GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 8 April 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

' '■■ SCOTTISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. -<• -=1— - - {PRIB9 ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, April 7. Dr William S. Brri,cei, of tho Scottish Oceanographies! Laboratory, proposed to organise an Antarctic expedition to investigate the Wedddl and Briscoe soaa and tho ipkncU south of 40 d?<graxi,' and to attempt to cross the An.tr arctic continent. Ho astir iat»? that the cost of. one ship for two years wculd ba £40,000. A second ship would be nooessary if it were d&ciddd to efficiently explore the land NEW DECORATIONS. LONDON, Apiil 7. FJarl Crewe and Baion Tweedmouth hare boon created Knights of tho Garter and Hustle respectively, in, bucoc&sicn to the late Duko of Devonshire and the la,to Marquis of Ldnlithgow. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL. NEW YORK, April 7. Tho House of Representatives at Washington .passed the Employers' I lability Bill amid the applause of the Democrats. - - RUSSIAN JUSTICE. ST. PETERSBURG, April 7. Twenty-three Russian officers were court-martialled and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for writing to a Kieff newspaper in protest over the inaction of the troops during the anti-Jewish pogroms. MR PRICE IN ENGLAND. (Received April 8, 8.7 a.m.) LONDON, April 7. Mr Price, Premier of South Australia, speaking at Browning House, Walworth, on a passage from the songs of Solomon, said Englishmen appeared only to value Australia to the extent of getting something cheap, and had no thought of anything except what was commercial. Of sentiment there was very little in England. It would be easier to get money to help Germany to fight England than to get a loan for Australia .for raising wheat to feed England's millions. When he saw how Germany handled her youth he felt that there must be a bad time for England unless the Government had better technical education and better equipment. He recommended that the youth should be trained in shooting as in Australia. INDIA'S TELEGRAPHIC BLOCKAGE (Received April 8, 8.28 a.m.) CALCUTTA, April 7. The disaffection among the Indian telegraphists has delayed 40,000 telegrams in India. Some messages are a week old. Business is being disorganised. Several messages were stolen, including the Viceroy's. SUSPECTED SALE OF MILITARY SECRErS. BERLIN, April 7. A lieutenant of the White Dragoons disappeared at Metz. He was suspected of selling military secrets, including a specification of a new quick-firing gun. PIERPOINT MORGAN. LONDON, April 7. Pierpoint Morgan has purchased the Aldobrandini Palace, at Rome. THE WRESTLING CONTEST. . LONDON, April 7. The Daily Chronicle's Chicago correspondent states that the spectators considered Gotch's methods somewhat foul, but the universal opinion was that Hackenschmidt was overmatched. PERSONAL. (Received April 8, 8.28 a.m.) LONDON, April 7. Lord Kelvin's net estate is valued at £155,053. THE COLLAPSE. LONDON, April 7. It has been ascertained that there were only 28 inmates in the Castle street houses ; 8 were killed, 3 seriously hurt, and 17 were slightly injured. MISCELLANEOUS. (Received April 8, 8.7 a.m.) . LONDON, April 7. The resignation of Mr G. Barnes, Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, has been accepted. PEKIN, April 7. Pour Japanese, apparently out of -private revenge, entered the American Consulate at Mukden and attacked the native staff. The Consul-General had them arrested and conveyed to the Japr anese Consulate-General. No apology was offered.

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