GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 68, 13 December 1907, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

— : —<> ——-■ Br TELBQBAPn —'PIT ESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT. THEFT OF PICTURES. 7 (lieo. Dec. -12,- 9:30--pan;) Paris, Decemb6i\ 12: • Burglars stolo pictures worth £12,000 from the Museum of Paintings and Antiquities,'at Amiens, capital of the department of Sbmmb.' , KAISER ENJOYED .HIS VISIT. London, December. 19. 1 The Kaisor (who has been resting in Hampshire), before Sailing for Germany, doj clared that lie had greatly enjoyed his visit to England, and hoped .to repeat it. Ho returns hotno in improved health. iiATE SHIPPING. v Syilneyr December 12. Arrived: Casablanca, from Mercury .Bay. Sailed: St. Kilda, for Whangape.. Newcastle, December 12. Sailed: Delphic, for Wellington. . , SYDNEY FEELINti HOT. Sydney, December 12. : The woiither is extremoly;'hbty'Ahd dry. BLACKMAIL BY SECRET SOCIETIES. Ottawa,' Dcc'cmbor 11. , The police at Toronto hre: protecting several businoss mon from' Black Hand Societyattempts to them by threats of murder. . , ■ : Blackmail and mu'pW by Italian aiul Armenian secret societies havo figured largely in late American nows.. . tii 'October the' Black Hand was blamed for !thp lmirdor, of an Italian compatriot in Brooklyn, and in July for a lire which caused 21 deaths . , . FOUNDERED WITH TWENTy HANDS. London, .December 11-> Tlio steamer' Gallisgarfch (? Calgarth, 1730 tons), fkim Liverpool to Penarth, foundered with twenty hands. A NEW JUDGE. ' , ' London, December 11; ' Mr. H. T. Eve, K.C., Liberal member for Ashburlbn, succeeds -the la to Mr. Justice Kekewich as a Judge' of the Charicbry Division of the High Court of Justice. Mr. Harry T. Eve, M\A., K.C., born, in'lßs6, has represented the ' AsKbufton division ;of Devon since 1904, in the: Liberal interest:' His majoritv at the last ejection over-t'lic'Union-ist'candidate was' 1284. 'J.:. ••• A'J : MISS ? • London, December 11. „. The Kaiser has honoured 'Miss iFiorencd' Nigiitingalo, who organised the ' nursing in tlio Crimean War, , nittl-'oh whom tliß King lately conferred the "jOjrdor '3' (this being the first time.;;? wpmari hijs received it). Thq Kaiser sent:' Miss., Nigiitingalo',' through the German. Ambassador, a bouquet aiid a lotto" - of appreciation of her great , services to nursing. ACCIDENTALLY ELECTROCUTED. Perth,.December.l2, , Lewis, a tramway employee, while rppairj ing an overhead wire, was electrocuted near Boulder City. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.;. ! , Melbourne, Dccembor 12; Although it is not known when the Fed' oral Parliament will adjourn,' 1 it will reaSsomble on March 4. . , charges Against'nasi.;. 1 ; Rome, December 11. The Chamber of Deputies CommisSiou, iby five votes to fbur, affirmed the cbmploto logality of Signer Nnsi's .arrest. • Sigiior Nasi, ox-Minister' for Public Instruction, who is accused' "of malversation !of public funds, has a lavcc section of sympathisers, who contend that his arrest was unconstitutional. 1 ; . . 'I