MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12016, 17 August 1907, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

I London, August 15. I The surtax of 10 per cent on pas- \ senger fates imposed by leading I steamship companies trading to Aus I fcralia began on the 15th inst. It is * due to the great advance in the price i of coal and other supplies. i At cricket, Notts beat the South ; Africans by live wickets. ! Berlin, August 15. \ Obituary — Joseph Joachim, the i distingusihed violinist, aetat, 76. | A serious, explosion at the dynal mite factory at Doemitz fired buildIs ings and compelled the authorities I to order the evacuation of the town. \ Every window was broken, and t eighty people were injured, while it | is feared that several persons were f killed, § The factory is unapproachable, s owing to the fear of other exploit sions. \ Bt, Petersburg, Aug. 15. j A Commission has been appointed ! to investigate the condition of the Siberian Railway. It has been dis - covered that embezzlements amount to over £1,200,000. New York, August 15. Wall street is still unsettled. The failure of the Pope Manufacturing Company, cycle and motor makers, capital £4,000,000, has caused a violent break in stocks.