GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 569, 26 July 1909, Page 8

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(Uy ■XclcEriipli." - 'i'rcßß A BBoclat(on."~Copyrlcbt.l PRIVY .COUNCIL ON A NEW ZEALAND , CASE. . (H<?c. July 25, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 24. In-the case of tho'Ncw Zealand Commissioner of Stamps v. 'J'ownend, the Privy Council dismissed tho Commissioner's appeal, with costs. f'l'liis caso affects the cs.tn.fe of '.ho lato Mr. •Tames Moon , , of Olcnniark, Canterbury, Wo undorstand Hint Mi'. Moore, during his lifetime, Revo certain vnluabln profwrly to bis dniighUr, Ifrs. Townond, and that the Stamps Iteparlmenl claimed k'iH ihiir to a largo Amount on th? transaction. Mr«. Towneml otiposed the cltifm, which wiw taken to the Courts, with Uio rtiult that in the Court of Appeal a decision was (tiven nrainst thft I)e----jurtinrni;. Tho lattnr then took the ca&s to *tfto Privy Council, wliicli in turn has decided against (ho Uepnrltncnl'fi claim.] AUSTRALASIAN NAVY MEN. . , London, July 24, Kinr' Efiwar'l will reviow and New Zealand Navy reserve men on Monday at Buckingham' I'abcc. A BUILDING COLLAPSES-TWENTY KILLED. Bt. Fotcrsburg, July 23. A fjvc-utoricfl building in course of conriruction at fit, Pntershurg collapfxxl, killing twenty pernone and injuring many others. FOREIGNERS IN A BATTLESHIP'S ENGINE-ROOM. London, July 23. TiW foreigners i.wero caiijjht f.pyina in th« ongino-room of the battleship J!ellcroph<vii (the improved Drradnought). The rein v/ero put ashore at Soutnend, and their camera and plates were confiscated. i'POLICE DISCREDIT TIGER STORY. ' Sydney, Jnfy'Zi. Police reports discredit the <>3ci?.i<-n<w d. the Mount Kembla tiger. They attribute Qie. roarings to a pugnacbua bull, , Ifc is considered that Dr. Scott's injuriee reBulf«d from bis falling over a kg or a co?/. , A SEAQUAKE, ■';■■..', Sydney, Jnly 24. The steamer Tambo, which has arrived here from the Islands, reports that a severe shock of earthquake was felt in the- New Hebrides on Juno 27. The Tambo vibrated violently from stem to stern. The islanders attribute the shock to a submarine eruption. No serious damage was done on Ehoro. A BRAVE MINER. ' Melbourne, July 24. At a public meeting at Beiidigo it was decided to bring to the notice of the GovernorGeneral (Lord Dudley) the heroism of the miner' Davis, ,\rho dragged an injured mate into a place of safety just as a dynamite charge at the bottom of a shaft exploded."' The Governor of. Victoria (Sir Thomas Gibson ■ Carmichael) will open a subscription to Biiitably recognise one of the most self-sacri-fiqinc; efforts in the history of Australian mining, , : , , ... ■'■ .'•■■':■",■ FEDERAL POLITICS. : ;■', Melbourne, July 24. The Old Age Pensions Bill was put through Committee, and the House adjourned till Tuesday. , • : " ' ' ' : ' .TRAVELLEBS'' SAMPLES. , . ■ '.-'■' Molbourne, July 24. The Minister for Customs has decided that bona fide travellers' samples of manufactures of the United Kingdom brought into Australia, via New Zealand, will bo radmitted at preferential rates. AUSTRALIAN JOINT STOCK BANK. Sydney, July 24. At tho half-yearly meeting of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, the shaieholdcrs approved tho directors' reconstiuction scheme. OBITUARY. Melbourne,, July 24, Obituary: Dr. Shields, president of tho Medical Board. THE LATE SIR F. HOLDER. Melbourne, July 24. Tho lato Sir Frederick Holdoi, Speaker of the JJouso of Representatives, t* 111 he given a Statc > funeral. ■;.■ GoiKval' sorrow, •, is oxpressed at Sir Frederick's death. Tho newspapers and Minislois pay high tnbules te Ins life's nork. [The Acting-Prime Minister (the Hon. Jamca Carroll) has'cabled the following message of sympathy to the Commonwealth Government ;— "On behalf of the Dominion of New Zealand, extend-to the Commonwealth of Austrdlia\our deepest sympathy in the death of' its distinguished' Speaker, Sir Frederick. Holder."]