GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

tlSy Tulmrrflpb.-Prtoi Association.—Cdprrtcht I : —f——NEW. GRENADE: USEFUL IN NATIVE • WARFARE. ' / London, September 14. i Hale's new riflo grenado lias been tested at Favershara, in Kent. General Sir. ,J. Willcooks, who commanded during tho last Indian frontier war, expressed high appreciation of the which ho considered likely to b'o of; the utmost value ,in frontier warfaro in India and bush fighting in West Africa. ■ '-,r/ '. . STEAMER DAMAGED IN COLLISION. . London, September 14. The steamer Port Chalmers, bound from the Tees'for London and Australia, has been extensively damaged in a collision off -Yarmouth. No. 5 hold ivas flooded. .The vessel was temporarily repaired,, and proceeded to London. '. ,•. ■ ' ■ . : MR. LUXEMBURG RELEASED. ; v London, September 14. Nows has been received that Mr. Luxemburg, who early in the year,receivod .compensation fronv Russia, for wrongful arrest at Odessa, irho was again arrested onlandltig in the Crimea 4 few days ago, has been released. ■ : ' ; GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY: YELLOW LABOUR. , ■ , " Ottawa, September 14. . , Mr. Sohreiber, Canadian ; Government /Engineer, states that, it-will bo: necessary, to import yellow labour! to-coustruct the.remainder »f the -mouhtain section of tho Grand Trunk Pacific Railway''.(which is being built with 3ovo'rnmeht aid). ' ' •••• >"<' ' - ' ■ . INDIAN. MARKET : GERMAN TRADE - . '•..'. ENERGY. . . . ■ Dsrlln, Septemfe 14; , ; Aii expert attached to the German. Consulate rat Calcutta, is. visiting seventeen com-, mercial'centres in Germany with a view to a jompreh'ensive campaign, for pushing German trade in India. ; , : EX-SULTAN'S PENSION REDUCED; Constantinople, September 14* . The' .Young Turkish .party has, reduced the jonsion of Abdul Hamidj the deposed Sultan, .'eight : hundred Turkish' pounds monthly. A FfNANCIER'S BREAKDOWN AND SUICIDE. :.i - Now York, September 14. John president, -of tho Union Crust. Companyj' arid director of majiy. cor-, sorations, ; committed suicido. in New York, swing to nervous breakdown. '' !; 7 INDIAN'. ARMY—THE OLD AND NEW COMMANDERS.; Calcutta, September 14. ■ ' Lord Kitohener, on embarking it Tuticorin, n tho[ Presidency, for Colombo, 'reuarkedfto; an'.'iriteqriMc^r"l shall ever re;ain •• 'deepest ,\and >' warmest interest : in tudid, ita'-people,-. and its army." General Sir; : . O'Moore v Creagb," V.C., who succeeds Dord Kitchener as Commander-in-Chief of ;ho Indian Army, has reached Simla.- • (Roc. September 15, 11 p.m.) ■ Cajouttn, September 15. An influential meeting, at Calcutta, includng Maharajahs, : -Rajahs, and European/and lativo gentry, 1 ; decided to erect an eques:riani.statue' to Lord. Kitchener. THEFT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES.; , '■ (Rec. .September,'l6, 1.30 .in.)' .. . .-v.-r • Sydney, September'ls. . . A quantity, of- valuablo photographic plates ind .'a..camera,' '• the property .- of. tho-. 1 ' Mailournerepresentative of the New.. Zealand' fourist Department, were stolen from the. ifloeraki : after. ; her arrival in" Melbourne. BABY BONUS 'REJECTED. .. r.. • Sydney, September i 5. Tho State Assembly, by 27 votes'to...lß," lcgativwl. Mr. Griffith's motion .in favour of i boiju's of £5 to the.parents.of every babV' lorn in that.State. 1 ' CONSUMPTIVE HOMES; . Melbourne,' September 15.', . Tho '.Victorian Cabinet has placed. £10,000 in the .Estimates for consumptive homes. . GOLF: THE AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR " CHAMPIONSHIP.: : Melbourne, Soptember 15. Tho amateur golf'championship of Aus.ralia was Won by tho Hon. M-. Scott, of Vicioria; who defeated Clyde Pearci, of Tasuania, by 1 up, after: a magnificent contest. -PERTH POISONING CASE-DEATH ''SENTENCE. ; • Perth, September. 15. ■ Martha Rendall .has' been found, guilty of he murder of, tho child,; Arthur. Morris,'by , ioisoh, ' ,ahd has been . sentenced to' death. I'homas-Morris, father of the .child, . was oiind not "guilty, and discharged.,, , ) s ; MANUFACTURERS' DAY. fldeialdo, September 15. • •Yesterday was observed.as' Manufacturers' )ay in Adelaide. Tho majority of the shop windows wei'o. decked with a splbnclid idiaplay if Australian goods only. Tho Stato'Govor-< lor, tho 'Chief Secretary, tho Mayors'.of tho :ity' and suburbs, and the members;of the Jhamber 'of : Manufacturers, who organisbd he display, drove round the cityt- ' What a beautiful child, but how pole and intiomio she looks. Givo her.Stearns' Wine of Jod Liver Extraot.. It will put rich, red blood n her veins, and make her a strong healthy ihild) she will'llko to take Steams' Wine, too. 58 If yon ore Contemplating removing,. the first king you should do. Js, obtain a quotation roni' J. Kcir. 76-78 Jervois Quay, Ho, has! had aany years'.experience in this class of wurk, nd is in imposition, to pack, store, and remove nv description of; furniture. Ho also clears •oods through: Customs, awl. dispatches pack-, ges and parcels to any nildress ill tho world, telephone No. 1180.—Advt- C 561 ~'. ■ ■ - •- ' i