GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 238, 1 July 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

: " , » r .' : ' ' (DT TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) ■ NEW •SOUTH WALESIREYENUE. v (Rec. July 1,-. 1.2' a.m.);.-' i Sydney, 'Juno 30. Tho revenue for o the year ■ increased by £565,000. v The. New' Soutn Wales revenue for 1905-06 was .£12,253,000, for 1006-7 .£13,392,00050 tliat the 1907-03 figures should s be; .£18,960,000.' . NEW SOUTH WALES ARBITRATION ACT. (Rec. June 30, 10.5 p.m.)/ . Sydney, June 30. Tho Arbitration Act has ceased ,to exist. Tho Industrial Disputes Act takes its place, operating, from'to-morrow. . Briefly put, the Industrial' Disputes Act provides for prompt adjudication in disputes by, boards that will be constituted with special knowledge of tho trade! with, right of appeal to an industrial .courtT'aid lvitli' very stringent penalties for strikes;

DEATH OF A NEW ZEALAND. HORSE. (Rec. June 30, 10.15 p.m.) • , : ' Sydney, June 30. The New Zealand hurdler Matakokiri, while exercising •at Randwick," broke a fetlock, and had to be destroyed.UNITED STATES REVENUE DEFICIT. • Now York, Juno 29. The United States .revenue shows a deficit of twelve whereas last year's surplus was sixteen and/a-half ■ V .•' - swimming, ; ■: LondonVjuno29; Springfield, the Queensland swimmer, w.on. a-half-mile'race in the Thames. <; ■■ ...-.. : ATTACK:; ON •'A'"■WARDER-" ' ' Sydney, June 30. Warder ,Brown, who' was 'struck "down vrith an axe by a Chinese prisoner, attCo'otamuiidra Prison, has succumbed to'his' injunes.' . ' ,• A PASSENGER DISAPPEARS. -' ' I Syc'nsy, June 30. During the voyage of tho steamer from Liverpool; JWill i£i iri"' J off r ejfs /', a l . * third-' class passenger -, fbr Auckland, tho',day after'tho rossel?sail6dvV;ifv?,s t • '■ i"i SIXTY-SIX YEARS'IN AN- ASYLUM. !Melhourne,'(Juiie 30. . A patient, aged seventy-eight,. died after being ;an inmate, of -a J lunatic /asylum for sixty-six years. GOOD SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT ■ HARVEST. ' _ a , . Adolaids, Juno 30. Official figures show the'-wheatr yield to be beyond all anticipations/ It' total's'ill,095,800 bushels,- or an averago. of 11.0S- b.ushels-.por aero. ' 1

LADIES' tailors. The oldest, beet, and largest firm in Anstralnsia. Eton Gowns and Costumes from ,£5 ss. i Skirts from >21 10s. Nodiria and ;C0.,. 30 Wellington Terra'ce-." ; ■ C 734 S. Siegel; ladies' Tailor,-has removed into larger premises, 46 Manners Street. Costumes 6elhng half-price meanwhile. ~.Secure,, before removal. . \ 9GS2 '.J. ; H. .• , Bethuno i .nnd' C0.,-announco in our auction columns that at 2.30 p.m. to-day, at their rooms, tjiey are 'submitting a splendid' block, of land, nearly four, nores, at Wadestown, situated at the end. of Hanover -Street Extension., - Pull particular's may bo obtained on application to Messrs. Meek and Von Haast, solicitors, or the auctioneers. The resirlenco and grounds. situated in Hill Street, known as "Kenilwortfi," formerly/oivned by Mr. Justice Edwards, will be 6old by public auction by Messrs.'Harcourt and Co.';': at their rooms on Friday, July 10, at 2.30 p.m.,.by order of the mortgagee/'" Tho land comprises part sections 51G and 517, and contains an area of over, three-quarters of-an acre, having- a frontage, of about 197 feet to .'Hill Street, with access also, from Tinakori' Koad,\ and the.,residonee contains eighteen ; 'rooms, . including spacious hall and billiard-room, large.: balconies, and tower, from which splendid views 'are" obtained. There are, also stables and coachhouse, and tho grounds are ,laid-out in .gardons, lawn, etc. Cards to view - may be obtained from tho auctioneers on application.' -. Messrs. T. KonnedvMacdohald, Limited, will hold an extensive salo of household furnishings at their rooms to-day at 1.30-o'clock.,. They also advertiso the salo by auction at noon on Saturday next, nt their rooms, of tho old Occidental Hotel building for removal. Intending ' buyers can inspect' tho interior of -tile buildings. • • An event that will surely causo a- stir on Lambton Quay next Thursday morning'will bo tho opening .of .the annual stock-taking salo nt the Economic. Ladies will only have to glanco ovor the "Bargain Budget" issued with this morning's Dominion to see the magnitude of this bargain-giving sale. '. Tremendous reductions aro claimed to have been mado in > all departments, which, together with a number of wholesale warehouses stock purchases, mado by tho firm at great discounts, will make this sale "a money-saving. event" to be remembered. Ladies will do well to. remember that Thursday for tho first day's ahopjor to the advantage. [