GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 405, 14 January 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(DI'TELECRAriI—rRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) THE , PAPAEOA'S BUTTER. /'■ (Rec. January 13, 9.18 p.m,)„'v \ : London, January 13. ■ :' A survey of. the. butter. of -the steamer Paparoa (which was damaged by fire) is 1 proceeding. Th'e contents of Nos. 1 and 2 holds havo been 1 affected'by smoke. : Tho damage, ia No. '3 hold-varies, greatly. - A considerable''quantity of. butter is unfit'for cpnsump'tion/ V': ■ ! j" : EMPIRE LECTURES. ; , London, January 13. Tho Colonial Office's „ Visual Instruction Committee has issued'seven lectures on the United: Kingdom, illustrated -. .by .. .lantern slides.' ' Lectures on the colonies and India—' the: cost- of which, 1 will be defrayed, from ai special fund raised by a. committee'presided. • over^by : Lady Dudley,, under' the.'patronage of tEe Princess of,-Wales—-will be' issued this, yean ; r: ' -,v • FRENCH IN MOROCCO. Morocco, January 12. The Sultan Mulai Hafid welcomed a French military, mission to Fez., : . 7. CHINESE PREDOMINANCE IN TIBET. St. Petersburg, January 12. ■- Dr.' Svpn Hedin, tho explorer, .interviewed. at' Moscow, said Great influence in .Tibet was waning. : The was'becoming ..a .Clnnes'e prqVinpe.: :: There were many GWnese.; officials arid garrisons.. COMPENSATION TO MR. LUXEMBURG. St. Petersburg, January : 12. Tho Tsar has granted £7000 as compensa T tion to Mr. Luxemburg, a London merchant, who waß ,imprisoned: at Odessa. • ' FOOTBALL AT HOME. ' - . /-.'London, January, 12. : The . Australian, Leaguo..footballers played a .match against .Batley, Yorkshire,., to-day.' Batley scored, three, goals and two tries (12 points) to tho Leaguers' one goal and one try (5 points).' London, January 13. . Batley scored all their .points : in- tho first half.,' In the second half, Devereaux, for tho 'Australians, scored an unconverted try and. kicked a penalty goal.