GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 417, 28 January 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

4 [by TBLEGiurn—r-RESS association—cpr-YBtGin.i TRIAL OF DINIZULU. (Rec. January 27, 10.40 p.m.) Durban, January 27. Giving evidence in his own defence against charges of treason and inciting to murder, Dinizulu admitted tho existence of unrcgistcied guns and the presence of rebels at his kraal at Usutu. A DUEL IN PARIS. - Paris, January ''26. Prince Gregory Sturdza, of Rumania, had a duel with M. Catargi, son of the Ru- ! nianian Minister in London, after an altercaI tion in a Paris theatre. M. Catargi received i a serious bullet wound in the side. ( | LINOTYPE OPERATORS ON STRIKE. , .Paris, January 2G. | The linotype operators on tho majority of newspapers in Pans havo struck for an'in- | ciease of wages.. Tho papers aro produced 'with great difficulty. ' ' "! ' CONTEMPT OF' COURT. ' <. London,^.January. 26. Mr. H. Nield, Conseivative M.P. for Ealing, has been fined £100 and ,oosts if or contempt of court in commenting, in an aftcr-dmnor speech, on the strangeness of Mr. Bottomloy's 'prosecution 'synchronising with his voting ■against the Lic'cnsins Bill. , fJIr. H. W. Bottom'ley, LibcnS member for South Haokney, Has proceeded against last month on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the public in connection with the Joint-Htock Trust ■ aud Finance: Corporation.] RECEIVERS APPOINTED: . London, January 26. Receivers havo been appointed for the de-benture-holders of. the London and Paris Exchange. It is stated that a new London and Paris Exchange is being formed to deal with' tho liabilities of tho existing company. ORIENT LINER LAUNCHED. . London, January 26. The Orient liner Ostcrley, which stuck while. .being launched last tteek, owing 'to frosty weather affecting tho grease on tho skids, has been successfully launched. \ ' PLAGUE IN AUSTRALIA. ' Brisbane, January 27. .'A barman in a city hotel has died from ptoguc. (Rec. January 27, 10.10 p.m.): '.■■' Sydney, January. 27. ' A rat infected with plague has been found in. Darling Harbour. CRICKET: HILL WILL NOT GO TO ENGLAND. ;. : : (Rec. January; 28; 0.30 a.m.) •;?. ; ;v: V--''•':'• 'Sydney, January 27. Clem' Hill (South Australia) has informed the Board: of Crioket Control that ho will not join'the'tea in.for England. ;■■ [Hill was one of t:he.first..plavers to object to the board's financial terms, ,\\lnch the playeis generally? have since accepted.]