GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 747, 21 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. (Kec</February 20, 5. p.m.) ~ ~ ' London, February 19. "The' Times" !in! a .Stock. 'Exchango t-'Sarticle/VsaysHto the underwriters'of:.the New.-,bouth,.Wales- ■ ioan of .£2,750,000 at 3i .per cont. (issued ' at-97, and ' last- quoted, at 2s. 6d. to ,5 s. ,v,.premium)/arealready: secure. ,/ / - ANOTHER BULGARIAN EXECUTED BY TURKS. " ' Constantinople, February 18 0: : Dinga;'/a:<BulgaTian;ibantlit;;.chief,_. ; was '.' jontence'd to: death at/Salonika.andnang;i ■' i ''ed. r '-It:' n : i.waa;'hbli , in i: secret,;in^accQrdanqe a; > '.'• which' has law,/.arid ihat .thb poceedings were, illegal. - • BRILLIANT JEW SCHOLAR. • .v'' : London,: February 18i . . .'i-Mr. ' Sclig Brodetsky, a Russian Jew, ■ ' and- a London .Board; sohoolboj, who tied tor : the•senior wrariglershipat'Camprjdge: v. • in. 1908, lias • won the... Isaac/ • Nesvton Scholarship at Cambridge. : • [Mr; - Sclig -Brodetsky, 'of Trinity, College, Cambridge, , born ,on - February - 10, 1888, -in/1908; tied ;for the -position, of : sonior .wTangler,'.iWith.: 'Sir. ..Archie.-.W. Ibhoteon,',ofPembroke;; Collego. ■ Mr. vßrodetsky was ,"born v . at -. Qlv.iopol, -near. Odessa, Russia; - He was,educated at .the ; Jews' Free School,, Bell-lane, London, and ; the/-'Central.Foundation- School, Cow per in > the s'•' .jiuiicir'-'ahd■•'senior,: Cambridge local rexaffl-. ■oinatioiis'in' 1303, and 1904, and the Marmaat Trinity College.] RELIGIOUS--FANATIC'S SUICIDE. London, February 18. v.- The ."Daily Chronicle".' reports that, a : woodcutter -named Ogay, ;■ a religious ii'^'fanatic/zbuilt-andvlighted'a-ipyre;-under -a .- rude- wooden ; - cross,, and incinerated /'.'/ himself. ..The tragedytook place at, Moul- ' don; in the .Department of Vaud,. Swit- ;■; ''"'4O LIQUID FUEL FOR THE NAVY. London, February 18 The, Admiralty lias offered to purchase ■.oil/foi;usejby;-:tli , e '0. 10ED PIRRIE BUYS BUSINESSES OF .LATE SIR A. JONES. | t London, February 18. , : Lord Eirrie,; chairman of . Messrs. - Harland and Wolff,-the Belfast shipbuilding ; '.'firm;;' has; 'purchased"-the - (various vbusi-- /;/ -/jiesses.of, the - late Sir - Alfred. Jones; who '/ v: line' of steamships, "and chairman' ofthe • Bank ;of'British:-West-. Africa, and who held "'cotton-growings and';, other-i interests ■- in West, Africa and the -.West .Indies. . LADY NOVELIST ON SOCIALISM, i ' London, February 18. .v;Miss i.Braddon, .^tho.--• novelist, -. in '■ an . -.. article ill the paper "Clarion," says with : to'/ Socialismas, Exemplified' , : prominent - exponents:—"Withunmiti- . 'f. ;■ gated - terror.. -it ■■ sets-: class . against'; class,-. r : -;l 'and,; i tehdsito • i, fountain of ■ /.benovole-nce.'rlthinkire all love'.to help : Sj^vihe'vpoor,.;butriot ? with'I 1 a; loaded:-;pistot ¥■ it people's : foreheads..

SEARCH ABANDONED. 1 London, February 18. The;search,for.the.,TJhited States naval. : '.tug has been abandoned. . ' ' •', wk-i [Becent,advices .state-that United States' i /.v/vrarsKips'. have; vainly 'searched for the ;S : :'V tug since February 6.; - There were , thirty •• .' aboard'' the .vessel.] • V ; v . .-.';- -. COURSING. . London, Fobruarv 18. > v : ' In the, Waterloo, Cup,. Heavy. Weapon - teat Full Sk-ani.; ,-V , - . • BEAUFORT TRAIN DISASTER. . ' Melbourne, February,. 19.- ;: , At, the »inquest xoncerhing ;the' death /of three Victims -of; the YBeanfoTt [train '•■>: • Disaster,the ' train -examiner/at. Stawell ' : that,.,lie warned Gronn - (driver of the leading engine, and the only...survivor) that.he would ; bo foolish , J !?'. Proceed n'vith a-brokenbrako,' pipe. K a good tight ': , tram, but-I con..-Iqqk', afteritallright." FEDERAL POSTAL ilcrORM Melbourne, February 19 .: 'The postal reform scheme of Sir John ■■■-~ yuick, • Federal-; Postmaster-General;:in-v-■ iludes the appointment of a board of ad-- ■ ministration .' and .-the', providing of the .:'■; necessary funds by. short-dated loans. RIFLE SHOOTING. „ Adelaide, February 19. have-been • selected > s tne State s .representativesin the Bisey team. ... .A : - v \.' ..v-V' February.v , - boivling ; match, New south Wales v. ..Tasmania,- Now South . Ipn .the first .thred ■by -117 DISCOVERY OF A COAL SEAM. . I : ' '" ; ®y dn ®)(i February 20. . : 'Tho manager.,of, tho AHernioiri Colliery ; • • wports a;seam:'of coal-2Hft. thicks - . throe "ftud a half, milos from the present -is''estimated ;that itho'seam . will,yield 6000 tons daily. . ... : RECORD,;LOST ON. REirEASUKING. Melbourne,". February 20.' . At tho Harriers'.', Spbrtsi Ellis- won the SOO Yards Handicap .in 31 '^risec.;. which is over a second: inside the Australian ; ; : : V record. ' .The, track Vwas remeasured, and V two.yards short'.Ellis .i- therefore was not given 'a- TTOord,. i RIFLE SHOOTING. - Brisbane, Februarv 20. -' '.'.Gon'y and Grany-will 'represent r Jiand in the Australian' team for Bisley.''