GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 January 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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SUBMARINE TELEPHONY., London, January 19. Router's Berlin correspondent reports that Herr Kraetke, the German Postmaster-Gen-eral, is negotiating for the establishment of communication between Berlin and London, by means of a telephone cable through tho North Sea; v -A* SLIDING. ;BOG; v ; London, January 19. vA sliding bog invaded the village of Kilmore,- near Bafiygar, County Galway. The occupants had a narrow escape. [The bog lapd ( of Ireland has beori estimated at 3,ooo,ooo'acres; that of. Scotland at upwards of 2,000,000 acres, that of England... at. near 1,000,000, aores. : : ; Much destruction has been caused' by the motion of bogs. Lelaud (about 1516) speaks of Chat Moss' doing so. .-Mischief was done at Endekmore, Ireland; on January 3,, 1853, and farmhouses and fields near Dunmore- were'eovefed in October, 1873.; Through heavy rains and the: percolation of water,-the Knocknageeha bog, a mile long and a quarter of a mile broad,.at Rathmore, in East Kerry, gave way, : arid' ;swept 'everything in its course for about two miles.; On' December, 28-and 29. 189S, a salmon .fishery in the 'river Tlesk,, and some small farmers .were. ruined by a moving, bog, arid in' NoTember of-1901' a bog slip near Liscarinori, West Clare, did much damage and destroyed considerable live stock.}--'.

.:■;■ Sex-queen, op hawah.. v

■ .-now :iwik, tfuuuary-19. _ Liliuokalani, the former Queen of Hawaii, is personally.'pleading (that: a Congress >6ommittee' should recogniso'iher claims for ■•'ooinr pensation;\' : '- .•..■'/''■'•.<'; > r':.' , !' , vi r !- '■'.; " : [Liliuokalani,'who was.born at Honolulu on December.'2, -1835,;-was made' \ ice-regent when King loft,...Ha,waii„ .and after -his. death jn:gan;Frauoiscoiwas,proolainied Queen, on January' 29,''1891. On January r26~' of. the same year her. husband,' John 0. Dominis, i> native of'Boston,'Snda<3o*ern'6r ofcOahu, died, Her 'attempts to''abolish, the-constitution of 1887 and, to .restore .absolute monarchy; (though abandoned) led to her Januarv 30,, 1892, when a ipro.visional. government was. set up. : President Cleveland endeavoured to seoure her restoration,.but his efforts- in that direction failed* Hawaii was : annexed to the United States-in: July, 1898.] , -•■• ;■',\

A BOY'S DEATH.

•Melbourne, January 20. At the inquest, on tho boy Bridge, evidence was given that ho quarrelled with his sister; and told her she would not see him any more. The coroner, however, expressed the opinion that 'the boy wished to see a train rush by, ran down a deop embankment, and thus met his death. A verdict of accidental death was returned. {According to previous cabled advices, Bridge, who was a sohoolboy, twelve years of ago. dehberatoly placed his head on the line in front of an advanoin* engine at Elslornwick, and was decapitated.]

SCULLING: ANOTHER CYCLIST • EXPONENT.

Sydney, January 20. Hagney, a well-known cyclist, has abandoned the track and taken up sculling. He declares that if Arnst could tako up sculling and win the ohampionship after attaining his majority, ho fails to see why ho- should not be equally successful. What Hagney eventually wants is to measure soulls with Arnst. He is determined to, if possiblej bring the championship back to Now South Wales. FOOTBALL AT HOME. London, January 19. •ho Australian League (professional) defeated Ebbw Vale by 9 points to 8 ;n a fast, brilliant game. ■ Tries tor tho winners wero scored by Conlon, Dean, and Doveroux. None were converted. v In the second half Ebbw Valo scored a goal and two tries. BOXING RESTRICTIONS. Sydney, January 20. Bums and a number of other hoxors approve tho Government restriction doing away with in-fighting. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. Melbourne, January 20. Tho Federal Parliament has been furthor prorogued till March 10. ESCAPED PRISONERS. Melbourne, January 20. One of tho three prisoners who escaped from Castlemaine gaol has surrendered. i RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Rec. January 20, 11.45 p.m.) ' , ' Sydney, January 20. Splendid rain is falling throughout the j State. j A STEAMER REFLOATED. Sydney, January 20. The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Rosedalo, 274 tons, which wont ashore after colliding with the breakwater at Bellinger Heads, has been refloated. LATE SHIPPING. ..,..„„ Sydney, January 20. Arrived.—Lord Sefton, from Auckland. Sailed, at 1 p.in , Victoria, Norehana, and Tomoana, foi' Auckland. _ „ Newcastle, January 20. Sailed.—Northern Chief, for Auckland; Wairuna, for Wellington.