GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 400, 8 January 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

' : —•'' ■■fv. (by TBLEGRAI'n—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPIMGHT.) MULAI HAFID RECOGNISED. (Reo. January 7, 11.30 p.m.), :. ... London, January 7. The Powers have notified.Mulai Hafid of his recognition as Sultan of. • Morocco (in succession to the deposed Abdul Aziz). ■ PERSIA—A NEW MINISTER. London, January 7. . Router's Teheran;. correspondent •■■states thait Saad-ed-Dowleh, a liboral-mindcd man, has been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs. ' THE QUEEN'S : BENEVOLENCE... London, January 7. | Queen Alexandra has given £1000 for the I purchase, of extra-regulation articles to addto the comfort and convonience of sick sol- i diors under tlio care of Queen Alexandra's i Imperial Military ;Nursjng : Association, on service at homo stations. > ; FOOTBALL AT HOME. ' '% London, Jannary 6. \ j : Playing against Widnes, Lancashire, the i Australian League -.(professionals) obtained two goals and three; tries (13 .points) against one goal (two points) .secured by their l opponents. AN ART COLLECTION. _ London, January 6. V Sir E. Poynter,' President of the : Royal. Academy, ■ and. llrs. 'M'CuUough,. deny anv immediate intention; to' M'Cnllptmn j collection- (which- is ..being 'exhibitedin the Royal. Academy, in place of the usual., winter exhibition), as reported. ; - ' . BIG LOSS-BY FIRE. : I Brisbane, January 7. The Heaslop Company's bulk .store, - destroyed by-fire on Tuesday, was insured for £23,000. .Tho total' low amounts :to 'about .£30,000. GREATER SYDNEY. " • Sydnoy,:-January-7. , Tho now Lord Mayor (Alderman Alien Taylor),' in a,' minute - outlining•'.his -policy, strongly advocates a. Greater- Sydney and the wiping out of slum areas. : PHYSIQUE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Sydney, January 7. A report of tho medical.officers who-visit the public schools, prepared -from,'.'statistics obtained during the past year, shoWB that in gonoral health, physique, height, and weight, New South Wales sohool children, compare favourably with; British, American, ?;and : German.' children. ; '- r - y:'"- .. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP OF AUSTRALIA. Sydney, January 7. . Pearco has lodged a deposit to row Thoroughgood (the - conqueror of \Vheloh) on tho Parramatta River - for thechampionship of Australia.' • FEDERAL POSTAL COMMISSION. Melbourne, January- 7. ; The Hon. W. H. Wilks, M.P. 'for Dalley,. New South Wales, has .been elected chairman', of tho Postal Commission, in place of JLr. - J,; Hume Cook, who has resigned. COMMONWEALTH AND STATES- , Perth, January 7. Tho Assembly adopted ; tho Premiers' Conference resolutions. ■ WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLD YIELD. c Perth, January -7. ■ The gold yield for the past' year . amounted;; to 1,648,505 vounces,of.the,Rvalue ' of, '£7,037,579. ... . . VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT: "■ Melbourne, January 7. . . ; The State Parliament was ; opened by Commission. The Hon. F. Madden was- reelected Speaker. . ■ ?]; ; " '•?'•? .' - SOUTH AUSTRALIA BEATS VICTORIA. . Melbou'rno, January 7. The inter-State oricket match; South AUs-: tr'alia' v. Victoria—in.-ivhich the visitors scored 127 in their first innings, and. Victoria 346-^.! was resumed to-day.. ..Mayne was, bowled without'adding to South Australia's score, the South Australians' second innings thus dosing for 351. Victoria, requiring 133 to win, were disposed of for -117, the chief scorers.I being Ransford (30) and; ; Armstrong-. .(19);,-1 O'Connor was mainly responsible , for ■ the ] downfall, securing seven wickets for 36. . i AN ARREST. - 1 1 .. Hobart, January 7. A man namod William Johnston has been arrested in connection with bankruptcy pro-' ceedings in New Zealand...-V'?';,- -; .■,