GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 687, 11 December 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By TelogropU-Preis AHoclfttlon-CopjrlguU • RESULT OF ART DUTIES REMISSION. (Rec. December 10, 10.20 pm.) New York, December 10. ' Since tho Pajuo tinll came into opoialion, , 0,501,030 dollars worth of art objects have been impprted into tho United States, compared with 1,372,091 dollars worth imported during tho corresponding months of August, bqpteni- v ber, and October in 1008. FIRE AT SILK TnITcREPE WORKS. [„| London, December 10. Courtauld and Company's silk and crepe ; mills at Biaintrec, m Ebbex, Uav« been de- J stroyed by fire Five hundred persons lose then employment, and the damage is estimated at ,£IOO,OOO. KIEL SCANDALS: APPEAL WITHDRAWN. BerliPi December 9. Tao Public Proaecutoi has withdrawn bier appeal againbt tho acquittal of the naval olhciah. at tho Kiel dockyard (who wcro v cluigod with flauds involving the sum of £50,000, and whoso acquittal, it is alleged, was duo to tho discovoiy that the administration at Kiel, was so luetucient that it was impossible to provo the case). SUFFRAGETTE V. STOMACH PUMP. London, December 9. In the action before the King's Bcnoh against Mr. Horboit Gladstone, Homo becrotaiy, aud tho Governor of Birmingham Pnwm on a charge of loiciblj feeding a suflragette, v tho verdict was loi defendants with costs. LIBRARIES AND ""DOUBTFUL" BOOKS. London, December 9. The council of tho Mothers' Union, lepre- i souting 300,000 members,' supports tho action of the circulating libraries m excluding objectiouablo books. • ' •.'('•', j [No fowor thau 200 Bishops are patrons of the Mothers' Union, which owes. much of its • > success to tho ability.and untiring zeal ofrta president and . foundor, Mrs. Sumnor. lhe • union seeks to uphold the sanctity of marriage, to impress on mothers their responsibility tor » i tho training of their children, and to unit* mothers of all classos in these aims, and m caring.for and promoting tho religioUß inbtruction of tlio young, It works, through , literature ,of different grades, libraries,, ad-, dresses by trained .speakers, and other means. As far as has boon reported at the central \ office, its number stood m 1908 at 5977 branches, 898,707 members and associates. Ihoy belong to i Diocesan organisations in England and Wales; to the Scottish Mothers' Union; Mothers' Union in'lreland; to tho Army Divi- j Bion; to Australia,, iucludinc Tasmania and *•. Melanesia; to New Zealand, India, South Africa, Canada, West Inches, Falkland Island?, Algiers, ' China, South Japan, I Madagascar, Singapore, and West Equnt. Jifrica. Its annual' meeting is olvnys attended by a strong platform, and a crowded .liall.l. < , I

THE GORSE HALL MTJRDER. London; Doccmbcr B. Despite several witnesses alleging an alibi, tho magistrates havo committed Cornelius Hounid for trial for tho murder of Mb cousin George Storrs, a building contractor, who was fatally stabbed at his residence, Gorse Hall, Doisotshiro, caily last month. ', [It was at iirst supposed the murderer was a burglar. Howard, a cousin of tho murdered man, was, later, arrested, and was identified as tho assailant by Mrs. Storrs and tb*eo sen vauts.] COST OP IRREGULARITIES TO THIS STATE. \ Melbourne, Decoraber 10. Fifty-six Fodoral officials wore guilty of ir» , ', regularities during tho year, tbo amount in* \ohcd being J!2G74. ' AUSTRALIA'S HIGH COMMISSIONER. Melbourne, Dewmbor 10." The Federal Cabinet has npt yet reached a decision regarding tho High Commissionership (in connection with which the name of Sir Geo Held has been mentioned.) LATE COMMERCIAL. London, Dccombor 10/ Extensive dealings which have taLon place > in tin aro due to Eastern cables reporting , ' sales at £U8 10s. per ton, and to tho activo support of London "bull" operators. LONG-DISTANCE MOTORING. Adelaide, December 10. A motorist dro\o a car from Melbourne to , ' Sydnoy in 21 liouis 19 minutes, beating tho , , previous record by 4 hours 21 minutes, mam- l laming an average speed of 29 miles an hour.' ' QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY. Brisbane, December 10. Tho jubilee of tho State's autonomy nn] ' marked to-dav by the dedication of tho yueeusland Uimoisily.

THU HOIIDERN ESTATE. Sydney, December 10. Piobato has been giantcd in the late Mr, S. nordcru's will. The estate was sworn at , .£2,925,000.