GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

! By.Telegraph—PresaAssociatioa—OoDyrieht . 0 NEW FOURTH SEA LOUD. London, January 11. Captain Charles . "13; -'.Madden, xFrivato, \ Secretary, 'to th<r;First Lord of the; Ad-. miralty,-, (Mf.M'KeiiJia),j-Jlias j Ijeenh.aih pointed' I'our'tK 'Sea "Lord,'of ! tW. A'oinir- •• alty,in'.placefof iVicffeAdmiral':Si? Alfred *.' ,L.,.;.Win510e,.. who'succeeds iVice-Admiral ' l Sir Hedworth.ianibton.:in.the; command r ofythe;China;;S^tipji.;i^Vii; i •: [Captain C." E;. Madden',.' formerly* Chief of Staffs to. ; Vice-Admiral; Sir; P. -B; j Bridgemah (when Coiiihiarider-in-Chief M the Home;' Fleet); ;.was: appointed l last' year; Private v Secretary' to' I ,tne':Fir'st) Lord -of . the Admiralty.] ... . HOME MONEY-BOXES PROVIDED BY : i . THE STATE: • - ."... v Lor.don, January ill. ; Tho. British', Savings Banlcr is introducing hardened steel ; money-boxes, pf; .which the, post', offices'.will .keep' tho. key's, the boxes.;; being' '.periodioaUy, \opened.'; . ; The 'plan' is founded bn .the..home-safe's'. ' tem : . m , America,;-ivhtre it-'has . resultedin •a; saving ,'of ;a hundred ■ millions, sterling in,tho Jast,decade;?;; -, TIE!'WEIGHT OP A SUICIDE'S GOLD. • Vienna,: January.' 11. In the pockets of a' Russian* banker ; who; ;hah^; ; .himselfS'.in : ,.Austria;: 'were' foujid.';:bank-h6tes s andi'.securities to the value ,of a hundred''itndfifty thousand pounds sterling,'. ... .. ..... . TELEGRAPHIC. INTERRUPTIONS. . Melbourne, January 12. A 'report on';the reci!ht..telegraphic .in-terruptions-attributes.them'' tot: a coating of carbon' particles , oh; the the result, of, the': bush/ fires.': ' Light -rfiin : damped, tho • carbon ib coating, without washing; it■.off, cansirg ..a . conduction medium,. GOLD YIELDS. ' • (Rec. January 13, 1 a.m.) Sydney, January 12. r. The gold yield of the State of New . South, "\Val<» last year > ivas 238,017 ounces gross, of the value of i'569,i56,' a decrease' of. 23,636.,0unces compared: withltho'.pre- ■: iMdihg -year.: '" ;: :;''-^ 1 Melbourne, January 12. ■; Tho' -State's : : :gold' yield,'•'last '.-year amounted ,to '702,221, ounces gross,- of the value of J82,779,000, f : 'a :'decrease..'of; 18,988 ' ounces; .as: compared with.- the ; .yedr;;::v-:: : , COMMONWEALTH ELECTIONS. - Melbourne, January. 12. 1 ■ [,Tte Federal Cabinet ..has fixed elections. for, April 13.;. Doakin^'i'will de- ■ Uver. his pplioyV spcecJi in Ballarat'early", in February. '':;V'.':^i' "V" A POTATO PEST. , . Sydney, January 13. A bug is. causing;seridus damage-to tie potato, crops'; in ' some ■ districts.: . .. HACKENSCHMIDT AND CO. ' ' Sydney, January. 12.' ; The;,wrestler Hackonschmidt, tho!boxcr , "Gunner" -;Moir,;' and ; ;thiy wrestler Alexander .'Bain, are passengors by thellahono.