GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By Tclesraph-I'rcss Astodatton-OopjrlshU ' OBITUARY. 11 - '(Rec, October 5,, IUO p.m.) ■ ' London, October 5. Obituary* Mr. William W/itson, chairman of ,tho Cunord Steamship Company, nftod 60. William Watson was borri-!n 180, and) was'tho'head of, soveno.l .firms boarimj tha nnrao of Watson in England and tho United States, bosido being- chairman of tho Cunard Stoam Ship Company and the Royal Insurance Company, and director of the North and South Wales Bant] CRICKETERS ENTERTAINED". , ' London, October 5. Tho Princess Royal and her nusband, itho Duke of Fifo, entertained at Mar:Lodgo, Aberdeenshire, some .Of tho Australian cricketorii who are motoring in"'Scotland. ' t i< , ' UNITED STATES CREW BEATS''^BRITISH.!

London, October 4. At the Hudson-Fulton celebrations, ft crow of tho United States batticsWb Minnesota won tho Battenborg Cup against a orow from tho Uiihsh. cruiser Draw. / > , 1 [Vice-Admiral Prince* Louis of Battenbore' visited the United States: in 1905 in oontni&na of tho British Atlantic Battle Fleet, and becamo \eiy popular in New Ytirk Ho is now commander-in-chief of tho Atlantio Fleet. His ilagsbip is thcnbattloship Prince of Wales, 15,1)00 tons.] i FROII'HAREM TO 'FOOTLIGHTS, St, Petersburg, October 4. ' A Moscow theatre h engaging Bixtccn dittlisquea (female slaves in Turkish harems) from i thj harem' of the ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid. They will appear in operetta. , ' INTEE-IMPERIAL NEWS'. Melbourne. October 5. , Tho proprietors of tho London Daily Clironlclo" and "Lloyd's Weekly News" havq submitted a schomo to tho Foibral Government to gi\e special prominence to Australian matters in a supplement to bo published wookl), and to be devoted to tho interests of British oversea dominions. The return askod for is l that tho Government shall take a portion >of tho advertising spaco.

INJURED BY A CYCLONE. Sydney, Octobor,s< A cyclone unroofed several business promises at Wyalohg, & mining town 332 miles wost of bydnoj. One man was buried by debris, and had an arm, leg, and ribs broken; LAWN TENNIS- DAVIS CUP. ( Sydney, October 5. A cable messago announces that tho Americans will adhere to tho original dates fixed for tho Davis Cup contests in Australia. POTATO PROHIBITION. Sydney. October 5. Tho State Premier, Mr, Wade, states that the prohibition placed on blight-infected potatoes \wll be raised as soon as it is possible to do so, with duo regard to the satcty of tho orops of tho.State: ECHO Or A STRIKE-RELEASE OF HOLLAND. Sydney, October S. Holland, who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for using seditious language m an address to tho miners in connection vita tho Broken Hill strike, has boeii released after sarving five months. WOOL SALES (Rcc October 5, 11.55 nm) Sydney, October 5 The wool sales wcro: resumed to-day, There was a big attendance of buyers, and brisk bidding. The market waß flrai, ojid prtccs woro 6o.ua! to tho 'best ratea recorded , at tho last sales.