GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 703, 31 December 1909, Page 6

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. if * * —- —* < SIR ROBERT STOUT. (E-00. December 30, 910 p.m.) London, December 30. |Sir 'Robert' Stout l ; is leaving'.X'ondoii ..by •the Moldavia,; and will . reach -Now -;Zca-. : land on Fobruary 27. MB. HALL-JONES'S HEALTH. ' London, December 30. , The health of tho High Commissioner jfor • Now Zealand, ■: Mr;: Ifall-Jones, is improving,'and lio hopes to iresume ~ his 'duties 4 in January. / EIRE I 'ON BOABD-P VSSENGERS DID NOT KNOW London, December 29 i :--Tlio! Oceanic ; Steam :;Navigation (3om- . pany'n steel-. twin scrow . stoamer ; Celtic,. 'Jo,iX)t tons gross, built .by?, Messrs. -Har-, land find Wolff -m 1901, arrived at Liverpool with a -.consignment -of ...cottonin. ono -oiviier uolus on-lire. rTlio vessel had 400 - passengers on board, but they . were ignorant ( of the outbreak PORTUGUESE FLOODS VISIT BY i ( THE KING , \ Oporto, December 29 1 King ~ Manoel has arrived at Oporto and has . visited the .localities. wliich fiiffered so severely- from tho recent floods His Majesty on his tour of inspection ;/was surrounded byycrowds .who implored bun to help thein. r He opened a' public.; subscription." list. i >?The,;KiDg -will .visitx- otlior 1 centres wbicli rwere. flooded, , \ > i KITCHENER-COMING. DOWN i FROM - ( THE EAST. , Brisbano, December 30 - Lord Kitchener., was enthusiastically,, welcomed :at : .Townsvillo, - the principal icity! in North\ Queensland;;, He will- reach; hero oii" Saturday. T NEARLY A MILLION FOR NSW.

RAILWAYS. Melbourne/ December 30 Baring the session ']ust closed, the State -Parliament approved, of the cou-. struction of ;six. new' railways, involving, an expenfiturb :';:-. • 1 FATAL IGNITION OF SPIRITS. v ' ' Melbourne, December 30. v-The third' of ' tlio " three:Hoopcr children —who " wero?burned i through .{ui oxplosion '.of! methylated spirits consumed"in connection uitil a patent iron which -then ;raother:was:usii)g-Thas;sncoumbcd;to-her injuries. l( , ;:'/]A-boy,' T ag<<d:iwo:and a' half 7 years, and ia' girl,' aged eight: years,- died.muckly. .Tho ■ child-Know dead,; was a • girl,, aged four. t years:l' :THe v, motl)er, .-although:, 1 , she ' _was - S^fidingVoyerv■!;thV^iroii^f,■wteri/;the^spin^H , ■ ignited, and: her /.clothing;M : tuaUy r : caught' :flre,<eKa'ped ;uhiriiuT«' ; .]. ..V' ' TREATMENT OF NATIVE WOMAN— , ■ • A DENIAL I ' Sydney, December 30. : The captain of' the • missionary vessel John-iWifhams; denies: a - statement ': pub-, dished i a few- weeks ' 'back': to ..the., effect that .he :* hßd : landed .: a ; native- .woman: stowaway ■ on.arecf'm -such a position that: she had to undergo, great;hardships: :in -order.'.'to reach,: her ihome.: ' Ho:, says he':lanßed:ithe.'vWoman: on/a reef .-.within four miles of her home. ' ■{'.'■■■•'t-y.K.'iw: