GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 494, 29 April 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(BT TBUEOIUrU—f BE6B AESOOUTIOK—oibPTEWnT4 .... —~~—» '",•■'. : I ■:'■■:■. THE' NATAL RAILWAY STRIKE. :■ . (Roc. April 28, 9.37 p.m.ji .■•■''■■. Durban, Ajpril 28.'*' : As a result of the strike of 1600 f>mploroej on the Natal railways—who objected .'to pioca-.; work, >but who refused the Government's <affer : . [ of an inquiry—the goods traffic .on :tho Natal lines is .suspended. _ Tho jprincipal passenger ■'•'■ ■ services are.maintained with difficulty.■' Tie' press and tho public denounce, the 'strikers.' . Some of the Labour leaders wrgo'the aooept-.,.,v anoo of tho offer of .arbitration, in order ,to prevent tr.ado from passing,to jtko; • Portuguese Dolagoa B,ay line. ■';■•■ BIG JEWELLERY ROBBERf; - , Homo, April 27, ;: A Gorman princess was robbed of jewels. , worth £40,000: on -the train' between '■■ Sin < • ''v. 1 Riemo, Northern Italy, ; and , Lugano, v jp . Switzerland- ~ ,'■......:, ,!.''..• ■' HOMELESS THROUGH EARTHQUAKE. : .'.{' Lisbon, April 27. ■ There are 12,000 pernio jkunelesß jn JPojv itugal, through last ; week's earthquake. , ' ROYAL MEDITERRANEAN^ •■"■ :!.'■'florae,:April 27..,: ■..■■■' 'King : Ed,w,ard, Queen Alexandra, Pjinooss, 'Victoria, ,and tho' Empress-Dcwager of Rug- ' : ;sia,, .who are on ,a yachting cruise in the ■ 'Mediterranean, landed in Sicily, and. mado' . ia tour round -the' crater of Mount Etna. ■■': .'■""••

FATAL FALL. Mow y«rjt, April 27, A workman fell from a 6kyscr,apor »t ,a llieight .of 350 feejb, and was dashed to picoes. . ■CENSORSHIP WITHDRAWN. .London, April 27. ,Saint-Saens's- opera, "Samsoii ot Delila," has boon produced at tho Covent .Garden lOpera House. Queen Alexander secured .tho withdrawal of tho'censor's prohibition, ,wlnch was duo to tho .opera being founded on a Biblical subject. ,[E?ferring to America's (reception of "Samson and Delilah,'" tho "Independent" of Deoemher 81 remarks;—"' Samson and Delilah' was sung at the Metropolitan a number of years ago, |but ,tho audicnoo ,was so small and so frigid ithat it was .promptly withdrawn. At the Manhattan, a lew weeks ngo, it drew a crowded ihouse, and aroused, enthusiasm, and it. has' Iliad a number of repetitions. In,'!P.aws this opera is second in popularity .only to the .works ,of. Gounod and .'Wagner,', and it is' .therefore. gratifying, to rooord that., New iTork has at / . • last discovered its worth,..all .the more as thisTesult 'will .doubtless .encourage Mr., Hammeristeiji to mount .nnobher.Saint-Saons opera next .season, probably 'Henri -VIII;' In oioet American, cities 'Samson and Delilah' ib. .well (known ',''■. .through' performances iof' it ; as .an .oratorio, j Its ieaufilul <musio is, however, ■. ewin ■ jpthe purely chord sections, much more offective in .connection with the , operatio sconery ant 1 , .action."],. ,; ,'/ f '•'-,_;■ ( ' •■"• BAPTIST JIINISTERS I :. "'.■■; .'.,': '/ ; .' London; April 27. '■; The iCounoil of tho Baptist .Church .pro poses to raise.a -Jund of £100,000 .to.'.imp.rp.vo ministers' '.stipends.'. ::,.'• •A DEBIT BALANCE. .

London, April 27. The iroporfc of the Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company for the year ended December ,31 shous that ilie loss for the yoar is £11,,8GQ Jt making tho total dobit balance £82,7,97, which is oarriod forward. TACHT WITH FIVE MEN MISSING. Melbourne, April 28. The yacht Lily, with dive mon onwarf, u missing. It is feared that tiho foundered in Sunday's gale. COOLIES FOR NEW CALEDONIA. SWtapy, April 28. _ A batch of 199 Javanese coolies has an rivod hero on routo ,to the nickel'mines if. / the Fronch island of Now Caledonia. THE WEE WAA MURDER. Sydnoy ( April 28. At the trial of tho youth Williams, cliareca" with tho murder of Johnston at Weo Waa in Dooombor last, accused made a statement that iio .was working for Johnston, and they quirrolled. Johnston struck him, and on tho -spur of the moment ho picked up a hammer and struck and killed Johnston. Ho sank tho body m tho nvcr, and aftorjrards sold Johnston's horses and wagon. (Roc. April 29, ,0 25 a.m.) Sydney, April 28. Tho jury disagreod in tho Wee Waa case. ANTARCTIcIIixPLORERS. Sydnoy, April 28. Lieutenant Shackkton and Professor David, who lately returned fiom an cxplor-' infi trip to the Antarctic regions, had an enthusiastic reception at the annual dinner of (the Royal Society of New South Wales, STOCK IN VICTORIA. , 1 Melbourne, April 28. For tho year ended March the number' ol cattie in Victoria decieasod bv 208,000, dairv herds losing 100,000 cons. Sheen decroacod by 160,400, and pigs by Sl.fOO ' Tho falling off is attributed to tho bad season. SEIZURE OF OPIUM. Sydney, April 28. Tho Customs authorities seized 200 tins ol opium on tho stowner Empire. It waa concealed in false-bottomed trunks. Three ' Chinese were arrested.