GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

'By Tolcurnph—Prcei .■ Aesoclfttlcn—Ooi<frlf ht.i EAILWAY ACOIDENT-FOTOTEEN .■.:..■• ■ .... -KILLED. ,;■■. ■ ' .V; .. _■;■-.■■ . New York, December; 16. A serious railway accident is reported. The rear cars of tho North Carolina express dashed over,a fifty-foot embankment. Fourteen percons were killed and thirty r five injured. COMPENSATION FOR THE SINKING OF A . SUBIiAEINE. . ~V ;.■■ . v / ■■.' .. London, December 16. The owners of the steamer ;.Ed(tystone have paid the Crown JE19.000 as, compensation, for the sinking of the submarine Cll. ' ■' [In July, ,at midnight and during a dense fog, the cargo ..steamer Eddystone, bound for Hull, ran among the submarino flotilla. .The steamer collided with tho Cll, which;. was sank, and simultaneously, the CIG and Cl7.came into collision while •endeavouring to avoid the Eddystono. Tho Cl 7 was Ijadly damaged, and thirteen men werd lost in tho Cll, salvage of .which. was abandoned.] .' ;, : . ■ :

MEDICAL RESEARCHERS BORN, NOT '.. ;'■■: '.'..-..',..'.:•■ MADE. .'■ .•■./ . ....-,■■;. ' London, December 16. "Tho Times,"-in warmly «ulogising Mr. Beit's liberally-endowed scheme for fellowships in connection with medical research at tho Univorsity of London, recommends greater latitude, and adds':—"True.researchers ore born, not hiade. The man to look for , is tho man with the bent, and discretionary nowr on the part at the trustees to dispense with other, qualifications would enlarge the chances'of catching him." ..'■-. •.-':-,'■'■■•■.■" ' '.'■;• ■

ATLANTIC STEERAGE CONDITIONS, ', New York, December 16. The captain of the steamer Neapolitan Prince ha 9 been arrested at New York.for permitting insanitary conditions among the steerage pas.' simgers, through ovcrorowding. ~ '. ■;

: CONCILIATION IN COAL .DISPUTE. .. . ' ; ',:'.:' London,' December 16. In connection with the Durham coal trade, dispute, Lord : Macdonncll (formerly,'. Sir Antony Macdonn6ll,. Uhder-Sccretary. for ■■ Ireland) has.' been appointed umpire, of the .Board of Conciliation. . ...-. :'■ :.'.;.:

,\- . ' FATAL MOTOR 'ACCIDENT. ' ':.. \ ■' , : : London, December 16. Tlie Hon.. Archibald Gordon, third Bon of Lord i Aberdeen (Lqrd-Licuk'nant' of Ireland), who /met. with an;accident recently 'while motoring, is dead; aged 25. ' V ',\

'■■'■.;.;■'■.■''. FRAUDS■•'ON BANK;-;. ; ' : ', ''-, •■'-:''■.-■■■ '■■'■ ; • London, December 16^ . (A- forged order for a 1 cheque book was received at tho Burlington Gardens' branch of tho Bank of, England, and, later a forged cheque for, .£ISOO was presented and cashed." Inquiries led to two arrests. 'V ■ : '■',"■•■■ .' ; ; . AUSTRALASIA-N- : . ■; Melbourne, December 17. Sir John: Quick,' Federal Postmaster-General, has beeifelecied chairman of .tho Australasian M'ireless Conference. Witnesses will bo examined to-dajv. '■■.-' ' .. ,'.■;;;. BRITISH ASSOCIATION, MAT VISIT' ■■ ■.;':. -■;,::-:.,AUSTRALIA.:• , ;. ..... : :-, : .1 ■-'.'■.■ '.'■'■.'■■, ■..' -; Melbourne, .December 17. : '- ; A deputation from/the universities and Bciepce and : medical institutions ,in Australia asked Mr. Deakin;, Federal Prime Minister,, to towards the cost of a.visit by the British, Association to Australia, either in 1913 or 19U.. Mr. Deakin : agreed to lay tho matter before' his 'colleagues, with a strong personal recommendation. • . ; ,' ■■;, ■■''■■:■".'■ '■■■_■■.-.