GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 265, 1 August 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COrTRIGHT.I HOME POLITICS. (Rec. July 31, 11.50 p.m.) ■ London, July 31. , In the House of iCommons the Appropriation Bill was read'a'second timo after a discursive debate ombracing tho conduot of public business in tho Commons,- the condition of Ireland and of the Congo, and otherquestions. In tho House of Lords the Old Ago Pensions, Finance, and Irish Universities Bills wero read, a third time.' YACHTING.,;. V; " London,, July' 30. Great Britain won all throe events at the Olympia 1 yachting regatta at Rydo,- beating Norway, Belgium, France, and Sweden. - THE TERCENTENARY. . London, July 30. His Royal Highness the Prince of "Wales, when embarking on, tho cruiser Indomitable for the return journey to England, testified to the immense pleasure ho had derived from his visit to Canada to attend the Quebec tercentenary celebrations.. FATAL MOTORrCAR ACCIDENT. Paris, July 30. Winthrop Sands, Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt's stepson, was killed in a motor accident at Poissy, France, being virtually burned to death. . . A GOVERNOR MISSING. ' ' -Ottawa, July 30. Great anxiety is felt' for tho safety" of Sir William Macgrogor, Governor of Newfoundland, who was cruising .on the Labrador coast, and has not been heard of, since" a great storm three days since. . . ' ■ Later. Sir W'm. Macgregor. is safe. ' SHOOTING AFFAIR. r Hobart, July 31. As the result of a 'quarrel, a man named Hudson, twenty-two years of ago, shot a girl named Bradley in the back and clubbed her brothor-in-law with a gun, fracturing his, jaw and skull. The victiitas are in a low condition.- Hudson has been arrested. PRICE OF CATTLE IN SYDNEY. ' Sydney," July 31. Cattle advanced in price during tho weok by 20s. to 30s. a head. - UNITED STATES FLEET. ' . Sydney, July 31. Tho voto of £10,000 for tho reception of the American fleet passed both Houses.