GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

ißyToleeraph-rf rcss Association—Oopyricht — (, '. CHINESE:ARMY ' AND THE . STUDY ■■■• OF .AERONAUTICS. (Eec. January 1, 9.1S a.m.) ' Poking ( 31 ■. The Chinese, Goverhineiit'is .sending several: officers to study, at- the Zeppelin •Airship School.. .. ;>•" ''r. ' . CANADIAN LOAN' REDEMPTION. ,' * a : . Ottawa, January 1,-'. ■ Canada, owing to ih e improved 1 tone ' of i tho mbney; market, Vis redeeming her;'l6Ba loan: offour' million .four; per:■ cento, -on I BRITISH EMPIRE,CLUB, London* December 31. < lard Blyth presided attho inaugural' : ' lunfiheon; • of :'tiie. /.British; Club; , .which .will' open ■Thero : iir.; ti /slibngVmemberahip/Vincludiiig'inany:; col-": onials.' The club has. secured fine premises in St. . James's Square. .-•■.\ ■ '■ LORD KITCHENER IN BRISBANE. (Rec. January 2, 5.5 p.m.) - Brisbane, January 1. ' ■ Lord Kitchener has arrived in ■- BrisbMe,: where .heiLwas :by. : a ; large gathering.;;^The ( | Mayor/h'eld/a' reception.'' A FLOCK-MASTER,WANTED FOR THE TRANSVAAL. j- Melbourne, December" 81... •Tho Transvaal: Government lias raked the Prime .Minister, Mr.'-Deakih,; to Select arid .appoint; a. 'flock-in astar . toieuiwrin-: tend the Transvaal Stud Shcop Depart-, mont and to travel the country to - instruct farmers'; in the : selection and management. of sheop. '.Tho salary;'is,JE6so, .rising, to .£BOO, : i)'V.i WARATAH SEARCH FUND'. Sydney, January 1. ;\!The>New: l SQn&\Wwes:.GQverflmeri£'h'as': Contributed J!500-,to the .fund, for , equips ipihg: a. steamer to make a further 'search, ior. the. .Waratah,..missing vsince, the: end' of July. N.SiW. BANKRUPTCY RETURNS. ' Sydney, January 1. I vTha .retiirns ; for' the .'year show total liabilities//,£l6B,ooo;'assets .'bCß2,ooo.;,;:'This;is.; a iecord ; fori lightness.:,; ARMIDALE MURDER CONFESSION. " • ' : ' . Sydneyi January 1. !'■. There .is some; doubt, about''the; sanity •of Casey, who accuses himself of the "Arinidale. ..muMel! ?(the; * murder ; v : of the. .; waitress Kelly' while, in. bed at tho Central Hotel, Arnmiale). DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. ' .(Rec. January 1,. 10.55 a.m.) ]* ' • Melbourne, January 1. f /Iri : conncction udth: the tragedy , at. Cisgrove; where i.Mrsi 'Clugsto'ns'killed : two; of' her children-and shot two. others lis weil :'as it appears, that.the mothef Was suffering from puerperal '■; mahia; , '■ She ;Bave:birth ; tb. a'/cWld': ; prem&turely 'inlthe: 'hospital. :: The.'condition of: one of the iwounded : children',is . such-that; it' is not! :expected to recoVc-r. ' . A ; i [The tragedy; occurred, at Cosgrove, near •.Dookie, ; l&i' miles - north-east of Melbourne, where Mts. Clugstbn, :tt farm-lab-' ourer's wife, shot 'her four, children 'and •herself, With a pea-rifle.: When.'' neighbours '■ reached the fhoUsb' they .'.found that :Maggie (a'ged seyen ' years) .'/ aiul ,' Violet .(agett : wereVdeadi' and llosie and \Villy (eight and".two years respectively); Hvere wounded, tho latter : dangerously, ■ whilo tho; mother.> was. : "wounded -. in .the" stoinftcli. Tho woman evidently, placed the weapon against tho children s bodies, leach'.. shot :'taking;beffect -; benbath ' the 'heart Asked' to givo a reason for tho crime, the mother ;merely.tepliedi'"They, caused it." She left a letter for her husband, who, was; ■ absent;., at work .at tho .time.] v: 1 .":'-■/>' y ;:

DESTRUCTIVE GRASS FIRE. . . Molbourne, January 1. A fire at Mildura V: destroyed 100)000 acres of grass. .'■■■■ BOWLS. ' Mobart, December 31. In the second bowls' test,; Victoria froii -by 34. : r ./■