GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1, 26 September 1907, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Tclcerapb.—Press Association.— Copyright. (Rec. Sept. 25, 9 p.m.) MR. DEAKIN RETURNS TO WORK. Melbourne, Soptembor 25. Tho health of Mr. Deakin, Prime Minister of tho Commonwealth, has boon restored, antl he has resumed iiis parliamentary duties. Antwerp, Soptember 25. , .The deckers who havo been on strike for a couplo of months past havo' resumod work, on tho burgomaster's assurance that their wages will bo slightly increased .in tho middlo or October. COMMONWEALTH TARIFF. London, September 2d. I Captoia Collins, l<'odcral Government rcpresnntativo, has distributed, through tfco Manufacturers'' Association, ano thousand copies of the Foderal t.jriff. Immense interest ; s being manifested, and the decisions of tho Legisla.turo.arooagerly awaited. IMPROVEMENT IN NEW GUINEA. Brisbane, September 25. Archbishop Donaldsor. lias returned from New Guinea. Hu paj3 a high tribute to tho work done by the Government during tho past ten years. Cannibalism has practically ceased, tho natives being ashamed to practico it. Ho does not think the country suitable for white settlement. | HYGIENE. | Berlin, September 24. Thirty-six countries aro .represented at tho Hygiene Conference which has opened hero. | GOLF IN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, September 25. | At tho Australian golf championships meeting Victoria proved tho champioa State. PAID UNDER PROTEST. Sydney, September 25. The State Government has paid, undor protest, between £70C0 and £8000 duty on wiro netting imported for farmers. ! CHURCH UNION. Adoiaitfej September 25. Tho Presbyterian Federal 'Assembly dealt wish a report on federation m tho churches. A basis of doctrine i agreed to by committees of the Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches and sent to tho St: l ,to Assemblies.