GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

'By. Tolesraph—Fresa Asioelatica-Gavjrlgbti ' SIR ALFRED JONES'S ESTATE. V. : (Hoc. December 19, 5.5 p.m.) > London, Docombor 18. Except for legacies to family servants and to employees of his .'shipping': line (Messrs. Elder, Dempster.'and Co.), the, late Sir Alfred. Jones (who leaves no heir) has lift'his whole estate to charities. Tho ostat'e is estimated at JC750.000. ;•;

M'ARTHUR AND COMPANY. : 1 . ' ' London, December. 18. Mr. Whiimey, liquidator of; Messrs. W. Al M'Arthur and Co., Ltd., reports .that"Australian creditors for-.£76,909 have been ' . admitted to rank for dividend. He hopes early in February: to. pay a, substantial cash dividend to creditors holding" a.certificate.. , ' V

AUSTRALIA'S HIGH' COMMISSIONER. . London, December 18..: ■ Commenting; on.' the :appointment. , bf: SirGeorge Rcid as' first Hiijli Commissioner for the Commonwealth, : the "Financial Nows"' says the selection is. considered .unexceptionable in Britain. - It means: that the..Commonwealth's first 'representative has ; been chosen from the front ranks of Australian statesmen, and the selection-is.a: compliment to the Mother State, which sacrificed a good deal to make federation pqssiblo.y Sir' Geqrge Reid may count on : u hearty welcome in-London. v - ' :

, f . V■- v /: .' A TELEPHONE TRUST.: ■ . i New. York,' December 17. . The Pierpont Morgan Syndicate d-Telephone Companies, owning' three and a half million instruments, has combined with tho' American Telephone Tel<>graph, Company, owning eight million instruments. : The combination practically 'controls the United States ' telephone system. : ,VV- .., ■

.ILLNESS OF GENERAL'BOTHA. ' ; Cape Town, December 17. General Botha, Premier of tho Transvaal, has had a. serious recurrence of an old malady, and has been ordered to take a prolonged rest.

PANAMA CANALi AND PACIFIC POWER. London, December 17. • Lord Ranfurly, formerly Governor of ■ New Zealand, speaking at the Colonial: Institute, »aid it -was inevitable that the opening, of the Panama Canal would make a great change in trade routes. ' The British, said Lord'Eanfurly, not taken full advantage. of their oppor-, tunities in the Pacific Islands to secure suitable harbours. They.'had refused' to annex islands even where thA ■ people, had. asked for annexation. , \

, BIG ART BEQUEST TO THE NATION. . . London, December 17. ; . The late Mr. George .Salting's' collection of art objects, valued at two ana a half millions sterling,, has been bequeathed. to . tho nation. (A London cablegram dated Doccmber 14 stated:—"Tile death is announced of"-Mr. George Salting, a well-known,' art colloctor. l'or many years Mr. Salting/spent £30,000 annually,' denvod from his Australian sugar estates and sheep farms, upon art objects. His collection of .Oriental china is said to rival that of Mr. Pierpont Morgan.',']:

THE LATE SIR T. MTLWEAITH. / London, December 17. • The Duke of Marlborough: (formerly UnderSecretary for the Colonies) unveiled a memorial tablet over: a bed endowed by Lady M'lhvfaith in the' Dreadnought Hospital at Greenwich in memory of her late' hushand, tho well-known Queensland - statesman, Sir Horace Tozcr, late Queensland ' Agent-General in . London,' in an address 'during : ; tho ceremony, declared that Sir Thomas MTlwraith had established such a . system of local .government in Queensland as had never been seen in any other part of tho Empire. AUSTRALASIAN WIRELESS. , ' Melbourne, December 18 The Wireless Conference (at which Australia, New .Zealand,'.and, the Western Pacific, are represented) has come to an agreement as to the most important stations 'required in ' tile interests of trade and commerce, as well as of defencc. ' . LORD AND 7 LADY DUDLEY. , Adelaide, Dccomber 18. Lord and Lady; Dudley . liavo sailed' for Colombo i to. meet their- eldest son, Viscount Ednam. They will be absent six weeks.' Lord Chelmsford, Governor of New South Wales, will act as Govornor-Geilcral of the, Commonwealth during the absence of' the Earl of Dudley. WHARF COLLAPSES,—PRECIOUS COAL ■ LOST. . Sydney, December 18. x■ A wharf at the Colonial Sugar Company's works at Pyrmont collapsed, precipitating tons of coal into the harbour. ;