GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 577, 4 August 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

■ tlly 'ABSOcl&tion.-'Ootjyrlcbt.l, . • GERMAN TRADE WITH CANADA. - : : ■ (Rec. August 3, 10.20 p.m.) r London, August 3. , The' German Commercial Treaties Association is urging tliaOliancellor (Herr von Both-mann-HolTweg) to appoint a> trade-export, in Canada. A CEMENT COMBINE. \ i Ottawa, August 3. ■ An amalgamation of the principal Canadian* cMent/bomiWmes b£on effected... Tho combined' Capital i5,'£5,000,000. ■ ■ : ' , ; .FATAL BACK-FIRE. London, August 2. :Death has ocourred in the case of-ono of. ithe'four-eeameii\of' the Temerairo who were imjured-.while'firmg'-'the.saliite.'at.the. reView. \ ■■ on Saturday; vowing to tho' back-fire of a 4- . inch gun causing tho premature ignition of a charge. ■ -y ■ CONVICT ON TICKET-OF-LEAVE. London, August 2. v-Surge, the boxor, who' was sentenced to . ten 1 imprisonment in .1002 fori frauds on ; tho( Bank of Liverpool, will be-released • en .■ tiokct-of-leave ■on August 10. ■' [In.'February, -1902, -a 1 clerk named Goudio— : Kelly, ' and Stiles ; nfrere'charged tetg«ty»'-.fraud, '.conspiracy, , i and -"falsepretences whereby Vthe ■ Bank of; Liverpool Was robbed of oMf ,£l6o,ooo..Goudie and Burge were each. sentenced to imprison- ■ ment .for < ten-years, .and /Killy. and ; . pleaded guilty of coiisplrftoy-to defraud-rti two years each.] - ■ CHOLERA IN CALCUTTA. Calcutta, August 2. Six European nurses havo died of cholera at the Presidency Hospital' at Calcutta. A HOME OF RECOVERY London, August 2. ■■■ Mr.-Ernest Schiff, a sharobrokor, has presented' £100,000' to build a Home -of Re* eovery in eonhcetion with the London hospitals, in memory of his brothor Alfred, who died of consumption. 1 ■■■■'• ; DEATH OF <AN ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN . MERCHANT. London, August 2. ' Mr. Alexander M'Arthur;'"'of, the .firm 6f W; and AvM'Arthur, Australian merchants, iis .dead, after -a brief, illness., ' ■■ ■ ' OVERDUE. 1 London, August 2. Yj states that alarm is felt at tho non-arrival at ,Capq -Town -of the Lund' Line new steamer Waratah, homei ward bound' from, Sydney, with ■ 300 passengers on board. The steamor left Port Natal on July , 26. ■ (Rec., August 3, 9.55 p.m.) London, August 3. : i Tho 'Government cruisers l Forto and Pandora have deft' Simon's Town and Durban rethe' Waratah. . It;' is thought probable that '. her machinery ; broke down durinc;, recent heavy gales, and that she',has- drifted southward. . .-, , STEAMER OSWESTRY GRANGE. , r : - London, August 2. • ■Tho Oswestry Grange is discharging part of' her- cargo at' Southampton, in order to offeot • repairs to ' her • tailshaft. SCULLING. Sydney, August 3. Day has signed articles to row Pearcc for the ■> ■< championship or Australia and £100 aside"' on tho' Parramatta River on ■ Sep tern l * ■ber?26<' ! V;K'. ; " :: • [It' is stated hero (telegraphs our Wanganui Correspondent) that,; whether he wini, or loses hte' mat6h'Hnth l , earc.e for I .tlie sculling' championship';of.| Australia,'' Day, of New. 'South Wales, is almost certain to .meet Wheloh at I'oxton later on, and a deposit on behalf of the ;will ; probably' be put up U'ithm a feiv; further has been 'arranged in connection with (lie-proposed soulling Handicap at Wanganui at. Christinas, though. at ,least five, 6f; the :,best 1 Australians .axe' r6ady: to 'come ..over ;if it eventuates.' A' meeting, : how-ever;:-will 'be held, here early.next week tp.pitfc things in. train,'and a definite' announcement is. likely to bo made shortly.]'. ■ , : RISE IN~BREAD Brisbane, August 3. The,price of the four-pound loaf liore will bo raised to 7jd. 'from Monday next. 1 NORFOLK ISLAND. Sydnoy, August 3. i News has been received that'- tflo elefition ;of two mombefs of tho Executive Council • of Norfolk-Island resulted in the return of Messrs* M. Quintal and J. Young.,/ . . MR, PHILP AND THE LADIES. Brisbane, August 3." At . the inter-State Conference of .■Women's Electoral. Leagues, Mr. Kidston (Premier) and Mr. Philp (formerly Premier) spoke in favour of women's influence in polities. Mr. Philp thought was a pity there were no women in the' Queensland Parliament. ■'■.We should not he said, have prolonged debates and dreary repetition PENNY IMPOST CAUSES A SLUMP. I Molboul-ne, August 3. t The banks' ohargo of a penny for collecting postal notes and post office .orders was enforced on: Monday, It has caused a great reduction in this class of business,- in the. majority of oases the falling-off amounting to 75 per, cent. <\ ■ , • .■' . VICTORIAN FACTORIES INCREASE. Melbourne,' August 3. >Tho number of factories in Victoria at the on dof last year Was 4608, an increase of '400 sinco 1004: The number of employees increased by 17,621 in the same period. , BOWLS. ■ _ ; | Sydney, August 3, The Bowling ;'Association^V; discussed : the question of adopting a testing machine. A ' motion was moved m favour of tho Warren , machitlo, but no deoision was reached. SNOW IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydnoy, August 3. . Heavy snow is i falling on .the'southern .mountains. Tourists are snow-bound. AMATEUR RUGBY. IN AUSTRALIA. ; ■ ■:■".■■'. Bydnsy, August 3. Tho Ponsonby football team will play South Sydney to-morrow instead of a com-' ; bincd Glebe and South Sydney team. •