces eilvor. and 10G5 ounces '■gold.