GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 827, 27 May 1910, Page 4

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

HEir'/TH; ANQ SAFETY OF MINERS. .... '•-- ■ London, Slay 25. .Ivjnjf-Goorgc has approved tlie reconsHtucioii or" tho Hoytil Commission nn Minos (Sil- Houry Cunynglmino, chairmaj)) to inquire into the health and . siltety of-, persons employed in uietalli- \ ieroiis mijfcs pml rjuarries. [ ;..._.. ifOKJJJffiSyg UNVIJII.EP. i ,( London, Jtay. 25. • ; A monanient, to South African heroes i)ias been'' unveilod at Toronto, and 11 monument, to Queen Victoria at GibrnlI far. ; ■; CHIfv'ESE KAILWAY. LOA^ T . ' .'■'■■' Paris, Slay 23. ■ - An-agreement.has'been signd.d in Varis ' Admitting an American gi'bup of Capitalists-to participation in the Chinese ' Kankahi-Szechuan -railway loan. : . ' .nOJUIiD-HAEPEII CASE., ■ ■ '' ' ". fflelbpurne, May 25. Tlie Imarine of the ease of tlie Crown "against 'JUjphorf Harp'er (51.H.8. forlfcrii- , : .da)vaild others, charged with conspiracy, i will commouce on Monday. . [The • Attorney-General is prosecuting Robert - Harper (Fusioiiist.'. M.H.E. for Jllcrnda,: Victoria), and William Harper i (merchants), and Willjain lirnckett, and . Walter ]voii)P (solicitors), charging them with conspiracy, jh coni|ep|ion with the lionaJd-Harper case. ■ Otlier accused in connection with the case .are Patrick Hill aitfl Huxley.] ' .'..GEJUU4N.. SHIPPING INTERESTS. :. ■■■■'. Berlin, May 24. ■' Herr Hcinoken,- chairman' or the/North German Lloyd, is sailing by, the* steamer ■ Prince Kegont Luitpoldon-'a- visit to the chiftf Aijstrpliaii- ports,' ivith tlie object ; of studyipg trade requireuieuts.'.:...' UNITED STATES'TARIFF 'BOARD. New York, May 24. The United States House of Representatives' reintroduced., and voted tne .appropriation for the .expenses of tho Tariff ■ Ijourd. '•■ ' ' - - •■ ; fThe Tofe was It was''cabled yesterday' that the ijouso had rejected ■COLONIAL ARTISTS. l,'. : 1 L,ondgn, May; 2i. The new English Art Club has- hung ■iii ft good' ppsjtipii pictures by'.the following colonial artists:—A. E. Stretton, Itenvetit, iLees, li, W. Lambert, A. H. i'ullwood, and Thea Proctor. CANADA'S TRADE INCREASE. ' - - ■--.'■ Ottawa.- 1 May 23. Tho total value of .Canada s trade for April was 10,985,(190 dollars («£2,197,000) above that of' April, 1909.; [Canada's total .trade for tho year elided March- 31 totalled.- in value j:123,400,000, au increase of over \ that of the preceding year. The rpveirao of Canada for the same year (1909-10) was i20,200,000-an increase of .63,20i»,000. The ordinary expenditure amoiutts to being a decrease of ■ .£600,000, and the .expenditure on capital' account to .£7,100,000. During • the-fiscal year Canada has. paid out of revenue every item both from the ordinary and capital accounts, with the exception ■ of the National. 'ftansenntinental'. Kailway, and even, ;,£];000,000 of this has been paid out of- revenue.] '.'■■■ MR. HALLaTONES. . ■' Lpnclon, May 23. The Hon. \V. Hall-Jones, New Zealand High Commissioner, is mucji. better. He attonded at his office to-day.-- , . .. JQMTIST. j MISSIONARY'. SOCIETY. London, May 23. ■ Umpire 'collections are being taken up in.the Baptist churches on behalf of the baptist Colonial Missionary Society." ■ CLOSING OF VICTORIAN HOTELS. Melbourne, May 25. During the past" three years the Licenses Reduction Board closed 320 hotels. Compensation, born& by ''the trade," amounted to £150,000. . INCREASE OF METHODISTS IN AUSTRALASIA. - -, • Adelaide, May 25. The Rev. W. Williams, .the retiring president of the Methodist Conference, stated that during the past three years the membership of the ; Australasian - Methodist Church;bad increased , by over 10,OOQv The attendance . was -.now nearly 0,000.' These, figures represented a'much larger increase than the ratio of increased population. PERICLES ROCE NOT LOCATED. Sydney, May 25. Official advices from Fremantle state that the rock on which the steamer Pericles struck, ■ and was 'wrecked, has not, as previously stated, been located. . EIGHTEEN FEET OF- BACKBONE. „ Sydney, May 21. Jhe- fossilised remains of an extinct quadruped were found at Mullaley. The backbone uieasures eighteen feet long, and the leg bones nine inches through. LORD AND LADY CHELMSFORD. Sydney, May 24. Ihe Governor (Lord Chclmsfprd), ao coinpanied by Lady C'helinsfordi lpft by the warship Cambrian on a visit to Nor'folk Island. ■ AUSTRALIAN " SILVER COINAGE. Melbourne, May 24. TJiB last consignment of tho Commonwealth's special 6llver coinage, consisting ■ of two million threppauiiy pieces, has [ arrived. ■ .. : I THP. MONO-RAILWAY AT THE EXHIBITION. ' , . ' London, May 23. [ Mr, lonis Bronrian's nionp-railwny has ; boon instullod af tlio Anglo-Japanpso r Exhibition. Tho public ivro hoinj; given , tho opportnuity o( making trial trips. 9 STATES.CANADIAN BOUNDARY. ] New York,-May 25. s Tho UniU><] Statos Sonato'a- Coinmit.9 tee on Foreign ligations appro™ of tho « treaty recently signed at : \Vaßliinp.ton, 1 fixing the Maiiio. (U,S,) and Now ' Drmiswick (Canada) hnniidnryi:' in rc- • snoot, of Piusainaquoddy liay and I Grimd Manaii Chaimol, ;! ARMY NURSES FOR CANADA. \ Ottawa, May 25. I .At ft mooting nt Toronto it wns decided to form Canadian brnn'rhps of e tho Army Nuraiiijj.ltceorvo... j- . 0 KINEMATOGRAPH KXIUBITIONS ° ON, BUNIXVYS, 0 . London, May 2.5. - A tost oaao, bronfjiiti n(»ainst- tho LonII don County Council to decide - whether 9. it had exceeded its powers by IprohibI, itinu kinomntoßranh exhibitions on 0 Sundays, has rosufted in tho decision s that it dirt exceed its powers. 1'f TO WASH DIRTY DOLLAR BILLS. • Washington, May 25. r Tho United States' Treasury lioroh.is d installed inachinory ' for , . washing, dcn stroyinu; germs ' in,', and ■"•ironing dollar i- billß. ' . . ' ■ iv The skipper had an awful cough, « The night was fierce and dark; I. The rocks were clow, the sea was rough; is Tho skipper—"lost hln bark." t> If we wish to "steer" clear from (he <1 rocks of this life, is Tho ills and tho chills we endure, o Let us "set 11 truo course" by timely roli course To Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. —Advt. 8