GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 595, 25 August 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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CHEAPSIDE DAYLIGHT ROBBERY. (Rec. August 2i, 11.35 p.m.) (t , m 1 , t-PndOTli August 24. John Tajlor (painter), WiUiam Russell (tailor), George Tavjor (no otoupation). Charles Gnrron (billmrdist), and Charles limglit (furniture porter) were remanded at the Mansion Housp on the charge of robberv at Messrs.. Mappin and Webb's premises, Cheapside, described, yesterday. MODERN CAR OF JUGGERNAUT. mu xt ' ir , London, August 23 lne York correspondent of the "Daily lelegraph ' states th,at persons were killed by motor-car 1 accidents m the United States on Thursday, making over two hundred and fifty in a week. BRITISH CATTLE T?OR JAPAN „, , , , , Lqndon, August 23 lhe head of a Japanese cattle-breeding establishment is visiting Britain to purchases stock, especially Ayrshires WINE LABELS. „ , . Paris, August 23 J! reach wine-growers aro highly favourable to tho proposal of tho Government to ibsuo —for revenuo purposes—State labels for wines, guaranteeing purity. THE QUEEN AND GENERAL BOOTH. London, August 23. ljueen Alexandra has sent a message of sympathy to peneral Booth, who has undergone an operation for cataract \n the eye. OBITUARY. mL J Ll _ Molbourn?, August 24 B nc d <* ath A apnoiniced, at the age of 63, of Mr. John Conway, ouae a nqtablo uguro in thp cricket world. He was orIjaniser and manager of tljo first Australian cncliet team to visit England. COMPLAINTS AGJAfNST COAL-HOIST. „ , . . Bydnoy, August 24 Complaihts against the M'Aljler hoist at NowcaStlo foi' coal-loading have been investigated by a Royal Commission, with tho result that the hoist was found to seriously damago soft coal and' depreciate its value Tho commission recommends tho removal of the hoist THREE YEARS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT Molbourno, August 24. James Martin Fitzsimon3, formerly a clerk in the Colonial Bank, has been sentenced to tlireo year?' imprisonment on a chargo of falsifying accounts FALL, IN. VICTORIAN PRODUCE Mplbourne, August 24 The total value of Viptona's primary products fnr lUOB was £24,608,716, against £26,061,783 in the preceding year.