GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(Dr-Tir.BaE4PH—PRESS" ABSOCIATioK—COriRIGHT.): , RADItiM::-IK : .PS6DUCWiON.;. , iy|dvtSES.:-: '..■ (Rec. January 28, ILS pim.) '. .'. :\'.':' . . '' ■ . Condon, January 23. ■ ! King Edward' is. granting.,>a; charters.to>"esr" tablish, a ;;Royal ■ British ! Radium'|,; which mil include'a medical department for. [the treatment of disease.: A syndicate has • been formed' to obtain radium from Cornish, minCSi'-. : '■ .-• '■:.;' .', | :;... Yv. <■•'■'■.■. ■■.-.■. :-' ;■;" CHINESE MISSION; TO'-BRITAIN.: J ; -> V v Lprjdon,-; January 27.:: ' -.■■! Tang Sha6-yi,...0ne,0f the .moat: important', officials in China, who has- recently :conducied a;mission,to* the United■: ihas arrived iiT London,' with , a:largQ ! -eiitturfliei','fq'r;'tlie ; . purpose:of:studying British and conditions,- 'and ,other administrative matters. ;';:/;. y'.-;- :'::'v'.:y.^y-".'. '.'''■ ■/■P^ - l v;the;EiNGfs-visits. ';■?■_%^-,-! '■: i. , '. V "'■'■'■-: l ■'■: ■':- : Londbn,?;Jarinary 27;' I '' ■King Edward and, Queen Alexandra—who: are to visit the Kaiser at. Berlin during the second ■■ week in.',- February—will .visit the' Queen •' of'Spain'at: A r illagarcia, a: port ■■ of Nprth-Western: Spain, 'aV the •'end'of Februv 'axj.'-l'' r .:'-j',-]'i;.-' : .-- -:.- : . ;■''...; ;,'!'y:y Y ;•'.■■••',■ ■■;■.'•..■■ .■WOMEN'S CONITERENOE: A-iIAISERNAL" .£■■-:, ;v VOTATE^:--.^;^-^;^:^ , . . ; i; : ■■' ■ ; London;; January 27. r • '---A conference of the .■ .Women's Labour \ .League is being .held at •■ Some} of .:■ the ■ speakors •• advocated ilie State ''making provision: for childbirth arid for. a year speakers 'advocated the total"; prohibition' of,,' married, women working for their. living...!,:, .'■■ 'J ,i: ; VV '■; LIBERIA''A^n^Gpt^NYiW- ;■ - :: '--■;"'; y ; c «:;.: :•:..: ; ;! Berlin, <27y'V ■ .Liberia,;■ ,th ■> ,Negro■ Republic .on'the■.west coast of Africa, ; has, apologised ..to Germany ; for. the WoermannAirier iflciderit.'and'haa' polhißβd'■'■to^lurth6^■'•puriisK^t.hβ;ottβild.ers^l v ■..• ..[The trouble,.as , described'-in..pfavious'table'-" grains,: arose .out. of f the.alleged action of the 'Siberian Customs; gunboat JiMk/in;:firing; on a. German A^oerniann .' sleabier,. - presumably 'to preveut breaches of;.the Liberian Customs regu-! lationsj whiph..restrict,' coihrnerbe 'lo'Vceflainports.:.: Subsequent' Berlin , .Advices'inininiise'd, the' sigriifican&a of -the in'oideit.];■:.;'.:: ; .' .fif: .■,; ' p6otbali^eagtje;teM : ■A^: 'r: ;- , \:-:;:-:Wf : ; i v^^DßAm;;-'"^.^,;:;.^^;;^ ■;•■■'.;A 'match' between '.'the team .and KeigMey" (Yorkshire),:: a draw,, each side securing a-goaLarid'tivo tries points).' .:■''. :•";■■• '-'J- '■::.': ■■"';•'•■. ■■ri- : .-T : . :;;:^.':;''; ; -;:; ,; OLi^:,<^ '■;■'..V''.f:v' :;/\:i;' J[ \London,.January s-;:Y:',. :.The failure of. the , olive crops-in France,. ! Spain, j and Italy has caused olive 'oil \to '.rise 1 .in price 40 per cent. 'A further advance is' 1 probable... ■■■■-;■■:. ..; •.■-•■. •■■.'•:.','',' -.■'. i ' GOYERNORSHIP OF; NEW SOUTH-■•' : :i-.- '- : r : '-r-- ■'■-.■.••WALES'.' ; - : ;X,'v >: :■;■■'.: : i' ■'■■-:•:■:'■■'■ ,i, :;:■.