GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13859, 23 March 1907, Page 9

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, SIR RICHARD SOLOMON. PRETORIA/ March 21. Sir -Richard Solomon will accompany Mr llotlia, the Transvaal Premier, to f£n»-. hind. •' °_ A SYDNEY EXHIBITION. SYDNEY, March 22. A representative meeting, held in the Toivn Hall, endorsed the proposal to hold an International Exhibition in Sydney about 1910. Considerable opposition was shown by a section ot manufacturers. 1 ACTION FOR LIBEL. SYDNEY, March 22. Mr Seville, a clicmist at Singleton, was awarded £250 damages in an action for libel against a. local newspaper, the Budget and Singleton Advertiser, 'l'lio action arose out of a- comment on the plaintiffs decision as judge at the loeal races, 'two witnesses in the case wero committed for trial for perjury. A MISSING STEAMER. The commission appointed to inquire into the condition of the missing steamer Centennial found that the vessel was unfieaworthy and the surveyors' examination not as full as it should have been. | THK PLAGUE. SYDNEY, March 22. (Received March 22, at 11.25 p.m.) A ca6e of plague has occurred at Campevdown. The patient worked in the vicinity of Circular quay. CARRIACiiToF MAILS. MELBOURNE, March 22. (Received March 23, at 1.6 a.m.) The Oceanic Company has notified the Postmaster-general that" it agrees to the terms of settlement regarding the amount ill dispute for the carriage of mails between Sydney and Sun Francisco. POSTAL REVENUE. MELBOURNE, March 22. (Received March 23. at 1.6 a.m.) Tlio postal revenue for the Commonwealth for the six months ended December 31, -1906, increased by £162,000 compared with the corresponding period of the previous year,.