GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(BY TELEGBAPH—TCtESS ASSOCIATION - —COTTBIOIIT.) KING AND KAISER, • ;.,„;; : (Rec. January 18, 9.52 p.m.) • ,-Bw|in, Jamijiry JB. ; - Berlin is . King Edward and Queen Alexandra on approaching visit, to the Kaiser.... . .. ALPINE FATALITY. ■■ . Berne, January. 17. ... An avalanche in the Sohall Alps, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, .killed:. Dr. Spicer, son of Mr.Evan Spicer, of: the wellknown firm of paper makers and wholesale stationei'B.. Another -son narrowly escaped. LORD GLENESK'S ESTATE. ■'■'■'■ ■•■-■.c,'Jf?W! on j'jJanuary" 17.'; The estate of the late Lord Glenesk has been valued for duty at £379,533.' : Kβ has practically left all to his daughter, Countess" Bathurst. '. ; '.'■V-,'. ■.. .: ■-.-■■- : .' i •'■ :: :■ '•• , [Lord Glenesk's son, Mr. Oliver Borthwick, predeceased his. father. , There is, therefore/no lieii , to tlie'Pberage: iLord Glenesk was proprief tor of the "Morning.Post."l ; . .. ■'-.'.• ':■■: ■■■-■ -'. ;■' ■-. FRENCH CONSUL j ■ Melbourne, January 18. Dissension among members of the. French Society L'Alliance :Fn\ncaise. led to the recall of M. Maistre, French Consul,!:by hie . Government, in consequence of representations made through tho British Ambassador in Paris. It is said that both,the Australian authorities and the British AmbassVdor'were misled into convoying to. tho French, Foreign Offico the representations -which culminated in M. MaistreV recall, . ...:",. .':.,, ■DAMAGE TO STEAIIER. ENNERDALE.. Melftourno,: January .18. The steamer Ennerdale, , which struck a submerged obstruction in Bass' Straits, : !wliile': on tho voyage here from Neir ZenlaMy.'haß; been docked and examinedi' -Her plains i'arfr buckled and. , broken .for, thirty fee'tp'aiHf there is a hole large /enough ifor. rat" whfeel-: barrow to pass throughrv-.f.-r.: ra» ~« vH'.- ■. : ;..." REFLOATED. ; ; v > ?? '■;■: ,'Sydney,'; January ,18. '. The Newcastle and Hunter Biver 'Company's new steamer "Karuali, ■" wliicli' went ashore on the Stockton beach,' has been refloated uninjured, ' .... CRICKET FINANCES—PLAYEES v. .';■: :■;'•' BOARD. V ■ - (Rec. January 19, 0.35 a.m.) ■■.-.: Sydney, January 18. The Cricket Association:has.decided to;support the attitude of the Board of Control in" connection with the visit 5 of to England. ..- ''- '-j • :c ■'*■ '"■''-•' ' L ' J . , - v ' [Teacling :players of Australia ■ want bettei:financial terms for the tour than the board proposes. 'Mr.-P. P. Warner lately, declared that the leading players uhduV flatter■ themselvos" if they believe that the JlaryleTjone Club will not receive an Australian team from which they are "excluded.] ' V. ■■'•■••.■■"■ '■'*■■ t- "t v >>' ■