GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 807, 3 May 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Tekgrapk—Press AESociatiqn-Ooryrieht EMPIRE DAT SERMONS. (Rcc. May 2, 9.50 p.m.) . London, May 2. Arrangements have already been made for the delivery of 8000 sermons in connection with the Empire Day celebrations. MR. ROOSEVELT IN" DENMARK. , The.Hague, May 2. , Mr. Koosevelt has left The Hague for Copenhagen.

AUSTRALIAN SCULPTORS. ■ London, May 1. The newspapers commend Mr. Bertram Mackennal's study in the nude, A Mother and Girl," and Mr. Lambert's equestrian group, -"A Holiday in' lasex." SMALLPOX. Perth, May 2. The steamer Navarra has; arrived at Bunbury, Western Australia, with an engineer named Pike suffering from smallpox.

HUSBAND AND WIFE FOUND DEAD. Adelaide, May 2. A couple named Piebsch were found dead at their home. The husband, who had been paralysed in hie limbs, left a letter stating that his wife shot herself, and that he then took poison and shot himself. . ' EIGHT HOURS DAY. Brisbane, May 2. * The eight-houv demonstration was . the largest and most representative on record. POTATO BLIGHT. . Sydney, May 2. The potato blight, which is prevalent in the Hunter district,-has appeared in the Graf ton and Wollongong districts. ' SYDNEY'S HOSPITAL MITE. Sydney, May 2. The Hospital Saturday collection yielded eight tons of copper, 139,309 silver coins, and 820 gold coins. ' THE WILLOUGHBY MURDER. Sydney, May 2. Phillips, father of tho eight-year-old, girl who was murdered at Willoughby, has boen committed for trial, oharged with 'tho murder. ■ THE MISSING 77ARATAH. Melbourne, May 2. The evidence collected in' Australia regarding the condition of tho missing Waratah has been forwarded to the English Board of Trade.