GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 457, 16 March 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(by telegram—press association—corvisiGirr.' * THE BRITISH COAL TRADE. (Rec. March 15, 11.13 p.m.) London, March 15. I Tho outpyt of coal in Groat Britain in 1908 was 261,560,379 tons, a decrease of 6,303,473 tons on. tho 1907 figures, although 47,195 moro miners wero employed. THE TROUBLE IN PERSIA. London, March 15. t A hundred Cossacks are proceeding to tlia Teheran Legation, owing to tho troubled stato of Persia. AUSTRIAN ARMY. . Vienna, March 15. The action of tho authorities in equipping tho sccond lino of reserves with rilies and cartridges has created a bad impression in ' Vienna. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. London, .March 14. Wireless telegraph stations are to bo estab*' lislied on the Canary Islands, REAL TENNIS. London, March 14. At real tennis at the Queen's Club, W, Stone, of Melbourne, beat Chalmers, 6 —2. 0-3, 6-1. _ ' EGYPT'S SURPLUS., ' ' • London, March 14. Tho surplus of Egypt has been stated at ono million pounds. A COSTLY 3ASE. London, March 15. Mr. Bottomley estimates tho expenses fol the defenco in tho caso referred to in yesterday's cablegrams at £6000 and 'the Crown's expenses at £20,000. THE STEAMER WALLSEND. Sydney, March 15. ■ Iho steamer Wallsond sustained damago to tho extent of several thousands of pounds. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. Sydney, March 15. Jonathan Henderson, managing director ol tho Pacific Fisheries, Limited, has been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. Ho lias been released ou bail.

QUEENSLAND LOAN. -rt, n ~ , LO - ndon ' . Mnreh ll Iho Queensland loan issue is quoted at from par to 1J per cent, premium. PLAGUE. Sydney, March 15. Woarne, the latest plaruio patient, is dead. (Rec. Maroli 15, 11.13 p.m.) Sydney, March 15. A seaman on the French steamer St. Louis lias died of plague. No fewer than 235 dead rats, infocted witl plague, have been found at Wearne's mill. _ [Wearne's is the llourmill in Goulburn Street in which cases of plague have developed.]