GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 47, 19 November 1907, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BT TEIiEGBiPH—PEE6B ASSOCIATION—COrYHIGIIT. FIRE OR- EARTHQUAKE? (Received:. Nov, ,18, 11.1 p.m.) _, Kingston, November 18. .' The jury in the best case, arising out of tho Jamaica earthquake,' returned a verdict for tho policyholders, on tho ground that tho fire which destroyed lower Kingston preceded tho earthquake'.' BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S HEALTH. i London, November 18. Sir Houry Campbell-Banncrman, who collapsed after a speech at Bristol, and was for a time in groat danger from heart trouble, has returned to London. He is progressing satisfactorily!" THE TRUNK MURDER. Paris, November 18. . In the case of Vere Goold and his wife, charged with tho murder at ( Monte/Carlo of Mrs. Levin, whose body was dismombered and placed in a trunk, a' medical export has reported to tho. Court that thp Goold's responsibility fof'-their acts was slightly diminished owing to alcoholism. JURY, DISAGREED. London, November 15. Thomas Kerr, carotaker of tho Garnstown golf links, was tried for murdering Ellen Pinnock, ten years ago. The body was recently found under his collar, following tho rovelation of a tranco medium namod Staples. The jury disagreed, and Kerr was discharged. LATE SHIPPING. • * i i. ~Sydnoy, November. 18. Sailed; Cornwall, for Auckland. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, November 18. At the wool sales prices for tho Best sorts were well maintained. Crossbrcds and inferiors were again weaker."'' •••-*- BURNING OF GUNBOATS. . Berlin,-Movembor IV. Two more gunboats havo been burned at tho Baltic yards. Incondiarism is suspected. SUFFRAGISTS EJECTED. London, Nbvfeinbor 17. Steward!) carried thirty suffragettes; bodily from tho Right Hon. H. Hi Asquith's mooting at Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The speaker was shouted down continually. TIMBER WORKERS' DEMANDS. ' Sydney, November 18. Trouble is browing. in tho timber' trade. Sawmill hands threaten drastic actjon, unless their demands for 'higher wages aro concoded. V JEWELLERY BURGLARY, Brisbane, November 18. Burglars broke a-laVge plate glass window in the premises of M'Kay and Co., and stolo £160 worth of jewellery. BRITISH RIFLE TEAM. Hobart, November IS.. Members of the Britisli team were successful at the Rifle- Association- meeting.—They wou the Mackenzie and Evans matches,