GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 644, 22 October 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By Teleeraph-Press Assoclatlon-Oopjrlßht.l n '■■■■'.■■■.•'■•.■ ■ ~~—:♦'-'.- . , ;■ . .'. ' .'.- '. -PEARY'S PROOFS. . . I .■•.. .. (Rec. October 21, 9.15 p.m.) ' t i ~V New York, October 21. :■ Commander Peary has submitted' proofs of ■ his observations' to the National- Geographic Society:of the United States,, who hare ref ferredthem to a committee; of experts. .-■'■ . V AEROPLANING; FARUAN , BEATS CODY. ".■■-•. •'■■ ■". ■: .. London,' October 21.-i ■At the Blackpool aviation tests, Mr. i'arman covered 4/J miles in,92 minutes, lieating Mr. Cody's English record (40 miles in 66 raiuutee). •■. •'.; ■. •• .'. : : ■..•'■ ■'.■■ .. ■ ,- -■ .- -.;. r 'EXPEDITIONiTO DUTCH NEW GUINEA. i :.■■■'■ . •■ . 'London, October 20. A British expedition .binder Jlr. Walter ' Olopdiollotr,' the welUknown traveller, to Dutch " Mow' Guinea has. been organised>to-commemor-f atothc : iubileo.', of tho Ornithologists' Union , . .' Ho starts.tdfmorrbw. J)f. Erjc Marshall accom- - panies -.him. , " ~' \ % .; ,:. CHARGE OF SENDING BOMBS. '",. .■-■•"■• : ; London, Ootobor.2o. ■ Dr. Martin Ekenburg,- a chemical scientist, well-kuown in the Swedish colony in- London; was remanded at Bow Street Police Court on a'charge of sending bombs to ■-M. Hammar and M. Sjoholiu, at Stockholm. :.■<■•• ' [A recent cablegram from Stockholm stated: i Tno, Young , Socialist , party, desiring revenge, I sent'bombs-through, the. post to Stockholm to , 11. .Hamraar,. manager of. the Swedish Export ■ Association, and to M..Sjoholm; a well-known manufacturer at Gottenburg. M. Hammar had • .three-of-'his-fingers'.blown off, but the'bomb \ sent to M, Sjoholm missed fire. The Young i bociahsts threaten others'who incurred their V enmity .during ,the recent labour trouble.]'.'.i : -JIEMORIAL STATUE TO TENNYSON. ' • „,, ■ .'■■' . , .--. ' ."'■■" London, October 20. I Ihe memorial statue to Tennyson' was un- • T t l Z d I 1.?"%; Coll . e K e ' (Tennyson's College , at : Cambridge -University)._ ;Tho statue -is Sy I JIr.AV. H. Thornycroft, K.A. I ; '■:■ BOY" BILLIARDIST'S RECORDS. ' m r>-,,. -,' ■';'■' '"London,' October. 20. ' ,; The ; Billiards Association ■ has ' granted G ■ Gray, .the Australian boy billiardist; record > certificates for .a score of 831 off'the red, and i ■ ■ a break of 836, ; and awarded him • a gold medal. j; . ■;■ BESSES ;O' THE'BARN BAND. ■ 'W :, -T>- '' : ';i, • ■■'■' London, October,2o.' • ■■i'%-?S s ?- es .-?'' the ? a «> -Band is starting for 1 bonth.Africa,.and will thenbe proceed to Aus- . trana. ■.;;■■■■;;,.■,..;■ •■.'.■.-■ •;■■■.-. ..-.•. ' i TYPHOON SINKS THIRTEEN .VESSELS. \ : ,„..'C ■ ■ , , ' Pekinß, October 20. lhir,cen vessels, mostly small,, were wrccued c f during a typhoon at Hong Kong.. ■ ■ ; . AUSTRALIAN TAKINGS. ■ „'- '.. . --,■'■■ Mo'Dourne, October 21. ■ > , Mr. Victor, Trumpor has 1 returned. Hβ in- ! formed an interviewer that tho-gross takings C of the Australian cricketers' tonr Svas i!l3 50l) t .The .gross share of each of the sixteen las'. ■ ;trahan players was .£392, and after doductins expenses and the Board , of Control's "cup' 110 ' share '.°f •*«<*;' player-would be about :; i ■■- FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE' i ■ ■ .'.':'.' : ■'. Melbourno, October 21. 0 In the Senate the Capital Site! Bill, was read " a second.time by 17 votes to 12. . . • ;■;•■// the';deal>l ; y~pea-rifle. : : ■ *• ':;„, '•' ■'■■'•'".- .'. ,''- : - Sydney, October 21.' e ■, The coroner, during an inquest on the bodv ;- of a.person-shot by.a pea-rille, stated that no s fower than 31 persons bad met tneir deaths in k New Bouth Wales from ai similar cause last r. year. ■. '. . •.•■■•".'' ■■- , ■■■■■•...- 3 ; ; ;.'■ '■':. :^ SELF-APPRECUTION: ' . .; . -i- -i, , Sydney, October 21. . i>peftking at the Master Builders' picnic Mr 5 w ; H - Bennett, of Wellington, gavo Sydney the 1 palm for iino buildnißS, but said. that New r Zealand could . run. rings ■■: round. .Australian ■ Mates forborne, things.. She could: wipe the 1 Hoor .with l them at football, had sent i-man . to show them the way, down ,the Parramatta s River, and had sent a athletes to Bris. { bane who had shown them a clean pair of - '. 'SYRIAN'BENEVOLENCE. :■■". ' F '■'■■■■■."" :""'• Sydneyy. October 21 t t - In °J B J^ t5 J n ' H">. laying of, the fouaaa. 1 tion of the South Sydney Hospital,. was ". oollecbed,_ of-which sum Syrian, residents of the district contributed .£530, and also cuar anteed jClOfl ■ annually for upkeep.