GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(nr WLsamrH—press association—conniouTl ~" » FA-KU-MENN RAILWAY. (Rec. June 4, 11 pm.) London, Juno 4 China has Dow withdiawn licr proposal that tho dispute with Japan as to the extension'of tho Hsm-min-tun to Fa-ku-monn railway (winch Japan \etoe , i) should bo roferred to The Hague Arbitration Court. China now expresses a desiro to resume negotiations with Japan. / A HALF-LAUNCHED BATTLESHIP. Paris, June 3. Tho difficulty in completing tho launch of the battleship Danton. 18,300 tons, is caused by the gradient being insufficiently steep for'tho ship's 'weight Workmen are leiuilding the waym beneath tho ship, .STRIKE ~ , i ' " Paris, Juno 8 There is a mania for destroying telegraph 'and telephone wires around Pans and other large towns _ Tho acts , are attributed to an Anarchist minority of labourers in' the recent postal sti ike BIG SILVER NUGGET. ' s , , Ottawa, June 3 A silver' nugget, valued at £3200 sterling, has been found at Cobalt, in Canada DROTJGHTIN~ARGteNTINA. Buenos Ayros, June 3, Drought in iho Argontino is_ causing anxiety to breedera and agriculturists. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. ' Melbourne, June 4 1 . The Federal House of Representatives has adjourned till June 23. '.LEAGUE FOOTBALL: NEW ZEALAND 1 TEAM. Sydney, June 'i The New Zealand League team for to-mor-row's match is:—Back: G. Spencer; threequarters Rowe, Barber, Buckland, fiveeighths. Hooker and George, half Houghton, forwards: Trovarthen, Spencer, Lile, Sullivan, Bjrne.and M'Donald NEW GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA v ' f Hobart, Juno 4 Major-Goneral Hany Barren has boen appointed Governor of Tasmania ' [Maior-General Harry Barron was born on August 111 1847, tho son of Charles Robert Barron, of Denmark Hill, Smrey Ho mar. Ned in 1877 Clara Imil} daughter of Majordenoral T Conyngham Kellj, CB, their family is one son and one daughter He was a cadet at Woolwich in 18G5, lieutenant Royal Artillery, 1867, captain, 1870, major, 1884, liout-colonel. 1894, colonel, 1898., major-genei ral,, lOOt: adjutant Ist Torfar Artillery Volunteer! Chief Instructor School of Gunnery, Shaeburyness, 1897-1900] '-AiM^'SOCIETY.- -■■■ :■ ;• " .•■:.'■■' •■i v :- ; '^v-. ; f-.-:^- , ' : :.;^"' ,,: Bydney|:;June'4.'; , ' : '.The ■ A.M.P.; Society are extending' their head:omces' , at;a:cost ; of £63,000. -: :;■■■■, 'PLAGUE. ■. : r : ".■■■:;'':■■] - 1 ■.'',■*'■'. x :';.■. :'.,^;-;\.,;, ,'•! V.y'..' '; Perth, ,, June 4. ; •AMalay,'aboard the steamer Zoroaster, at Bunbury'i is.buffering from plague.. ; v , ' ■;■; 'A.-EARTHQUAKE, SHOCKS.'.■: ■-V. ','-•'■!■■:■ :■:■..::/ ■■'■'■ '■'■••;■ Melbourne, June*. The seismograph at the Observatory registered a shock of earthquako at 7.12 a.m. on May 31, and a second shook 1 at 4.50 this inoiniiig. Both were severe. ' The astronomer.thinks 'that, the,'first record.coincides, with, a shock reported, between Port Darwm and, one of the. islands off the coast. The second■■'■.-.:occurred between three thousand miles: from'the Australian coaet.

HOTEL LICENSES EXTINGUISHED.' Melbourne, June 4. The Lioonsing Board squashed eleven more hotel licensee in the city. >