GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

or telegraph—press association—cofteight. THE SCULLING WORLD. (Rcc. Dec. 22, 4.16 p.m.) Sydney, December 22. Pearce has issued a challenge to the Now Zealand sculler Arnst to row for £100 a-sido. Fogwell, hearing'of tho challenge, expressed) willingness to row Pearco for £200 a-sido.' Fogwell, and probably G.' Towns and a few other aquatic men, will visit Wanganui to witness the Webb-Trossider match. NEW SHAW-SAVILL STEAMER. / London, December 20. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company 'has ordered a new steamer, capable of carrying 100,000 carcases! PROFESSOR CARSLAW, D.Sc. London, December 20. . Cambridge University has conferred a Doctorship of Scieiico upon Professor Carslaw, Professor of Mathematics at Sydney University since 1903, and formerly 6f Glasgow University, in recognition of his workin connection with applied mathematics.

Horatio Scott Carslaw, M.A. (Glasgow and Cambridge), D.Sc. (Glasgow), F.11.5J3., wan born on February. 12, 1870, and was educated at Glasgow University. Ho was formerly a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Lecturer in Mathematics in the University of Glasgow. _ His publications include different mathematical papers in scientific journals. DEATH OF SIR JOHN STRACHEY. ) London, December 20., Obituary: Sir John Strachey, formerly a member of tho Council of India. ! Sir John Strachey, G.C.S.T., was born in London on .Tune 5, 1823. He entered tho Bengal Civil Service in 18*2; and was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Central Provinces in 1862; member of tho Council of the .Govcrnor-iGeneral of India; 18G3; financial member of Governor-General's Council, 187G; raomber of tho Council of India, 1885-95. Ho was joint-author with Licut.-Goneral Sir It. Stiachey, of "Tho Finances and Public Works of India" (1882) and "Hastings and. the Roliilla .War" (1892). A JEWISH BEQUEST. • ■ . Paris, December 20. Baroness A'dolpho.Rothschild, whose deatli was announced'recently, bequeathed £140,000 for Jewish charities in Paris. '.'■'' AN 'AUSTRALASIAN CLUB IN MANCHESTER.' London, December 20. Australians and New Zealanders residing in Manchester aro forming an Australasian Club. ; GOLF CHAMPIONS MEET. London, December j 20. In a golf match at Deal, Armand Massey beat James Braid. M'ARTHUR AND CO. London, Decomber 20. At a meeting of Manchester creditors of tho British and colonial firm of *W. and A. M'Arthur, Ltd., the reconstrftction proposals of the liquidator (Mr. ■ Whinney) were approval. LORD ALDENHAM'S ESTATE. London, Decomber 20. • Tlio lato Lord Aldenham's estate is valued at £703,729. Lord Aldciilmm was Henry Hucks Gibbs, tho cminont banker, head of the firm of Antony Gibbs and Sons. He was created a Barou in 1896. AUSTRALIAN TEACHERS VISIT \ ' AUCKLAND. • Sydney, December 21. Over twenty teachers aro passengers by the Wimmera to attend a conforenco at Auckland. Afterwards thoy will play cricket, tennis, and bowling matches. ' ARAWATTA-INGEBORG COLLISION. Sydney, Decomber 21. In connection with tho Arawatta-Ingeborg collision, and tho claim of tho owners of tho Ingoborg for compensation for tho loss of that vessel, tho Court found in favour of the Ingoborg, with costs against tho Arawatta, and referred all questions in regard to damages to tho Registrar.' Early in ■ the morning of August 14, when eight miles off Port Stephens, Now South Wales, tho steamer Arawatta ran into tho barque Ingoborg, bound from Wellington to Newcastle. Tho Ingoborg sank almost immediately, and seven men, including Captain Schmidt, were drowned. A Court of Marino Inquiry found that tho regulation lights wcro exhibited on tho Ingoborg, and that tho collision occurred through a proper lookout not being kept on tho Arawatta, for which tho second mato was found in default. His certificate was suspended for six months., Tho' Court was also of opinion that the Ingoborg contributed to tho collision by failing to tako the action prescribed in tho regulations for preventing collisions at sea, when a collision seoniod inovitablo. It enonorated tho captain of tho Arawatta from all blamo, and considered ho did all possible to savo tho crow.

NORTHERN TERRITORY. Adelaide, Dccembor 21. Both Houses of tho Stato Parliament havo. passed tho Bill providing for tho handing of tho Northern Territory to tho Commonwealth. The Bill has still to bo dealt with by tho Commonwealth Parliament. Tho Conference of Premiors passed; on tho motion of Mr. Carruthors, a resolution objecting to tho proposed agreement, which, according to Mr. Carrnthers, would cost ,£IOO,OOO a year. Now South Wales, Tasmania, and West Australia voted for tho motion; South Australia voted against it; Queensland and Victoria did not voto. JTawa Gardans for Eieaica. -: • v." 6351.