GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9081, 2 May 1906, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

SHIPPING STRIKE

Ipress association.] (Received May 2, 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 1. Six thousand longshoremen at Buffalo j and 3000 at Chicago have struck. | OLYMPIC GAMES. | ATHENS, May 1. The final of the. four hundred metres resulted: Pilgrim (America) 1, HaJswell (Scotland) 2, Barker 3. Time, 53 l'-ssac. railway Accident in France. PARIS, May 1. The Paris-Havre express was wrecked Bear Paris. The driver aaid guard wero killed and several pass&Qgars injured. A FRONTIER SETTLEMENT. - LONDON, JWiy 1. Britain aad France have agreed to deflect the Northern Nigeria frontier southwards, giving France territory belonging to Zindea on the Niger, immediately below the rapids. DIVORCE LAW. LONDON, May 1. In connection with a recent divorce suit Mr Justice Garell Barnes, President of the Divorce Court, lias expressed dotibt whether any Tetorm in divorce laws could be adequate and effective, which did' not abolish permanent as distitiguisned from divorce and place the sexes on equality as regards offieoce and relief. Newspapers question" whether English opinion, would consent to make divorce easy.