GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 527, 7 June 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(»T TEtBOBANf-rUESS »- BANK MANAGER ARRESTED. (Reo. Juno 7, 0.55 a.m.) Mqlboumo, June 6. Cook,, manager of tho Linton branch of the Bank of New South Wales, has been arrested on a change of embezzling £1260 sterling. LATE SHIPPLVG. ( , (Reo. Juno 7, 0,55 a.m.) , • Sydnoy, June 6. The Arritto, bound from I'remantlo to .Wellington, has called for coal. Melbourne, June 6. Axnved: Melbourne, from Now Zealand. OBITUARY, (Rec. June 6, 5.5 p.m.)

: i' : V ;;'. Sydney, June 6. ' The'Right 1 Rev;; ; J.' J. Doyle,: Roman Catholic Bishop of, Lismpre since 1887, was found dead in,bed at Lismore/ He was parti-. aUyundressCd, as if hehad died whiie retir.ingr. -:;;/r.v;;,:_;;;.::,,,,/:..'x^- ; ■:; ; ; ■ .'•■;. ■-.' _ ,|Tho: Right Eev; 'Jeremiah- J. Doyle; D.Di, 'was the first Koman Catholic Bishop of' Lisnifiri).'' He'.'wis .born.-.in County.. Cork,' Ireland,' in .1852,-and was i.promoted to the priesthood in 1878.; ..'His- fii'st'-'ohai'go. in"'Aus , tl'alia''wa3-. tho 1 Casino .district.") .V- ;'■.'■'.'-■■ ''■':,"• ■'",:■':■ .; ; RAILWAY ENTERPRISE IN SOUTH ' ',-". :; . • ; A ™CA. : ■;,--; :.':.';' .;'. : --i?;,.''-■;•;/■• ■;"■'■■ •'■!.'■ ,';• Pretoria, June 4., -The Central South African Railways are constructing four hundred mile's of lincin tho Transvaal,' and sixty, in Orange River Colbn'y,'; at'a cost of'£l;600,0CIO. sterling;: - , : TThe'. report 'of; the 'generalmanager of the Central- South.African .Railways for tho year ;1907 eh6w« -thativtho- gross -revenue was ,;£4.13D,63i; as against .«,782,P,19 in 1S108; being a decrease. 0f'J:642,418/' The total working'ex-.pen(lilure-was.:^2 > 361!;3(5,:.0r''57.2 per cent, of the earnings, -as'against £2,878,713, or 60.2 per cent-of/the earnings, in/1908, "being a reduction of .£509,337, or 3 per cent, of the earnings. Tho surplus over working expenses was as against .51,903.338 in the previous year, a decrease of £133,081.1 DEPOSED KHEDIVE'S HEIRS CLAIM A MILLION. _ „ Parle, June 4. The Francd-Egyptian Appeal Court has. disallowed tho claim of Khedive Ismail's heirs against the Government for a million sterling, arising out of tho sale of the Wnira Sanioh lands, which Ismail surrendered in satisfaction of.his debts. • [Ismail Pasha-born 1830, died' IEOo-wan Khedive of Egypt from, 1803 to 1879, when he was compelled by tho Sultan of Turkey to abdicate in favour of bis own son Tewfik a i\ i B , nt: } ln > France, Germany," Austria, ana Italy had previously recommended the Khedive to abdicate.] LITIGATION RE ORE-REDUCTION PROCESS.,

m. n „ ' London, Juno 4. m. t!i Company, owner of the Elmoro patent, has commenced an action in Australia against tho Sulphide Corporation for alleged using of tho company's process m tho separation of minerals. RUSSIAN RAILWAY LOAN. ' -m. n • ~ . Lonll <">i Juno 4. fno Russian railway loan of 3J millions tiaß teen covered twofold PUGILISTIC TOURsTwTZSIMMONS AND BRITT. ■n . , . London, Juno 4. Reuters Agency reports that Mr. M'lntoah nan -nuncd articles with ."Bob" Fife. Simmons for a tour in South Africa and Anntraha and there to meet any hcavy-weiVht articles for-tho samo tour. , A "NEW' CHUiFfROM AUSTRALIA/ » , . .„ London, Juno 4. . *j£ 1° ■ IT 011 m ° b smcn '>ave been sene!ghto ° n monUls ' ""d twelve months imprisonment respectively for obtainng £734 from a West Australian named In"t' il bo n a i P er ? U!l < ]p d to back various horses for the Derby after the result was known