GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

■;(By.. Telegraph—Press' Association-Copyright.)' ■'■■■ ■ " -j- . J ■-'.■■■■ ■ i -' ANTI-BRITISH BOYCOTT IN CHINA, y'k:. -' (Rec. September 30.. 11 p.n.). . -• r i' ; - '''' ' - Peking,- Sopteraber, 30. A fresh and. more vigorous proclamation by the: Chinese ■ authorities againßt the - anti-Bri-tish - boycott haa 'been posted throughout: the Yang-tso Valley. , Peking'.caiilegTas.'' of September;. 26 stated:. "There' is a.sellous boycott of .'British steamers''"at : Kiukiang, : a treaty.' port 'on : the Yan^tse-Kiang,,; on' account; of , tho acquittal of ; ah ,inspector., named' Means on. a charge of manslaughter of a Chinaman. The Imperial. 'Government <at ..Peking . has < drdered a r ocssa-: tion of \the 'boycott,. but.it still -continues."] t ;• 11EXICAN CORN'CROP DAMAGED. ' Mexico, September 30. '■Hnprecedented' : 'cqld has seriously damaged: the com crop in' : Mexico. ;The loss is estimated at 20,000,060. dollars'[(about HABITUAL CRIMINAL LAW. London, September 29. ' "Tho first' case';of, a,man being.declared ait habitual criminal ' under: tho' Prevention .of Crimes Act, passed: last year, .has- occurred .at. Folkestone,-., whero a man' has been sentenced to'three years'- -penal servitude, - and detention for'fa further: period; of five years, on, a, o.hargo ■of -;stealing, i AMATEUR TURNS PROFESSIONAL.- ■ London, September 29. /'N.'; v , Jv' .Cartmcll,;' the. .'well-known." United : State 3: riinner, ' haa. ; turned'/professional,, and • has challenged>'A. B.:Postle; the' Australian, to 'fun .threo'.'m'atches .'over various distances from .130 to ICO - yards.' ; •: ; ," - .;' ' V . v ORIENT LINK'S ACCOMMODATION. , : {V'.'London, 'September 29. ' f }The V Orient) "'Steiara"-' .'Navigation ' Company (which'holds: the subsidised Australian' mail! contract), has - abolished',: the,' open- ;steerage berths'. in all its lines, 'and has .greatly improved the, third-clasa ;ac«>mmodationi' ; -» A '/PUNCH" CARTOON. • London, September 29, J;Mr.;. Linley ft Sarabonrne's ■ cartoon . in ; .' this week's !-'-:P.unch," --entitled," What ■ Anstralia; Espects,". depicts .■ Australia ■ forging ' a. 6Word and a shield, .with a-kangaroo blowing the furnace. j j.V'v v-N : { IMPERIAL r ,-.; : '-London, September 29; -. U The'' " Lord Milner ■ approves vjlr. P. A. Vailo's Inrpenal; Scholarship scheme,;:and that Sir«Joseph.;'Ward, ■ trtiiiier cf;'Ncw"Zc3)and, has''promised to. co'J;-!. SHACKLETON'S EXPEDITION. I , London, September 29. . -The Lord; Mayor of London, Sir George Truscott, -op'oned the Antarctic eiploring.'ship.'Nimj, rod to public inspection at Templo Pier. An exhibitifth.'of'.'Lieutenant'.':Shaclrleton's . eiiuipjinent/and iphotpCTaphs.'of-his{expedition, bos been opened uuthe'hall. of tho Royal College 0f |} SurgeonsJ-<-

COLONEL- DAVIES'S COURSE AT HOME; 1 London, September 29. .Colonel Davies,;nspector General of, the Now Zealand Forces; attended all,' the recent British, military Fropi; now :.tjll, June Colonel Davies will be attached to the various general staffs, and also to the War Office. . Ho will attend the.cavalry, mounted infantry, and musketry schools.'. .. . •'• '' .7/"... AN UNFOUNDED REPORT. ' •: : i'.; . Calcutta, September 29. i Tho steamer Clan .Mackintosh, which .was reported to ;have been ;blown up at sea, has arrived "safely at .Calcutta. ; 'DAVIS CU P: AMERICAN VISIT LIKELY, i 1 i. .■ .■■'■■■.' Sydney, September 80. Tho Xawn Tennis Association -will; on' Friday,;.- consider • ,tlle. 'cable, f message" from' the: American Association .'suggesting .that the Davis Cup match should,beplayed a week earlier than ;theHdates; suggested' by. the Australian Associatiom'Tlio,cablegram .is acccptedasa guarantee -.that an ,'rAmerican-, team, will. visit Australia. THE SCHOONER ALPENA. i :-* • September 30. Tho American ..-schooner.' Alpena, which' was .temporarily''abandoned::in .a,dangeirous'position. oft-. the ; Stockton-;fieach near- Newcastle,' and which , was -subsequently' towed 'to Newcastle, after.van'rescitiug race. for salvage, was badly strained durins; .tho storm. ■ It' is cstimated that tho ' repairs will . 'coat' iIOOO. v: SUICIDE OP A BANK MANAGER. :!:■ : Melbourne,' .September 30. vMr., Mills; f.mahager 'of:1 the ;Bank of: Vidtoria' lit Ararat,' Victoria, owing .to his .rsu£fering ' from; nervous :breakdown, was 'placed' in a: private ..hospital.' "While in,the institution he: attacked ' and., severoly injured ' a nurse ..named /Glynn. ■'• A i-policeman ,'came- to the rescue. Jlr. Mills 'subsequently succeeded in strangling : himself.-- ' - ' '; • NEW GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA. . Hobart, September .30. , The new• Governor . ofTasmania, Major-Gen-eral Sir. Harry- Barron, \ on his arrival here, was ..warmly., welcomed. ■' ■; [Major : Goneral -..6ir Harry Barron, iK.C.M.6., the new. Governor of ...Tasmania,- is 62 'years of age.; ■'.Ha, entered ; the ; Royal : Artillery in 1867; and Mcaiho : major-general: in ,1904. - He was chief -.instructor, of v. the' School .of. Gunnery, Shoeburyness, from :189V; to'-1900, itfd afterwards ho commanded tho Royal Artillery at Malta.l FOOTNOTE AMATEUR TURNS General Cabl [N. J. Cariirtoll, along-with R. Kerr (Canada),: J. A.: Rector, United StAtes); and. R... E.' Wal- . ker (South;Africa).competed in: the,l6o:metrea. race (109? yards) at . the. Olympic Games, Walker winning.with Rector second. At Stamford ; Bridge, ,in- the'-lOOyards; - Walker beat Cartmcll and Kecr.l - \ : ; --.v . ■ " . V TRANS-CONTINENTAL CYCLING. ; Perth, September 30. . 'Birtles, the cyclist, , has. started on his third .- journey across Australia. .