GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
-By Telecraph—Preea Assoclatiou-Cooyriirht. » ST. .PETERSBURG- AND CHOLERA. ■ ■ .'-(Kec.January 14,0.35.a.m.) Janua'ry.;l3;V. ; ; » - 'it I'is - officially; (announced! that'cholera hai..completely:;: disappeared'.;, from; ;St; 'Petersburg^-'. v.--";;,; v ■ BERNHARDT COMING TO LONDON.. London, January 12. ■ •Madamo: Sarah 'Bernhardt; the eminent French' actress; has' accepted an engagement at . the.. Coliseum, London, during next September and l October, at .a salary of - iSlOOfl weekly. The : Coliseum is . vir; tually tt'music-hall. .' : ' ' ;. ■ [Queen of the French stage .for a generation, Madame Sarah,;Bernhardt is now; 65 years of age. She' dabbles: in sculpture, painting, andfliterature; and'inl!)o7 published her ."Memoirs."J', :V SODA DEPOSITS IN UGANDA. '■ : London, January 12. It is reported that Mr. Skelford, a well-known engineer,; 'ias.'-,discovertd on. the borders of- Uganda; Central' Africa, ; a lake with a!deposit: of 20 square miles' of solid soda. The country abounds in big game;."'' :-;'r '/:.;'v./; ' , TRANSMITTING. OP SIUSIC.' . '.;■/■ ■ New York, January 12. .-The Niw York. Opera .House is inaufraratiDg iwireless\;telephones,; employing, .dictographs and radiophones.Tile music j performed; in, the building : can bo heard over a distanceiof seventy-five miles.'. . [The . electrophone,'. the V apparatus,\ by means, of: which Mr; Chamberlain : in /his Highbury residence' heard tho speech of Mr. Balfour lin ' the, Bingley ■ Hall at Birmingham, - depends /upon -, transmission, over'' telephone. wires:- • The> speech . was, heard in London'by the .same .m'eahsV It' /is said - that. the. virtue of .the/invention ,lies:.ip the .transmitter/ "which' contains; a newljr-invented device, thd principle of which is a> closely-guarded trade seoret: So sensitive : is this transmitter'that. the. sound:;of-, the footfalls of a. fly-' walking 'across! the 'diaphragm .can: be heard by a listener, at. a distance, of .severalmiles."] - ANGLO-INDIAN IMMIGRANTS. • ~ . Sydney, January 13. The -New. South Wales Government is providing assistance fot 1 . the'/impecunioUs Anglo-Indians ' who sent; .to . New South Wales as immigrants by Captain Holden. At the.same.;, time.the Government ,has; advised the' Immigration / League' to take; iihtuediate x steps to' prevent further/ shipments, and, considers tliht' Captain Holden's'" action.' in" sending, /unsuitable people deserves' severe. censure; ; ' SYDNEY SHIPPING. ~ Sydney, January 13.' . The tonnage of . Vessels which arrived at Sydney lost' year amounted to 7,504,346 r- i hh:increase; , of'.2lQ.722 as compared' with the preceding year. V; '/; ■ : ; ' ; ; WAEATAH COMPENSATION CLAIMS. Sydney, January 13. . It is: estimated that the sum of .£14,500 will be payable .under the Workmen's Compensation: Act to 115 relatives of the crew of the Waratah/fwhich has.; been' posted'at /Lloyd's as missing. .. / SWIMMING. Sydney, / January. 13. '-■ Hardwick won the liqilarter-tnile swimming chatapionshipi in ;6min. 39 8-ssec;, :
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 715, 14 January 1910, Page 5
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401GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 715, 14 January 1910, Page 5
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