GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

. By'Tslekrarh-Preaß AsßocJation-poDTrlshL' v;V'rv A LABOUR EX-MEMBER'S' FUNERAL. . (Beo. February 14,. 11 p.m.) - v London, February 14. / Obituary: -Mr.Thos. E. Summerbell, 1906' was elected Labour member for Sunderland,: being defeated at: the recent: general. election; Sia: thibnsjand trado unionists ■ from nil parte of tho North' afc tended, Mr. Summerbell's funeral- at Sunderland. . ' • /.. 1 :i ' [A Durham.-. man,'and . theson of ■' ~a miner, ' Mr. T/'R: Summerbell. was .born in 1861; "After .useful; experience -v.: as a 'printer-iii' many northern...towns,he.'set-: tied down .to that "business, on his own= ■.account .' in SunderJ»nd; , : 'He '.was; for nearly :a/quarter;ot a . century 'connected with .the Typographical; Association, • and wasnvery.' busy ■in . all matters i connected with'.trade iiniomsrD',' among other :things; helping to found-the Labourers' Union of Great. Britain. As. a resident of Sunderland; ;he. early developed interest in municipalvaffairs, and for: many years was -a . member, of the corporation, and for.some; time-chairman of its Tramways Committee.]'; '' . . i UNIVERSITY APPEAL. London, February 14. ■ ; Lord:Eosebery .appeals for. <£70,000 to build . chemical l laboratories in, connection' ..with the Tfniversiiy.,College;London, '.. A SEAL ASSASSINATION FILM. • > Tokio,-February 13. A Japaneso photographer who kincmatographed at' Harbin the reception of the late' Prince Ito, who was assassinated on that occasion by: a Korean fanatic,: actually .kineniatographed; the assassination of the Prince. He sold the film for .CISOO. . RECEIVER APPOINTED. ■ . New York, February 13. : :A':receiyer has been appointed for the Central Foundry Company of New . York. The company, with ,a_ capital of, fourteen million dollars,', lias: liabilities amounting to 4J' millions. - ; ' KING GDSTAV OF SWEDEN. Stockholm, February 13. ■ ..Bang Gnstav V of Sweden, who was' r£ cently operated upon for appendicitis, is progressing. favourably. . His' strength is returning. '''■■'■■'■ ' .FIRE IN A QUEENSLAND TOWN.' . . . Brisbane, February 14. . A firo , destroyed a number of business places in Killarney, a township twentyeight .miles from Warwick., The damage is estimated at <£7000.