GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 605, 7 September 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Itty. .TelccrnDli.-'l'rcaa Aasac!nllnii.~ CopyrlcHt J . -. t ;• i', o • THE BOY, SCOUTS—MESSAGE FROM ' THE KlfvG (Rcc September'G,lo.uo p.m.) ' London, -September j6. ,■ : -Major-Gcnoral %\ Baden-Powell ,-'■ ; inspected 11,000 : Boy Scouts - : at tho Crystal Palace. King- Edward, : in ,a' message,; assured' tho: boys.of. his groat interest in,, the movement," adding i. "If- I' shoujd call 'upon you' later on >in life,the sense'■ of patriotic responsibility and 'discipline; 1 'acquired in 'boyhood; Wiirbn-. jlMs you 1 to do...your duty 'as men .in .tho event. :of, danger threatening the .Empire.-' OBITUARY - ,: (Rec. September .0, 11.15 .pim:) • - ■ .' • London, . September 0. Qljituaryi .Clyde' Fitch;' author /arid 'dramatist; aged 44. ' ;-: v : ; iy -•?'!•'.'.-.'"V London, September G.'. Bajnfofd's England. eleven, for to-morrow's ;matoh idJones,' 'MacLarcn, V.v •• Crawford,"- Buckonham, Barnoa,. Blytlic, Haynes, Iremon'ger,. Lilley, 'GiiGunn,. and-Tarrant. ■ '.> >.i LORD SELBORXE ■ London,, September 6. .: , • V Tibrd > SdliiSfVie'-' - « r fs^ I South;■ Africa , 5 who \Visited. ;cbn-' ■nectio'n , with; the South Africin '.tJMon'.'CoK-. ! »l^ipn :JJo '"^,l. A MOTORIST'S SELf-SACRirICE' „ ' ■v-.:London, September.- 5."- • Giving 6v|dence at the inquest on Lord Do Clifford; :, wiio : was killed .- through 1 his motor- . car;'overturnirig-near;rHorsham, :in .Sussox,':a .lordship.,- finding ;,the: road too narrow,. rail.into the bank, and. ohanced'his':own. Jifo to'save nio.";> .. .. ■; '-[Lord-, de Clifford ,'Was ■:only 55Vyears of 1 hge.' ! Hi9. heir;is: liis .son,'. aged two years. .lu 1806. Clifford anarried ; Miss ;Eya.C'arrington,■ lone,of' the. Gibajn-'.Girls qf "The Cat6h :'ol' . tho. .8«S0U."1,;:wl ■ -. -'V ; -'-' LONDON-BRIGHTON WALKING , IttCORD. London, September:-5. , Mr. Ross, the "Daily; Mail" electrician, 1 won! tho- longdistanceJ'walk, from : 'tho'..Poly-, tcchriio;'London,: to, Brighton. Tho timo was :8;' .'niihutes .'l4; Seconds, -'estublishiug. a record, V'',' ' ■■■ ■ ■• ::[T. Ei. Hammond held'iha previous London to, 1 Brighton:record,' doing- the .52 miles in 8 hours--Is.minutes 18 seconds.. Hammond, also'holds, the ■record.for. Loadin .-to :.Brighton and back (1015 . milts), 18-hours 13 minutes,-. 37; seconds.}: KING WELCOMED HOME. .:■ ■ ' T ' : • London, September .5. y ; : lDrig ilMward ■ was accordcd a hearty wel. came on' tit' return' t-d London from tho Con-; ,tinehi. : :;V':; LABOUR RECRUITER SPEARED TO DE^ITH. • : Bris&ano, September o. : :.N«wS; from th'e'Bisfnarclv Archipelago,: states' i that a 'liboiif. 'recruiter.' named:. Lindsay .was speared to death by. the. natives,--arid it; is roported that his' btfdy. was^- 'eaten.'.: • PROSPERITY—MIRTH—DRINK Sydnoy, Soptember 6. ' Canon.Boyco's annual-review of the liquor . tralßc'states that the' New South Wales drink • .bill last . year .to: £5,363,579—-an' I 'average of £S: fs. 6d.. per head of the ; whole is '7d;i a head , above tho amount' : in: the: previous j'eiir.''-;. Ho ascribes. the incfeate to. the, prosperous! times. STRIKE TERMINATES i \ ■■' . Sydney, September 6. -' • , : A::co'mprbmis'6-bas been reached in regard . to tho dispute at tho Portland cemcnt works,- ; aiid the fivo.hundred who went on strike: will resuwle. work to-day.-' The settlement. is con-, . iitiinal oii t'h*-men-s claims being considered fey the Wajes Board. AI'TER THE PRESS CONFERENCE Sydney, September 6. . j Mr. : - P."'W;."'''Wahl, -editor-iu'-chief 'of ' the Sydnby "Daily TelegrEphj-'.Vwho .was a dclegatc to tho Imperial Pro33':Confcroncc, has, returned'. ''He 'declared.: thdt the' conference could . not.~fail to'; have- a far-reaching. and time-enduring influence for good on the overseas pominions.:!- '.: '. ' -, N.S.W. RUGBY-AMATEUR - SECEDERS. . Sydnoy, September 6. The New South Wales Rupby Union has ■ oxpelled two lnoro' "'Wallabies," M'lntyro ' and Gaxin, .who have joined the ,Leagiie. WHEAT AREA IN NEW SOUTH WALES. ... , : ' Sytinov. September G. ' ; It is estimated that tho tirca in' Now i South Walbs iunder wheat i5'2,240,400 aores, *n increnso of- 251,300 acres. ■ It i? estimated .that' tho area cut for grain will " be 477,000 acres inoro'. than last yehr.