GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

, THE KAISER'S HEALTH. BY TELEGKAPIt— PRESS ASSOCIATIOK—COPXMOUT, - ; ; (Rec. Nov. 4, 10.30 p.m.). • Berlin, November 4. Tho Kaiser is much improved in health.

COALMINEES' DEMANDS. . '. ■. Sydney, November 4. .< The;committee of management of the Northern. Miners' Federation discussed the refusal of tho Colliery Owners' Association to grant • a further concession of 4d. in tho hewing rate and . other' demands. It was decided- to seek the. assistance of the &a\u thorn and Western district miners before deciding,on a definite, course of action.

. WOOL EASIER. Sydney, November 4. .At tho wool sales there is a slightly easier tendency,' without any quotable change for good sorts, but prices are decidedly easier for inferior sorts'.

'■".■" UNFIT FOR.SERVICE. , t ' . London, November 3. Three majors aiid two captains of tho sth Lancers have been' placed on half-pay, on the ground that tho regiment is unlit for sorvico. "•' : "' "'

: PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILED. , : Sydnoy, Novomber 4; ■■■ Tho North-Western, mail train, with ■- a hundred* passengers aboard, was derailed at Broeza, 269 miles : north of Sydney. None of tho passerigerdiiwas injured. Considorablo damago was done' to tho rolling stock.

STORM DAMAGES PROPERTY. ■ Adelaide, November 4. A destructive storm was experienced. at Moouta, a mining; township on Spencer's Gulf, 102 miles from Adelaide. Moat of, the houses in the township were unroofed. Tho Govcrnmont railway shops wore demolished. , ' PROGRESSIVE MENELIK. , •■ ■ - Mssscmah, November 3. The Emperor Monelik has decreed compulsory State education' for' all ,malo children over, twelve years of ago. " COMMONWEALTH REVENUE.. ' ■V.i .'■■ ■ Melbourne, November 4. Tho Federal revenue for the September quarter increased by £458,000. The amount returned to the States increased by £304,000,' as compared with the previous September. OVAL TABLE BILLIARDS. London, November 3. In a billiard match on an oval tablo at Leeds, Roberts (7000) defeated Weiss (0947). SHACKLETON'S EQUIPMENT. . Sydney, November 4. Mr. Reid, manager of tho Shackleton Antarctic expedition, states that the equipment is a groat advance on that of previous ex-' p , editions. ■i V ■ LATE SHIPPING! Sydney, Novomber 4. Arrivcd.—Camphill, from Tiraaru.