GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 8

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By Tclegraph-PrcM Aisoclatlcn-CopjrlEUt.i '".'■'•' ~———• —' ■ '-:'' -.■-.■;■' v -'.: •'.■ - ■'.■;■'".'■ obituary., '.'; ".;;';' .-';•... (Eeo. December IG, 11'.35 p.i£) :.:"■''.: '*' ■'"'•"'"' *'"'" London, December IG. The death is announced of Sir William Dcs Vooux, a former colonial, governor;'aged 75. [Born in 1831, Sir William Des Vo'eui, who was .a Ballibl man,' ..was. successively a: inagis'ra,to.'! 1 , r , 8n^ll Guiana, Administrator aiid Colonial.Secretaryof St. Lucia, Governor .of tho Bahamas, Governor of-Piji, and High Com'lnisaoncr of the Western Pacific (1880-85), and subsequently Governor of Newfoundland, .Mso of -Hong Kong. 'He published in 1903 "Mv Colonial Service."],.-•■. - ■

LOED 'ABERDEEN'S SON SINKING. ,-.,,•,'■ London, December 16; Y ™.Aberdeen's eon has suffered a relapse, and sinking, owing to heart failure. Jr .'.dated November 29 stated: The Hon. Archibald lan Gordon, aged 25, third son• of •' the Earl of Aberdeen.- (LordLieutenant of Ireland),'was thrown out of a motorcar through a collision near Winchester, and somewhat severely injured., Ho was successfully operand on for internal injuries]

KING EDWARD'S: HOSPITAL FUND. ■_..'''■'" _, ,■ • ':London, Decomber "10. iIMOOO HoSKtal.Fund has- reached _[Tio cablegram .evidently means' that .King for London, foindel W'-, I ™''.,. reached a stage at .which it'can distribute, .£150,000 a.year* The last official report, showed that- tho invested- funds -had r e aclied i '. ! £1,315,058.-, A - special,- effort 'was initiated last' year ;to increase -the.invested capi*iVnniv ' Fund t0 '¥■'Point °f- : yielding £U),m per annum-which. it would seem has now.been done: The special effort referred to did not contemplate raising the, invested capital to a total sufficient to ■■ yield as inv e -^ 6 -f 150 ' 00( '; The suggestion,'of ■ Lord Mount to 'the" Fund was that, there.should .be raised .a.sufficient further capital sum. (say, ,£300,000) to increase the income, from investments to.■ £75,000' 5^ s 't?^• Jr '^at'were' done, Lord Mount btephen thought that subscriptions and inI'und to distribute the desired .£160,000 a year among tho London hospitals. The invested capital may therefore' be taken is yieldinToi£lso,ooo, to do which T it must total a million f J f or.more. W 1908 tho-Fund distributed ,£140,000,. in 1907 .£121,000. . Since'tho abovo.was ini type a ; correcting, cablegram has been -received siting that the amouitTf the fund is.not .£lso,ooo,but But, as pointed out above, tho invested fund" sonie

';'. LABOUR. V..; STEEL' TRUST. - ; , , « ' V ■ . V , New York > December 15 : A conference of labour leaders of Canada and tte United States was held at. Pittsburg., It was to organise the iron, 'steep and tmplate Workers to combat the Steer Trust to^aS? DS ,' countries .-*UI boSed

'.'. ;me/.rumfoed apologises. ?'■.'•. if, V 7 t, , Lol J d ? n > December 15. Mr. Kenncrley Rumford has apologised' for boxing the.ears of "The Times" cri if because that person M adversely criticised the. sing- ■■ ( • Eumf ° rd '' s ) ,*tto (Miss Clafa '•Jfe-iwSS** 1 ' at,first ',*efused a..demand,by ,nL n iiS m(!S -« f - or ■■** alleging that the so-called criticism was one of a series of attacks. Tho critic then commenced legal : nrb..assault took place in. ttevlstibulo qf the Queen's-Hall.] .■: /~ T ■ "

;.':'. . CANADIAN LOAN'OPERATIONS. "t„ «.'„' T!' "• • * -h- ot^wa,, December 15. nr- • i Dominion House of.' Commons;, the Minister for Finance, Mi., W. S. Suing -™rli*?' to;disturbance of.the money ; markets Canada. does not intend' to•" float' : a permanent loan, but merely three million of M per cent; treasury bills to cover half the years operations from January 1. ■ ■ "

AUSTRALIA'S HIGH. COMMISSIONER. „„■'• v ~ '. ■/■■'■■■ Sydney, December 16! ihe appointment of Sir George Reid as High Commissioner lor Australia is eulogised, in .tte byduey press ' The "Telegraph" says-.' "The .Commonwealth has/secured as its representative one ot the,most brilliant men trained in .its .political ' service." The "Herald" say? „Both as a business man and as a diplomatist bir George is the. most oxcelleut choice tliat could.be made.".. .... ; ■'~-.-.': . .:

MTE SHIPPING. ■, , : .'■'':„■ ",'.' Sydney, December 16. Arrived: Herekmo, from Whangafoa; Karamea.... . :• ■- LATE COMMEECIAL-AUSTKALIAN , PRODUCE. (Eec. December 16, 11.55 p.m.); ■cm, to '•',« ' W, ; - s y<*n«y» December 16. Wheat, 3s. lid. Floor, Jsll. Oats, Algerian feeding 2s. to 2s. 2d., Tasmanian 2s. sd. Barley, Cape 3s. to 3s. 3d. Maize, is. id., South African, 3s. lid. Bran, M 10s. Pollard, £5 Potatoes, new local M. Onions, :£Q. Butter' 955. Cheese, 6Jd. ■. . . '~"<•. .■ • " '. Melbourne, December 16. Wheat,, old 4s. 5d., now 4s. Old. Flour,' .£lO ss. Oats, Algerian Is. 7d. to ; Is. lid., stout white 2s. 4d. Barley, good English malting 3s. 6d. to. 3s. Bd., Cape 2i. Bd. Maize, 3s. sd" Bran, M 10s. Pollard, .«5 155.: Potatoes, new £$ to ss. Onions,■ jCS. 10s. \ ■ ■■''■■•.■; Adelaide, December 16. Wheat, 4s. OJd. to is. Id. Piour,' J610./ Bran, 13d. Pollard, 14d. Oats, now Algerian Is. 6d! to Is. 7d. ■';■',