GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 713, 12 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

DyTeleßraph-PreasAsß'ociation-OoDvriEhL'. .': : V - : 'j;, .'iv X MELBOURNE: PORT IMPROVEMENTS. ■ ■ ; ■-. London, January 10. Mr. Wi Davidsoni Inspector-General ;of Publio .Workis 'for. Victoria,, and'- Sit .William Matthews, of the engineering- firm' .of. Coode,;" S.on,''and.'Matthoivs,: havb ; for-mulated:-,a (sohem'eV.for ; dealing ; With, passenger 'and', cargo;, traffio : inr',the';'port of Melbourne.^■ -'.Sir ~;..E.'vßaban,.;';;Admiralty Director: ■of : Works, has .S arranged ;> a. schcme for a graving dock for. Melbourne.

THE EARI, OF MEATH TO VISIT < .AUSTRALIA. London, January 10. The Earl ; of': Meatk,founder of 1 tho Empire Day; movement, and', the Countess , of-. Heath' haye ■ started on ;■ ie- visit to 1 Aus- ' tralia. 'They ■.-will : remain : till;;the. spriiig. |Xord Meathj theVtw6lftli' Earli-..novr^Gß : years; of age,, has, long ' been 'interested :in .'philanthropic.'and isobial; movements, and of late-years : has been prominent'as' an Imperialist who is striving for recognition , throughout Greater Britain'; of :an 'annual Empire Day, and of the systematic teaching.. of patriotism in - theschools.. He was formerly in the .diplomatic' service.- Ho has written copiously on social questions and <the. Empire,. ;Owns 80,000 ; acres, and is' an Irish Unionist NPeer .]• £• PAPUAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. , ' ■: London, January 10. The members .of .the:Papuan,.syndicate' (which' has, obtained ,112,000 - acres of. New; Guinea land. 1 on : a 99■ yea r's'; lease) ' include Viscount :Esher,'; member ,':bfthe' Committed of:lmperial Defence; • Sir/,.0.'-'.Eiiiin-Martin", Conway,- the well-kuown traveK ler; 'formerly' Agent for New Zealand; tho Hon. J .G. Jenkins, : ",'ex-Agent-Generar. for ' South Australia; Mr. W; Bridges Webb, chairman, of tho "Baltic Shipping -Exchange' ahd.-;head"of;:the -English' firm"of' Dewar and!'Webb,' merchants j's'and Mr, ,C. A. Darling, '

A BODY FOUND. » . r: ■ London, January-10. . A- search, for '.two Edinburgh medical. men, - who went, : duck shooting''. on - the Firth of Forth,and-' failed 'to :return,.has resulted in • the recovery. of the body ,of ono;of them, Dr. R. M. .Nicholson; wnose father resides 1 at. Benalla, : Victoria. . EROTIC PUBLICATIONS SEIZED. Vienna, January 10.-■ .' ■; The . f police' raided a;: well-known pub-, iishing houso,. .and confiscated .three, thousand- erotic publications, ; valued v■■ at JUGOOO. ■' r ,;,; FIRE IN GRAND 'DUKE'S'PALACE: .' ' ART LOSSES.; . . ■ St. Petersburg, January 10. Tho Palace of the Grand Duke Nicholas Nioholaiovitch,' grand-uncle of the < Tsar, is- on fire in : StvPetersburg. ; 'Priceless, collections v.of : diamond-studded.; armour ■ and porcelain have been destroyed. SIR PHILIP FYSH ILL. (Reo. January 12, 0.55 a.m.) V; ,;'. ..- •: Hobart, January.ll.v . Sir Philip Fysh, now 74 years of age, formerly' Premier of Tasmania 1 and 'Com- . monwealth. Postmaster-General, is ; ill, and , is in a critical condition... RAINS :IN NEW .SOUTH 1 WALES.' Sydney, January 11. Good ■ timely rains have - fallen over a wide area. ■ Agricultural and; pastoral reports, aro generally very, favourable. A GOLD NUGGET IN THE-ORCHARD.' Sydney, January 11., . A man found a-gold nugget'weighing 121 ounces in his orchard at Mudgee, 190 miles north of Sydney. ' • KITCHENER AT BATHURST. i January 11. . Lord Kitchener,'at Bathurst,-unveiled a memorial to local, soldiers who fell in the Boer War.. .