GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 529, 9 June 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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• GERMAN AGRICULTURISTS. ■ V, . London, Juno 7. Thirty-five representatives of German agriculturists aro visiting England to. study the raothods of; agriculture ■ and stock raising. Ihey havo been entertained at/Roading and other plaoes. •; / THE BOY SCOUTS. ' , „ , London, Juno 7: General Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts, which number 130,000, are to bo further increased by 120,000, owing to the Church Lads and Jowish : boya* brigades adopting Boy Scouts lines. •- . . .-••• ALLEGED MURDEIt AND CANNIBALISM Adelaide, Juno 8. It is reported that blackfellows speared and ato a white man, namo3 Edgar, who j was in chargo of cattle .at Sbra River, in tho Northern Territory. . GAYNDAH MURDERER'S CONFESSION.'

'. ~ _ .. Brisbane, .June 7. Arthur Ross, convicted of the lYiufder of a bank olerk, named Muir; at Gayndah on Uctobor 18. Jast, who was executed yesterday, left a written confession. that he shot Muir.• :

PUGILIST WOULD GO.ON THE LAND, ™ • , , Sydney, Juno 8. _ ino applicants for the -Government > farms thrown open at Tamworth, ,include..Squires. the pugilist, who'recently-'.-lost' the "heavyweight championship, of •Australia to "Bill" Lang. * .

* THE' ICE-BOUND MINERALS OP ANTARCTICA. '

■O t „ ... , , Sydnoy, Juno B.' Irofossor David, who wa3 a member of lieutenant Shackleton's expedition, ■ refer-: ring to the German syndicate's. proposal to work deposits of monazito iu Antarctica,' said there would be great difficulties in the wav of working The thaw lasts . only throe woeks. Unless a reof .were found, he does not_ think tho outlook would be verv nroniwing. ' 1 COAi DISCOVERY. , .■ Sydney,'Jone 8. An important discover is reported from Irondale, wherei a seam of-coal 6ft; 3in. in thickness has boen found. It is supposed to he a continuation of. the Lithgow seam. THIS DAMAGE TO THE POWERFUL. (Ren. Juno 9, 1.10 a.m.) '' ' . , . . Sydnoy, June 8. PniJZ r Cl , a . mmatl °? of tho flagship Powerful s machinery: shows that tho pre-viously-roported damage to tho crank shaft can be repaired here. Tho vessel will therefores adhere to her programme, jnd will visit iiji. A now shaft is on its way from England, and will bo fitted on tho Powerful pV'™; ' rho . flagship-will thbh proceed to toiombo to bo rccomniissioned. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. ' . , , ' ■ „ Brisbane, Juno 8. , A fire at the Apollo Soap and Candle at°£lo 000 CaUSed dalnago esti matod