GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 458, 17 March 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

. ♦■ FEARS FOR, ROOSEVELT'S MESSINA TRIP. (Rcc. March 16, 9.10 p.m.) Romo, March 16. The Italian polico arc in a state of tropi elation owing to the intention of ex-Presideni Roosevelt and his wife and three childrei to visit Messina, which is a stronghold of th< Mafia. [A Jlafia gang at Palermo, another town ii Sicily, has just massacred an American detec tico named Petrosini, s\n investigator of th' "Blnck Hand" organisation, who is said t have dono more than any man in the Unitei States to bring Italian criminals to justice] FAMINE IN;!) -NORTHERN ALBANIA. Constantlncpla, March 15. There arc thousands of persons foodlesa ii Northern Albania, European Turkey. UNEMPLOYMENT WORKS. London, March 15. Since August last tho President of tho Local Government Board, Mr. John Burns, has authorised ' 569 loans, amounting to £2,708,660, for unemployment works. THE AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS. London, March 15. The contractors expect to begin tho work of construction of the Australian destroyers in five weeks, A CLERGYMAN'S TRUST. . Melbourne, March 16. A meeting of tho South Melbourne Presbytery considered tho casn of tho Rev. P. Murdoch, clerk to the South Melbourno Presbytory, who was committed to prison for contempt of Court'in refusing to produce* a copy of a letter sent by the Presbytory to tho defendant in the notion Rev. Ronaldl>. Robert Harper, a member of tho Houso of Representatives. The meeting commended tho action of Mr. Murdoch in refusing to give up the letter in his chargo without tho Presbytery's authority; it also authorised him to produce the letter. (Rec. March 16, 11.58 p.m.) The Rev. Mr. Murdoch was released after intimating that he is prepared to produce tho required documents by tho authority of tho Presbytery. THE PLAGUE.. Sydnoy, March 16. Hong-Kong files to hand report two outbreaks of plague- at Kowloon, opposite Kong. COMMONWEALTH OPIUM SEIZURES. Melbourne, March 16. The opium seized by tho Commonwealth Customs authorities during tho past throe years was valued at £11,794. SUPPOSED SUICIDE. Sydnay, March 16. Regarding tho drowning of Frank Laing, a commission agent, of Auckland, off iho Bronte beach, it transpires that tho body, which was washed ashoro at Bondi, was fully clothed, the attire including an overcoat. A handkerchiefwas bound over the man's face, and tho indications aro that ho committed suicide. LAWN TENNIS. Adelaide, March 16. In inter-State lawn tennis, Victoria defeated South Australia by 144 games to 104 games. A LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED. Perth, Marcli 16. A lineman named Cox, while working on overhead wires, fell across a live cable carrying 2000 volts, and was roasted to death.