GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 679, 2 December 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By Telcuraph—Proji A«»oclatlon'TOoi>j'rlght.l ! DANGERS OF SOUTH AFRICAN COAST. | I. London, November 30. ■ Owing. to the wreck of the steamer _ Maori, the Cap? Government has arranged for the erection of a siren or lighthouse at Slang Kofi Point/: // : .\ ' PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY. London, November 30. : ' The Hon. Archibald Gordon, .third.; son of Lord Aberdeen; (Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , who was thrown out of' a motor-car through a colliao'ii near ■ Winchester, , and' somewhat, severely injured, is, progressing ■ after the operation performed on him lor internal injuries. ' ' ; : POPE RECEIVES BRITISH SAILORS. ;> -• : Romc,.J*o.vemher 30, . The Pope gave a"great;':reception-to• 'British sailors.' They were • the,-sights of Rome and were ..entertained at luncheon. , TiIJEWELLERY ARRESTS. ,' : , ■:■ Paris. November 30. Four international jewel .thieves .wero arrestbd in Paris,: and . jewellery.l worth, >5,000 francs, was.found in their, lodgings.: ; FRANCE ■ AND 7 TEE' BIRTH-RATE. * Paris, November 30. - ■In-France a law has been promulgated pro-: viding that working women -shall bo granted eight weeks'' rest-before; and after, confinement, pithout losing: their, employment. ; :.V' ' rl : ME. FOSTER TRASER. Perth, December 1. ; Mr. John Foster - Fraser has sailed- .for London. .'He stated that ■ lie was■: .writing a book on Australia. ; Maybe it would not be_all rosy, but it would be frank and honest. The possibilities' of Australia ■ were little- . understood at-Honie., He had como across Australians who possessed the belief that Englishmen went Home and disparaged Australia, but tie ihad never heard any supercilious /Englishman • say anything: approaching the,. nastythings about Australia which lie, had 1 , heard Atistralians -say against each other. At'first hfc'Wiis disposed to bo .pessimistic about Australia a future, but he had been, long enough.'here to. .become optimistic. \ ■ v : .. • FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCES. / : (Rec. December 2, 1.10 a.m.) •' . Melbourne, December 1. ; The Finance Bill' (embodying th<T agreement between the Commonwealth and the Statw, ' substituting for the Braddon.clause a payment to ' the States': of'2ss/-per;capita .per. .annum) ' has-been read a third timo in. the. benato. ,