GENERAL CABLE ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 7 April 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE ITEMS.

[PRESB ASSOCIATION.] NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. LONDON, April 5. The New Zealand Shipping Company has declared an interim bonus of 5s per share. FRENCH "DREADNOUGHTS." PARIS, April 5. n The French Chamber, by 428 to 131. voted the laying-down of two "Dreadnoughts" in August, the vesr sels to be completed in 1913. LUCKY GIRL! LONDON, April 5. In the course of /a lawsuit against Miss Ruth St. Denis, a dancer, she • .stated that she received £270 a week ■for a London engagement. THE SUEZ CANAL. CAIRO, April 5. The Egyptian Premier has announced that the Government wiU abide by the Assembly's forthcoming decision respecting the renewal of the Suez Canal concession. PETROL v. HORSES. OTTAWA, April o. During Canadian artillery manoeuvres at Montreal successful experiments were made with petrol traction engines at a speed of seven miles an hour. The cost was one-fiftieth of that of horses. - DIDN'T WANT AN INQUIRY. WASHINGTON, April o. Senator Conger, against whom allegations of bribery were recently brought, has resigned his position as a Senator in the New York Legislature, thus forestalling an inquiry into his conduct. LESSON OF A DISASTER. LONDON, April 5. The official report cm the Stoat's Nest railway accident as to the effect of the disaster caused by a wheel slipping on the axle, the Government inspector urges severe tests on the railways for gripping wheels to axles. FARMERS IN THE MAKING. LONDON, April 5. Under the auspices of the Public School Immigration League, Dr. Gray, headmaster of Bradfield College, is taking a dozen youths and training them on a thousand-acre ranch at Calgary, in Albert Land, to enable them to take up farming for themselves. IN DEEP WATER. BRISBANE, April 4. The German surveying steamer Planet, taking soundings off German New Guinea, obtained a depth of 20,----700 feet—the fourth deepest sounding in the world. BANK OF COMMERCE. (Received April 5, 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 5. The Court approved the scheme of reconstruction for the Australian Joint Stock Bankj tinder the title Bank of Commerce. 3' FOR SYDNEY'S AMUSEMENT. SYDNEY, April 5. There is a boom in theatre-building. Flans have been prepared for three theatres—two near the railway station and one in George Street—seating 4000, 2000, and 2500 respectively. A fourth new theatre is contemplated in the city. REDUCTION OF LICENSES. ADELAIDE, April 6. In the Adelaide district the local ■option vote gave a large majority for reduction. • HANGED FOR' MURDER. ADELAIDE, April 6. Hadji Khan, an Afghan, was executed to-day for the murder of a fellow countryman in November last. Death was instantaneous.