GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 755, 2 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

l)y Teleeraph-Press Association-Oopyrieht .: " TON OF BULLfUN BIO3AKS ' STEAMER'S MAST. . . - (Eec. March 2, 0.30 a.m.) : „,. - , , Sydney, March 1. lhe steel, mainmast of the cargo steamer Myra Fell carried away while a ton of bullion was being hoisted from the hold., A number of labourers had a narrow escape from injury by wreckage, 'ihe accident was oaused by the forehead stay of the mast not being set up. LIVED POOR TO DIE RICH. _ ',■.'■' London, February 28. . Charles.Phillips, an upholsterer, formerly of Australia and New Zealand, died at Eowton House, Vauxhall, where he had lived for many years upon six Shillings a week. Since his death it has been-discovered that he had a bank balance, of His relatives believe he owns another worth of property jn the .colonies.,.,, :., ~■ . niBNCH OLD AQE PENSIONS. ■m t '■ tl! ' ','•-« Pa^is ' February 28. ihe Jfrench Government has adopted on old' age pensions scheme estimated to cost £5,500,000 per annum, ' MB, J. F, FEASEE ON AUSTEALIA. «' t , London, February 28. Mr. John Foster Eraser, the ffellknown traveller and author, who recently visited Australasia, has commenced a series of impressions in the "Standard." He summarises: "Adelaide for culture, Melbourne, for business, Sydney for pleasure," and adds: "There is .little genuine desire for immigrants." FEOZEN MEAT AND GOVERNMENT . SUPERVISION. Melbourne, March 1. . The report of tlie Special Commissioner appointed to-inquire regarding the meat export trade, after making a number of suggestions to improve existing conditions, says r—lTJnless we can obtain supervision of every operation, from slaughtering to the ship's hold, it is preferable for the Commonwealth to'refrain from exercising any supervision, and particularly to refrain from attaching a guarantee condition." •. • : i - METHODIST CENTENARY FUND. Sydney, March 1, The sum of .£5500 has been subscribed at tho Methodist Conference towards the Centenary Fund. '