■■•■;" London, "January,27r'' The "Daily/Mail" istatesfth'at: Sir "Gerald I Strickland,;Governor of 'Tasmania,, will.suc-; ceed Sir Harry Rawson; as Governor '.of New'. South:Wales.vv ■;;': ; '-v' : ■: [Sir Gerald, Stxiokland, Governor of Tasmania since July 23,;19p4,,,wa5,b0rn. atMalta in-1801, and holds'the ititle of Gount Delia' Catena iu that island...Ho. is a B.A. and'.LL.B." of Cambridge. According to "Johns's-Notable Australians," he was elected a member of the Council of tlie .Government-of Malta in; 1886,'"at-, tended the Colonial" Conference ,'in 4887; .-uud : was;.'president of:,the Cholora. .Committee'in 1837. He received.:the thanks;of •the-sColonial: Office for negotiations regarding ''tlie 1 . Imperial veto on. appdifitments-.to..tlie, ; Seq' of! Malta...was Chief Secretary , to' the 'GovernhVent of, Malta in 1889, and,held,.other offices.--.Prom 1902 to, 1904 he.-.was Governor of, the' Leeward Islands, and- established central,'factories .for , , sugar and cotton iii' Antigua' in , 1903. ■ Hβ niar-' ried,: in : 1890,^LadyEdclineVSaokville,,eldest daughter.,of ,the "seyonth'.Earl..de lav;Warr.] '■.;.: ; POWER VEST THE PACIFIC; ; AJBENIALv^! ■'.:■.-':"■' Melbourne, January 28.; : The Commonwealth.-.Defence ..iD.ep'artment declines to;recognise Simonshafeny'a German port -in New- Britainj; as-ilikely-.to.ibe' any-, menace to.; the Commonwealthvformat:'leasts many years to come..;,' ■ states that tlie. place_ is. riot fortifiedj'-'farid does , notpresent facilities, for, fortification so. as 'to make.it an.offective,naval base.'.!. ~-; :; -. ; - ''v '; {■' [According to ■a/recent cablegram, ...Major. Daniels, an American. scientist, v ,who' had.; returned to Vancouver, frbni: New Guinea; wiajried Britain- against, Germany's,- growing power' in ■ He stated: that a : nayal:'l)ase, ; had been.established 'at 'Siraons'HafehVandHhat'.'tae dofenoes, of- the fort. were' formidable. , ]. v: ';':• . V ■ SEQUEL ,TO; i A COLLISION, ';.'■ ': ::■:'! ;!• •-" >V. •-. Sy'aney, • January 28. ■'.'.;■ The.ship;lverna,:,wliioli was, iiv coljision with'the tug'Advance;: : has;been arrested onan of the Court in connection with aclaim of £11,000 for loss of ;tbo/tug.. ■■' ■■ '■ ■;■',•■'••. ■■' '.i r .^' ..!; !■.-.'' ':?'■':. <"''';:■ '" [On Christmas night Messrs.'JirFenwiohandl Co.'s iron: tug Advance, 181 idris,ilefi Newcastle, in;order to' take' in, tow the. steel >'. fqur-ni'astod : ; barque Iverna, 2312 ton3. ; >iThe'barque«struolc the tug, which sank. : Sevenpersons on the' Advance perished,. the only survivor; r being :the mate,". Mr. : Wills, The Ivorna,. roaqhed' Newcastle'with Her forepart full" of Vater.]'.' ;' .. '-,'. : ; ; :' .-;'}/ :' OBITUARY.:, ■J^.-] V ■;■': ' ; - Sydney, January 28, ' News' has , been received of ; the .'death-fin. England of Captain • He'riry .Wobber,. fonuerly commander, .of ,tho .Sail ■ Franeis'dd^teainer Zealandia. ';..: ,-. -A''-'v. ; i- ;', -.',.' , : ,:':sni F. DARLEY. :■ • ; , January 28.; • •The Chief Justice, Sir; Fredprick _ Darlpyj ,retired-from the Bench'to-day. '-Ho'.was impressively farowelle'd by;!the'Bar and 1 -the .officials of the Court, . : :..■.'•• ; :, iOUTCOME OF ;j 1 ? V' ; '-i:!:, ', As V result of the inquiry :•'into/, the. run'ninc down of'H.M.S.; JEncounter'B,pinnace by the steamer Dunnioro,,' causing..'ih*, '.death, of 15 bluojackets, ; the Court or which held , , that Captain 'Hansen, of the Dunmore, did;not keep 'a proper look-out—• Busponded Captain- Hansen's certificate for 12 jnontha, :."■ - :■'...,, -■■ : '' ...:■■?, , :