GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(lir TILEORAriI—PRESS .ASSOCIITION-TCOPYBtaHT.) k':/ : :_. y:^/.'- —— ■9','/.'.:' - ~S:- :' MILLION DOLLAR FAILURE.; ;, 'x May 18, 10.57 p.m.); . v.:' : ..- .•■'.■.■' New York, .May 18. .A receiver, has been;',appointed .in the caWi of Tracy and- Company, a Stock 'Exchange firm, of New. York and phicago. , The liabilities arevamillidnVdollars; ;/• : .■ ■•■■■PRESS CONFERENCE DELEGATES. ■y' : 'Ottawa, May.lß. : -.'■' The' ladies accompanying;the delegates to the ''.'.lmperial Press Conference! w'cro entertained at", luncheon at Toronto. Then tho entire party wore taken for ■•■■an" automobile drive; "A banquet was given by the' National Club in tho everiirig. To-day theparty, as the. guests of tho Government of Ontario Province, ;will visit.the, Niagara .Falls. ./.;"' ;';■; BY-ELECrioN: UNIONIST SUCCEEDS A ■;;■;•..■■..:■/.:■;.;'.'rUNIONISTy^v. ■-• London, May. 17". -Mr,'J.' : A.. Clyde, K.C., Unionist, has been elected, without opposition, for West .Edinburgh, in place of .Sir' Lewis . MTver, Unionist (who, in -1906, had'a majority of 306).': 'Sir, Lewis:;M'lver resigned:the seat on tho 'gronndlof. ill-health. ... •■>"■: ;, ■ [Although Sir : Lewis Mover's Unionist majority: dropped from 1525 in 1900 to 30G in 1906, his seat has always been regarded by the Unionists.as a.particularly safe.one:] '"■' ':\[\ MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S HEALTH.'•/•<: ,v':V ;''..': ';' .']■''-. -V • .':' London,, May: 17; ; ■iMr., Joseph ■Chamberlain, who has been on the Continent,' has ; started homewards. He is "in better health:.';'.-".: ■:■.' '_ ■ 'V : r:;:v; London, May 18..' . Mr.Chamberlain is stronger, but still has to be/supported on cither sido when walking. l '■SWINBURNE ESTATE;-: ■'■■;'. '''• .' .'■; '■■', London, May 17.- : '■ 'Tho. estate of ;tho' late' Algernon Charles Swinburne-, ■ the , poet, is ..'Valued,' at .twenty , tiiou'sand pounds.' ■.' -.'''•■■; '■ ; : -;- .BEQUEST TO INDUSTRIAL'ART: ','■' ; j;L.^':;:::,;:vSCHpoL.v,;;,,:,;-., :..;:» '■'.":';'/H-V-j v .LbndohrMay''.'.l7.'. . The late Mr. James Duncan, of Alyth, J'prthshire,':; ..bequeathed, 'sixty,:., thousand pounds tb-.bstablish.i a School of Industrial ■ Art'at .Dundee-..: ~;; ~;.,.;.;■; /.'• ;. . ; ! ■■ ■ ■ TRAIN ROBBERIES. V, ; . ;•/ ■ : ;,':":: -'\i- ''■■"■'■'■:':'. Paris, Mayl7.: • '■fifteen:railway guards bavo been arrested at Marseilles, in. connection with;a .series of ■ robberies on' tho Riviera trains; Passengers' trunks were opened with skeleton keys. : ,. ; '-M; FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN..:.;: :,'..! " ' . Adelaide, May 18. ■ An .m'ter-State congress of workers among defendent children v is being''held - in' this city... Resolutions were that notification of births should bo made within'seven days, and that .infantile summer diarrhoea should- be made a notifiable disease.''. ';;¥'?:,'.EMPIRE DEFENCE.v ■ ; ~.' Melbourne, May 18. Mr.'.J; C. Watson. (ex-Leader of tho Federal Labour; party) is unable, owing to private \ arrangements, to' accept. the '.Federal Government's invitatiouttb •accompany -,the Minister, for Defenco (Senator Pcafce) as delegate to the Imperial Dofonce J Conference. ;,<.;;.''; ■'■■*. BARREER MINERS. ". : -' : :'■'':, ": Sydney, May 18.' ' Tho; Barrier, delegates, including those "who visited ithc Port Pirio Conference, .have'been' all day discussing; the question whether or not to recommend the men to return to work. 'Tho latest reports, though indefinite: point, to an early resumption of .'work/ '■'.. :,: ;: ;'.' i: 1 ,■''"•':.: '. "'v v ' ; V VICTORIAN 3UTTER DECREASES'. ''';■:'. , V: \ :" : ""; Melbourne, May 18;'.' Tho Superintendent of, the Butter and Cheeso Factory Managers' Association states that from .July last to date the butter exported irom'-Viotoria is .9456 tons,- compared with 14,667 tons for the previous correspond- ' :ing'period..: There has been a'falling off.in quality as well as in quantity. The proportion of superfine butter decreased from 34 percent, to 29 per cont;..-. .. .-.QUEENSLAND STOCK. RETURNS. : ; : \.v ;i Brisbane, May 18. The number of sheep' in Queensland -: on January 1 was 8,349,000, the number :of catt1e.4,321,000, horses 525,000. All theso totals represent large increases on the' preceding yeair.:. ; ■'-'•