GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 441, 25 February 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

fnr TBi.Eanmi—rur.aa-association—corTniQHT.) ." ' y-' ;' : v'- : ' '■ ;; ' , ♦ ARCHBISHOP: OARR. 1 v - '- i- London, February 23. i: ; 'Tlio Most Rev. Dr. Carr, Roman Catholio Archbishop;of .Melbourne, is. making - .a' : 'slow recovery 'from'.a,serious, illness., l .Ho, 1 is'. ; in, Dublin. ;, ■ a CULLINAN DIAMOND. ' ; London, February 23., ; ; King: :Edward:'.has;;.directed .that; the Cullinan . diamond- in the; Imperial crown ' shall | bbj mado* detachable, for the'Queen's',use onState', occasions. .. ■ : '.-, . ! WOODEN MATCHES. Melbourne, Fobru'ary ■ 24. • ■ Tlio English'firm, of ;Bryant and May . will, -'establish''., a factory for thejmtinufacture, of. .woodein.matches, here.\ They.'expect.to commence operations about'tho e'ndjof -the year.'' .-: [It ..was, stated in The Dohixiok last week that arrangements have, now b?en . definitely completed' by. whioh Messrs: Bryant and, May, Limited, and B. .Bell, and Co., limited, will operate;: jointly- in. the. manufacture ofwax vestas, and' of \ wooden. safety matohes in .the Commonwealth... The existing ( works of R. Belland Co. at Melbourne are to. be enlarged and equipped. with most modern' machinery.]-;, • JEWELLERY STOLEN Perth, February 21. ■ - . Burglars entered the shop of Rosenwax,' a pawnbroker, and 'stole. £800 : worth of .-jewel-'-lery^,r : .v :.— '.v-v': HOTTEST DAY OF THE SEASON. ' Melbourne, February 24. '=' Yesterday-was thO hottest;day of. the season. 4 ' The, temperature, in the " city was 108' degrees, .; . --v,; NEW TASMANIAN CABLES. ■ : Melbourne, February 24. . Tho two now Tasmanian cables havo been sucocssfully laid. . HEAVY THUNDERSTORM. (Rec. February 24, 11.30 p.m.) Sydney, February 24. A" heavy,thunderstorm 'is .raging, and is interferingwith telegraphic, communication.,