GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 608, 10 September 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(Ily Tcleirr«Dti.-rro«s Anoclotlon.-Ooprririu , i SUFFIUGETTE HUNGER-STRIKERS. .'.'/ (Rcc. September' 9, ,9.55. p.nu) . j ' .. ;■ •' '':•■.' 'Loridon, September 9. Six Suffragettes, wlio were' imprisoned in connection with . interruptions '. .of Mr. QhuTchill's Leicester speoch, were released qwiiig. to refusal: to : take :fdod and drink. They had been, gaol for five day 3. . -^ ::".. ',' V: a totSTwreok;. ": ' : ■ .'■■'.■ l St. John's, September 9. ..The Allen liner Laurcntiari,- which ashore at.Trepasscy Bay", Newfoundland,-is' a total wreck. •■-; ■■■■■'.. '■)■ ", -..-'. ': ■'• ■ [i-'ho passengers were-laiidod safely:. TUe Lau-reutiah-(formerly,the Polynesian) was an' iron .Ecrqw-sfcnnior of 4522 tons grogs'register. She .wns^uiltin , 1872 by Messrs. R. Steele , and Cq., • Groehock, and was , owned by.the Allan Line Steam Ship: Company. Her principal dimensions were 400 ft. by,3sft.] , ' : . ■■ ' I, '•:;'.'.•■■■ fPTOMAINE.POISONING;;/■■;:,■.■ : .; !.-.. I ■: ,.'::.. ,;■ Londop,' Septcmbor,B. '..Siity porsona arc ■..suffering; from ptomaino poisoning at Bristol,.through.,eating corned beef and pork. None of tlio.caspa ; proved .fatal..' ' v ;}.' .■■■•-. ••' : ....■..•..■.,,■....'..■■ •.■-,■'.. -. • ALLEGED AUTHOR OF BARCELONA • ; ~■>,. -.r .;;',•;■■,riots..v :-:.', : .••■■". ■.'-. ■'■■'-'''; I ! ..'■/ - Madrid/ September 8.". : .-The; Anarchist Ferrer, \yhq was arrested at Csan. Sebaotian. a;.day r or .two ago,, will. .'bo court-maTtialled'on'a charge of being tlio unseen'director of tho July riots in Barcelona. '■ i . ■'■ ■ ■.;'■■,•',■ .',■■...- '.'..' /■ :•', v ■ v.<^ : /. ; CHOLERA IN'RTJSSIA, ; ;.v-. ,' '" '''' : . ■ St. ' Potorsburgi Septcmbor 8." ' i There aro twe-nty-five deaths from; cholera daily in St. Petersburg. During the year thero .haye bpoii 6760 deaths, B8 per .contj of tho ■fdtal.'-'oisea belonging to tile working olassos. Preventive .inoculation, has been-applied in ;53,162r0a5>5.. '■;,..•.-;'-; '■' ■ -,-;; ; ';;. : : - ". ' . ■;.. • j"': the 'monte carlo, murder.i .-■■ "." \:. ; '■:'.!'■'■'■■ ' '"-.'-■'■: Paris, September 8:... : . Vere Qoold, who was convicted, along witli his wife,' of having'murdered Madamo lovin at Monte Carlo,, has died at tho-penal settle*. . meiit of. Cayenne, inTrenoh,Guiana.' ; . ; [Vote'Gp'old aud hie wife wore both convicted of the murder of Madamo levin, the well-to-do widow of a Swedish engineer,: Tho body was packed in a trunk., The apparent;' motive was to obtain money for gambling, and the tragedy proved a rather undesirable advertisement for Monte Carlo. Goold, , who was nV Englishman, was.sentenced-'to. hard labour for life, and his wife, , ns the prinoipal oriminnl,- to , death; but the French Goverauiont'repTioyed Mrs. Goold, whose sentence wns; commutod to penal servitude, for .life.] : .'■':':■' ;■■■■■■■.,•■■•' ;•■. . . : ■ :: '-'','.'•"■' \ V ';'. : '■'■ • ; ..■'-.': > ■;.■'•-'Sydney, September 9. \ In the inter-State golf championships Victoria .beat' South Australia, Tasmania beat New South AVales, and in the'final Victoria beat Tasmania by four; matches: A feature' of tho contest was' tho game between Cly<k Pearco .(Tasmania); and the Hon/ M. ■ Scott (Yiofcbria). amateur chaiupipn*of Victoria and New South Wales, Pparco. won, by ono hole. [Clyde Pearce, of Tasmania, and the Hon. M. Scott, of Viotorin, met a,t the' Australasian oharapionship ipectine, hold 'ebmotime ago, when Now Zealand entrants competed. Oh that, occasion Pearce beat seott,.and won both the .amateur and the open ohampionships.]' ■ '■ .'■.'.;:-- bBituARY, i ;'■',■;': i< '«' r,, Cof""^ , ! September 8. ; Dr. George Glenny, missionary, died euddenjy in the Red Sea on bw way to Austfa. ha. - ..•■-. •-;' ■•' ■•;;''■ '■' ; ■•'•■•"..'.■■"."■ .•'.•:•■.■ . FLOGGING FOR'BRUTAL ASSAULTS. _.'-.-. - i Sydney, September 9. ; Six men who were found guilty of brutal assaTiJts were BM\tenced, in addition to terms of impnsownent,-to reoeiTo floggingß, : - ;•„■' SYDNEY. UNIVBRSITY.REFORM; ■ ''~ ■„■','■■;■ -:: L. Sydney, Septembor 9: A Umvoraity Reform Bill b,as been, introduced into the State Parliament. Tho Bill provides for the" increaso of. the Stato endowment to £20,000, for a reduction of fees, and for tho abolition of tho life tenure in the SenafxJ, for! it a tern of eight years, four mo.m,bers retirinß every second ■ ■.'..•.' .''■.■ ' • AUSTRALIAN BANK; OF COJiafERCE.: *i. ! a -x' ,■ Sy f lne y> September 0...\ ; Tho . Bauk off Commerce (late the Australian. Joint B*os -Bank) was registered to-day with a capita! l of two : .millions: . SERIES OF EARTH TREMORS; ; . ■- ~'' ; Sydney,: September 9. • The seismograph at the Observatory, re. corded a sorics of earth tremors this morning, starting at- 9.37 o'clock, and. lasting for three-quarters of an hour. Tho amplitude of the greatest wayo was .'three mulitnetres. A series of. less distinct tremors was recorded on Tuesday, at midnight. AUSTRALIAN RIFLEIfEN. . .'.■;• .-: Melbourne, September 9. From a return furnished to the . Fedora! Senate, it appears that out of 57,000 riflemen in Australia 24,272 are now ofiicient.