GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 October 1907, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF CRIPPLES. (Received- October 2, 8.57 p.m.) London, Octobcr 2. Ail appeal made by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir William Treloar, for a fund for tho benefit of cripples of £GO,OOO, lias 'been successful iii raising tho required amount. TRA-MCAR FATALITY. London, October 2. At Birmingham, owing to the failure of brakes to act, while ail electric tramcar was oniau incline, tho tramcar overturned. One man wag billed, and eighteen others were injured, four of them seriously. WOOL SALES. Sydney, October 2. Wool continues iu, good demand. Prices are. maintained, and there is keen competition for good wools. SHAW, SAVILL AND CO. London, October ,2. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company have declared a dividend of 5 per cent. FLOODS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. Paris, October 2. Tho inundat'.on in the South of France is subsiding. . HINTERLAND OF ADEN. London, Octobcr 2. The British troops will evacuate the hinterland of Aden, in Arabia. There have been disturbance in the hinterland of Aden, and collisions between British troops and the Arabs. The occupation was an outstanding question with Turkey. PLAGUE. Brisbane, October 2. Two cases of plaguo are reported —a woman and a boy. The latter is dead. < A SOUTH AFRICAN MURDER. Sydney, Octobcr 2. Miiller,- who was arrested noar Carowa on suspicion of having murdered a man named Rhono, and a woman named Majiiam in South Africa in 1903, has admitted his identity. ' RE-ELECTED. Sydney, October 2. The Hon. William M'Court has been re-elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. THE DOMINION. Melbourne, October 2. ' In the House .of Representatives the Speaker announced that a telegram had been received from Sir Joseph Ward thanking tho Commonwealth for its congratulations on the establishment of the Dominion.