GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 848, 21 June 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Tcle£rraDh—Press Association—OoDTrichl 1 ' BILLETS FOR RUSSIANS. (Rec. June 20, 9.30 p.m.) St. Petersburg, June 20. The Tsar desires that all areas on the recently-discovered oilfields at Maihop, Russian Caucasia, including those acquired by British investors, shall be worked through" boards composed of Russians. THE RUSSIAN HARVEST. St. Petersburg, June 20. Rains throughout Russia have dispelled the /ears of a bad harvest. ROTJEN AVIATION WEEK. (Rec. June 20, 9.30 p.m.) * Paris, June. 20. Aviation, week lias opened brilliantly at Rouen. Captain Dickson, a British aviator, made a successful flight of 150 miles. PLUVIOSE VICTIME RECOVERED. (Itec. June 20, 9.30 p.m.) Paris, June 20. Ten more bodies, including that of Commander Prat, have been recovered trom the French submersible Pluvixjse, sunk recently in a collision in the Channel, with 27 on board. • INDIAN FRONTIER RAIDS. London, June 19. Renter's agent states there have been minor frontier raids at Pubb (south-east, Baluchistan), and at points between Peshawur and Hatanni. THE KAISER'S HEALTH. London, Juno 19. The Kaiser, who has been _ suffering from a sore leg, is improving. The journal "Lokal-Anzcigcr" says the Kaiser has latterly taken quantities of lemonade made from fresh fruit in order to combat a tendency to gout. ' SWISS FLOODS ABATE. London, June 19. All the Swiss trains, which were at a standstill owing to tho, heavy damage caused to the railways by the recent floods, have resumed their running. HUGE MOVABLE DOCK. Berlin, June 19. A movable dock, costing half a million pounds sterling, is being constructed at Kiel. It'will be large enough to take in Dreadnoughts. SPECULATORS INDICTED. New York, Juno 19. James Patten, Maurice Rothschild, Frank Hayne, William Brown, and Eugene Scales havo been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in connection with an alleged "bull" pool of cotton, in violation of' tho Sherman ■ Anti-Trust Law. Each has been released on bail Of 50,000 dollars. LAKE COMO TRAGEDY. Rome, Juno 19. In connection with the murder of Mrs. Charlton Porter, an American, whose body (enclosed in a'box) was found in Lake Como, and whose husband is missing, the diver who had boon employed by the police authorities to mako further search of tho lake has ceased operations. SMUGGLED JEWELLERY. Perth, June 20. Maurico Wolf, a diamond merchant, of. London, who recently arrived from South Africa, was fined ,£2OO on a chargo of evading duty ou jewellery. HUNTING-GROUND I'OR NATIVES. Perth, June 20. Tho Western Australian Government has secured 950,000 acres .in the Kimberley district, and stocked it with 10,000 cattle, as a reserve for the 0000 aborigines in tho State. Five hundred blacks will shortly bo placed there. HELIGOLAND GERMANISED. Berlin, Juno 19. Tho residents of the island of Heligoland, in the German Ocean, recently transferred by Grejit Britain to Germany, on July 1 become subject to tho same obligations as thoso of Germany regarding servicc in the army and liability lo taxation.