GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 430, 12 February 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(iit TEr.EanArn—tress association—corTruGnT,) CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN FRANCE.' . : • London, February 10. • Two murderers Wo guillotined' at Albi,' capital of the department of Tarn, Franco. ' LONDON AND PARIS, EXCHANGE ' COMPANY, London, . February 10. , The London. and Paris, Exchange Company has becu ordered to bo compulsorily wound up. _. v ; v ; ,' V. vv v [The above company: had an authorised capital of ,£2so,ooo,'and dealt mostly in mining and other call options.] , SOUTH' AUSTRALIAN HARVEST. 1 Adelaido, February 11.. ' The : newspaper ' 'Register V-estimates : the wheat yield at 22J million bushels', an average of 12i bushels to the' aoro; ' The export-' able surplus is estimated at ,18j640,Q00 bushels. All these figures are records. , - \ ' . PLAGUED UTS. Sydnoy, February 11. three plagued. rats and one mouse wer<) found during tho week. MURDER OF A BANKER. Paris, February 10.': , Renard was sentenced to : penal servitude for : life and Courtios to twenty' years' imprisonment, for murdering M; Remy, a banker, of Paris. Renard and Courtios. were M. Remy.' 8 valet and butler , respectively., TUBERCULOSIS. New York, February 10. In connection-with the campaign against tuberculosis, two hundred arrests for spitting in railway and tram cars have been made.. . ;' V."THE UNITED. STATES PRESIDENCY: (Rco. February 11, 10.58 p.m.) 1 New York, February 11. : The formal election of Mr. Taft as President of the United States in the presence of members of both Houses of Congress, took place yesterday. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. ' (Eec. February 12, 0.45 a.m.) Sydney, February 11. . The wool sales olosed very, firm. There was keen competition. Greasies fetched-the best rates of, the week, and scoureds the best of tho season.