GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 646, 25 October 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By Tcleeraph-Prcss AssoclaHon-Copyrlstit)

THE POPE '■ RECEIVES AUSTRALIAN '■ PRIESTS ■ (R«. October" 24, 5.5 p.m.) : tr- it t- Rome, October 23. /A l - 3 th<&. Pope gaye'private aridfeAc© y>' * n^mber i of••Ausfraliftii- priests.• He maftifestfiu ffroit interest m .the religious affairs" of \aiicl a number; it warebing ; questiooai regarding prevailing. conditions. ORIENT MTIL" STEAMERS. /v' "i , Ltmt,or, i October 23. ' , ito Orient ■ Compiny s niail steamers- will not> discontinue calling at Plymouth, as was recently cabled. : ■ PURE FOOD CONGRESS: ACID IN WINES PERMITTED. ■ i W „ .1 Paris, October, 22. . At the Pare Food Congress in Paris the'representatives of'the'French- wine-trade secured tho plssing\of a resolution permitting -the" use of a'percentage of. sulpburic acid in thomaiirifacturo of wine, 1 despite the protest of Prof >sso* Gautier,-president of the Academy'of Medicine, and the warning of a RusMati delegnto that it would probably result in the exclusion of French vines from Russia. -J., ;■ ;>,■ OIL STRUCK IN, NEW CALEDONIA.' : Sydney, October 23. . Nouraean advices "state that an Australian oil pyndicatj has struck a pood flow of oil near Noumea, Now Caledonia,, at a depth ft 1750 feet.',' v.-' .V:"", V' : i '' '■ ' SALE OF DRAUGHT HORSES.; : ■ Sydney, October 23. ' The sale of . Mr. J. Brett's' twenty New:Zea- | land'draught .horses',.realised - prices ranging from .£24 to ,£46 each. NEW CALEDONIA. AND THE POTATO ; EMBARGO. . Sydney, October 24. • The French Consul' has been advised by the Government of New Caledonia that prohibited potatoes shipped to New Caledonia from New Zealand, Victoria; Tasmania, arid from other Australian States, must' be accompanied by a' certificate of soundness. AUSTRALIAN SILVER .COINAGE. . . . Melbourne, October 23. ..The Federal Treasurer; Sir John' Forrest, has'.risfad the. Imperial Mint for. authority to send' out .£200,000 worth- of.,florins, shillings, . sixpences, and threepenny pieces,. the first instalment of tho Australian silver coinage. In the_.meantime arrangements are being made to withdraw £100,000 worth of the present silver currency. LAWN TENNIS. Perth, October 23. In the Australian lawn tenuis'championships Wilding. (New Zealand) beat Kelsey, - 6—o, 6—<F, 6—-1, Parker beat O'Dea, 6—l, 6—2, 6—o. Wilding and Parker will meet' in the final.