GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Gopyriiht.

GERMAN AEROPLANES. : (Bee. February 2. 10.50 p.m.) ; ■ Berlin, February 2. ,150 aeroplanes ;ivere designed ,in . Germany.. One-half of these have; been constructed, "and. 25' of them have 1 satisfactorily passed' their .first trials. v : |TJntil last year, Germany 'devoted practically all ,her 'attention to the. dirigible airship; (lighter-than-air) .type as against the' heavier-than-air aeroplane. ';' Last year tho "Wrights flew in Berlin, and now Germany seems to havo undertaken the manufacture of aeroplanes ; with characteristic ; German 1 energy.] .: ■, *;'• i 'GAOL FOR STEALING A FIELD PIECE. ■ St.' Petersburg, February 2.. - A non-commissioned officer and ■ three artillerymen.' of 'the Guard have been sentenced ]at St." Petersburg to terms of imprisonment'varying, from four; to two. .•years. 1 for having stolen an obsolete field' pieoe, l which they sold as old metal. v GERMAN-PORTUGUESE TREATY. ' Berlin, February '2. ' The'. Reichstag,; despite_ the, recent.>adverso, report of .its/committee,; has adopted the commercial: treaty with : Portugal, which , has alreidy been:adopted, by . the Cortes. THE FRANCO-CANADIAN TREATY RATIFIED. 1 ; London, February 2. Tho 'Franco-Canadian. Treaty of 'Commerce has been ratified, extending mutual tariff concessions. . : '■ v-;-,. : MR. SEDDON'S/, MEMORIAL. ■ Londor.j February 1. ,The , Duke of Argyll .will- unveil the memorial to the;late Mr. Seildon in Si Paul's Cathedral on February 10. : Tho memorial; consists of a panel in bronze,', the work of Mr. G. J, Frain'pton, A,R.S. It will be placed m tho orypt of tho cathedral, adjoining .the bust of the late Sir Goorgo Gray. OLYMPIC GAMES. ■-■■■■ . London, February 1. The British Olympio Counoil is without . information respecting the . games fixed'to be held at. Athens in April. .The. impression is that "the meeting is- unlikely to bo held' owing to political unrest in'the country. ■ ...

FURTHER SEARCH FOB WARATAH. • , London, February 1. Information has boen reoeived • that the steamer . Wakefield, whioh has .been .chartered to scarch for • the- missing steamer Waratah, arrived, at Durban on January.: 28, \ and , will, eail directly she is discharged. Sir' John Taverner, Victorian ; Agent-General,' is arranging for the shipment of medical comforts' arid clothing'' for . possible survivors of . the Waratah, and is trying ,to get a doctor to accompany the Wakefield. ■ , ■ " : UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. , London, February 1. The Oxford and Cambridge boat Taoe will be rowed on Maroh 23. . . - SIR R. K. THOMAS. London, February 1. "The Times," in announcing 1 the honour conferred ■ ; upon Sir. - Eobert Kyffin Thomas, proprietor of the "Adelaide Register,".. refers, to his services as president of the Geographical Society of South Australia', and of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce, and as member of the,committee;? for ; raising troops for; the South' African ' War; .' The /.'Standard" , - notes the, compliment paid to tho press. • The "Daily Mail" pays a tribute to Sir Rob•ort's efforts, to strengthen Imperial/ relatione, 1 . and adds that:'his-success as an organiser.- was shown. at the: Pross •; Conference. The "Daily Telegraph" ;makes similar references. ; :"v

DAJIAGED PAPANUI OFFERED FOR. SALE. . • ■ Molboume,'February 2. ■ The New .Zealand: Shipping Company has cabled to its representative in Mel-bourne'to-offer. the "Pajjanui, which was lately' damaged: by striding an unoharted ;rock in Bass. Strait; for private sale,' [According ,to a cablegram from Melbourne published on.Tuesday, the London office of the-New, Zealand Shipping Com-pany-has cabled instructing that the steamer Papanui (which was badly dam-, aged through striking an uncharted rock in Bass Strait) be - removed from dock "pending arrangements.";. 1 A 'tender for repairs was recently accepted., the price tying '.£23,000, provisionally, on 'the directors ratifying it. . What the "arrangements" referred to are.is not stated. The vessel had, "up till Monday, been idle in dock'for . ten days, and 'the dock dues amount to .£IOO per day. The Papanui, it is understood, 18 now at anchor at the Bay, where she will float on her tank tops, She has a hole in her hull 25ft long and sft. wide.] EXTENDED, TERM OF OFFICE. Melbourne, February 2. The. term of V offioo of Sir John Taverricr, Agent-General for Yiotoria, has been extended for two yoars. COMMONWEALTH CAPITAL SITE. Sydney, February 2. : The first peg has been driven in connection with the contour survey of the Federal .capital si to at Tass-Canberra. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Melbourne, February 2. The Australian Natives' Association has decided to urge the. passage of a Federal Friendly Societies Act as soon as possible. ■