GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

JjT TELEGBAPH— FKESS ASSOCIATION-KJOPYKIGHT. THREE YEARS FOR GELIGNITE OUTRAGE. '..■'. , ' Melbourne, October 19. / Orchard was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for throwing a box of gelignite , down tho Great Extended Hustler's mino on August 13. ' i . ,'. : :--'' !. Orchard, it seems, had been refused work'. Boyond tho wrecking of tho cage no damage was done. Orchard made an unsuccessful attempt to Btrnnglo himself in his cell. • ' SIR G. S.'- CLARKE AT BOMBAY. v r , Bombay, Octobor 18. Sir George Sydenham Clarke was accorded a hearty welcome on his arrival hero to assumo tho Governorship of Bombay. London, Octobor 19, Sir George Sydenham Clarke, has been . created Grand Commander of tho Indian Empire ' - Sir George Clarke, formerly Governor of • Victoria, has held many important military and administrative positions, and is the author of one of the "Imperial fund" (taxation) projects discussed at tho last Imperial Conferonoo. 1 ' STEAMER LOST'WITH TWENTY HANDS. London, Octobor 18... i The Danish stoamer Alfred ■Erlandsen, 954 : tons, from Libau, Russia, was lost,' with twenty hknds, at Saint Abb's Head, Berwickshire. 1 . AN ELECTRICAL SCHEME TOR ■ MELBOURNE. ' , London, Octobor 18. It is announced that conditionally ■ upon . the electrical onginecrs' estimates being approved, Mr. O.' D. Mendell has boon promised a quarter of a million sterling in ■ connection with a scheme for the supply of • electricity to Melbourne . . EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. 1 . (Rec. Oct. 20, 4.18 p.m.). 1 ; Vienna, October 19. i Tho Emperor passod a restless night, but i to-day his appetito is good. The catarrh is I diminishing, and thoro is no fever. NEW MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. f London, October 19. i The Xing has created, an Edward Medal, ' lor bravery iu mines and quarries.