GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By ( T«lcgrajiß-Pre»» A«aoel»lloa-Coi)jrlehtl TOLSTOY'S PUBLISHER IMPRISONED. (Ecc December 15, 10 pra) ' " St " Peters burg, December 35 Sentence of a year's imprisonment m a forcress has been passed on tho publisher of Count Tolstoy's "The Kingdom \of God is Within You (first published in 1893, and dealing with' tho social problem) ' NAVAL MUTINEERS SENTENCED. j London, December 15 The four sesmen oharged with mutinous acts aboaid the cruiser Leviathan have been tried at Gibraltar, and sentenced to two years' lm prisonment t[i < [It was cabled yesterday'that the number of men involved was 51, many of whom havo been sent to other ships Tho four men now convicted.deny that they were the ringleaders or that they v.ere connected with the mutinous acts ] i ; , T, INFLUENZA IN BRITAIN. ' n.v i» j v * London, December 15, . lnirty deaths nave occurred from influenza during the last week. y LORD- FISHER' OF KILVERSTONE , "" London, December H Admiral Sir John Fisher, who is being succeeded by Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson in the post of First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, and who has been raised to tho pierage, has chosen as his title Lord Tishe- of Kilvorstone t is INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE Or AGRI- - CULTURE _ *..'', ' Rome, December 14 At a general meeting held hoie of the International Institute of Vgrieulture (founded on tho initiative of the King of Italy) it was resolved, on,the motion of Sir John Taverncr, Agent-General for Victoria, to admit the press KING PRESENTS A BOY WITH ALBERT '* ( i i MEDAL >- j , JL ~ _, *, London, December 14 x King Edward received Tom Lewis, the boy who distinguished himself in tho Newport landslip disaster in July ] as t, and presented him with the Albert Medal \ , [Lewis, who is a boy of fourteen, at the risk pf his life, cranled into a small hole 30it be- ' low the surface, and worked„in it head downwards for two hours, sawingU beam, with a view to releasing a workman who ' had been overwhelmed by the landslip. The earth suddenly, collapsed Lewis was hurriedly rescued, but the workman wa3 killed] \ ' \ • ■> % "IN LIQUIDATION. ~ ' v i . „ „ London, Doccmber 14 At the meeting of tho Law Guarantee, Trust, and Accident bociety, Limited, it was decided to go mto voluntary liquidation «. [ "m wa3 T cab £ d tT °? Lt >'"lon on December 6 Ihe Law Guarantee, Trust, and Accident bociety has suffered sensational losses in bieneries and hotels, particular^, in connection with an unsound svstem ot guaranteeing mortgages and debentures Mr. Harris, the chairT V™i u - a ,. tc!> that P™P«ties ouginally valued at .£1,912,016, are now worth. £l,m,vii The accounts show that the capital is lost, and there is a further deficiency of jE200,000 Since shareholder are piying 40s a share in oidei to escape tkoir unpaid liability Tho majority of shareholders are barristers, solicitors, and their clerks An 'inUuential comnuttco 'proposes that the s6cietv should go into voluntry liquidation The registered capital ol the Law Guarantee, Trust, and Accident Societv i ' Ltd, is ol Uich Soo is cS* up Ihe liability on ordinaiy shares, of which there are 200,000, amounts to £1 per share . A dividend of 10 per cent was paid in 1907, gnd an interim dividend of 2 per cent in 1908 The highest pnco ast year oi ordinan shares vas 23s Od , lowest Is J , ; WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE m_ i. 1,. " Sydnoy, December 15 f' Two hatch covers, a piece of gangnay, and an old fashioned deck chair, have been washed ashore at Manly Beach The wreckage had npparentlv boon in a fire The hatch ciders are marked P 2" over "I, B " FEDERAL~PARLI\MENT , \,„ t, , , -r. , Me 'tourno, December 15 The Federal Parliament has been formalh prorogued. L\TE SHIPPING „ , , , „„„ Sydney, December 15 Bailed,;at 330 pm. ,Mahono „ , \ -~ , Cl ? ren^e "'W'i December 15. Sailed Daniel, for Tiaiaru Melbourne, Dccembor 15 Sailed MoeraKi * i ,