GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 11, 8 October 1923, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

By, Telegraph.— Press Association. Copyhght.

An earthquake shock demolished a stone wall of a seminary in Quebec.

The Portuguese Prime Minister, Sen. hor da Silva, has been presented with the Grand Cross of the British Empire.

There were 815 divorce cases set down for hearing at the forthcoming sittings of the London law courts, of which 664 are undefended.

Lord Denman on Wednesday will perform the ceremony of presenting a prelate’s throne to St. Paul’s, London, erected as a memorial to the late Lord Forrest.

The Prince of Wales has arrived at Ottawa from his Alberta ranch. He will be the guest o f the Governor-Gen-eral for a few day.i No official reception will be tendered.

The Patrick Steamship Company has announced a reduction of .10 per cent, on all cargo freights between Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, commencing on October 8.

The Crown decided not to proceed with the charges against Stainsby Taylor Riley and Ellen Kreigher, who were cited as accessories after the fact in connection with the Coogee mystery.

Dr. Purdy, Sydney Health Officer, states that the death-rate in the metropolitan area last year was 8.6 per thousand—the lowest ever attained by any city with a population of over half a million.

The Michigan State Attorney-Gen-eral’s Office states that the Australian authorities have been authorised to arrest Beniamin Purnell, head of the House of’David. If Purnell is apprehended the Michigan authorities will begin extradition proceedings at once.

The Queensland Betting Tax Bill has reached the Committee stage in the Legislative Assembly. The proposed taxation is expected to yield £43.000 per annum. Ihe Bill provides thai betting shall be illegal except on racecourses.

Dr. Levinstein, chairman of the Manchester Society of Chemical Industry, in a speech said the exhibition of British chemical science at the Empire Exhibition would enhance the prestige of the trade throughout the world and would create a most favourable atmosphere amongst overseas buyers. It would reveal the advance made in Britain’s chemistry since 1914, specially in organic chemistry.