GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 246, 10 July 1908, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

: 9 , . . (BY telegraph—press association—copyright.) MR. AVES ON COLONIAL ACTS. . (Hoc. July 10, 2.20 a.m.) London, July 9. . The report of Mr. Ernest Aves. (the economic authority who recently toured Aus- : tralia) on shop legislation in Australia has been published as a White Boole. It recognises that it. is generally accepted in Australia that regulativo Acts are desirable and advantageous to tho .community.'" COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE. , (Rec. July 10, 2.20 a.m.) London, July 9. The House of Commons listened for ten minutes to a Bill' introduced by Captain M. Kincaid-Smith ' (Liberal member for Stratford, Warwickshire), providing that adults must undergo 48 days''compulsory military training.a year. - - . Tho Bill was greeted with laughter and cheers, and was rejected by 250 votes to 34.

SAVING DAYLIGHT. " - \ . ■ (Rec. July 10. 2.30 a.m.) . . London, July 9., Mr. Asquith has declined to facilitatb'tho passing of tho Daylight Saving Bill; . HEAT WAVE IN NEW YORK. New York, July 8. Thero is intense beat' iii New York. Twenty-three deaths have .been reported. DROUGHT the destroyer!. ■- 'Syctnay, July.. 9. j ■ At the annual meeting of the Pastoralists' Union, the President, Air. \Y. E. Abbott, in. his address, stated that more, than two million pounds' worth, .of ;stock.;,had been, lost in the Riverina and in Victoria during the last three months/• owing to drought.. . THE HORNBY GRANGE. Brisbane, July 9. The latest, report ""shows; thaC the position of tho Houlder liner Hornby 1 Grange, 2356 tons, which went 'ashore near the Johnstone River while bound-to Vladivostok, is unaltered. The cargo .is , being lightered.