GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

[ ;By Telegraph—Press Association—Odny'rlcht.} '-. v. -;■""--■'■-;',;;.''■.;;>...; .'^^':' : -\-r :^ i ■' MOEOCCAN- SULTAN AND FRENCH ! ; ■■"•>"■'; ; ;.■•;■•'■■'PLOODS.--/-;-j, , .';. (Reo. ■February IS," 9.50 pirn.) : : ' r] s ;' ; ;' .'•;::^ : v Paris; February:Jls;^r • ;;..Mulai Hand,■'--Sultan of Morocco,- has' [■■'subscribed ,20,000. francs :(al>out' ¥ ,£B33J'fb'' ; the fuhd-fbr the'relief of sufferers by:the :■ Paris 'tods.V ■"'■ : ;>.':: -:.;./>.y-:--:-; : :.-■>;.?:;. ■ ' ■■■ A: MILLIONAiEB' TO'" A .. -.' ;-:. ', /'ACTRESS. ■/•;':''.;.',.' /:-- i. •'■'-■'-.: ..•.London, February 14., ; ■ Mr. .August■',Belmont, 'the'"American \ millionaire, -is .engaged, to marry' Miss ,': EleanorEobsbn,; actress,,'";..,,; ',',. ■ .[Miss Eleanor.Elise.Robson; though.born ;' in England: in;, ISBO, ; is if a ;:protiuct/of : Amorican education-and stage ...training.. ~ 'She made: her.:first./appearance on'- the stage at the Columbia/Theatre; San. Fran- '< Cisco, in: September, 1897, -in the part ■ of MargerrKnox in- "Men and-JVomen," , with'the .Daniel :Frawley-,Company, subsequently becoming the- ingenue of the ■ company. ;In the -United.lftatcs ;iri ■1903 she 1 scored a great success as Mary Ann ,; in Zangwill's play, ."'Merely,'Mary'Ann,'and tWs was the;part'in which she:made her; debut:; in, London/'in 1904. ■ ■ Mr.-Bel- , -.' mont; is. a New -York ■ banker.),.:. :, v ; ' TOBACCO; OF i i;;; ..; ,:,'- ;^SPPGKD-- ■; : 'v ; ■■':' vs , •>'.'.■'.-•',-... '■'-. '■■ ■'.;/.')■London, February 14.,', The repbrt '■. of the; Imperial Tobacco . Company shows that the year's net profit ' was £632,403..'. The ..increase in-the ,to- . bacco . duty provided/-; in :■ the Budget seriously 1 . affected- the receipts in'- the :lat- -. .ter-halt-year.-•::','-.;;::- ■)/::::'[ -, . ■-//;",::'; ■ :; THE : LATErEARL -V. K,;,/- .'.'.:.:■?••■■•'> London;' iFebruary i 4 ' Earl ■■ Percy, 'Unionist M.P.,. eldest .son and heir of the Duke of Northumberland,, died intestate.'-. His'persotialty has been : 6worn. : at £202,058/',.,./ ~ "'. ,';■:':.;.':,.', •;' [A Home paper"Remarks': ."Earl,Percy, M.P." for • South ■ Kensington, and heir to the Dukedom';; of •.■.-.■Northumberland,", has ;died, from congestion of the lungs ;in Paris, at tho .age 'of :mirty-eight. '.He was one of the most promising- of. the ■. younger members of the: Conservative . party;.and;entered Parliament at tie ago of twenty-four/after'a brilliant university -career.-. He "occupied the "office, of UnderSecretary of State,for India in 1902-3, and ; acquitted. himself ; so. •' worthily -■; that v, ho was selected by Mr. 1 Balfour for. the post -,m_ Under-Secretary-of State" for Foreign Affairs, which (he held from 1903"to 1905; : Ho was considered to be certain of obtaining Cabinet; rank -under the . next Unionist Administration."] - :,', -'■' ;;. •;..'.; raisuli, not /dead. ■■■. .nu :m' ; - * ■ L pnddri; 14/; mF 1 " correspondent :■■ of .-the •Daily .leregraph"-.'-/states'- that the brigand chief Raisuli, who was reported to have died by poison, is in the best of health. 'NEW,SOUTH/:WAiES.LOAN.;; J.;^ 'W vr l ? don ' February 14. V lhe New. bouth.Wales.loan of £2,750,000 at 3i per cent,, issued .at a /minimum of 37, which . has been underwritten on the usual terms,-is quoted:at about 10s premium.' v --.■-.-.;-.,..-,.;■ .',:,,; ■..•:. .-•■• /■ ODDFELLOWS* FUNDS FOri STATE \ STOCKS/ _. , Melbourno, February" 15. The Order'of Oddfellows has asked the State treasurer to.provide 4 per cent. government stocks for investment of their funds, totalling £150,000;.,- .... .•.'.-./.' - RISE IN.-.LEATHER GOODS. ; .-. ''~'. ~.■':. Sidney, February 15. Owing to rise in leather and. other raw material, the Leather Manufacturers' Association _ has raised the price of all leather goods', by 15 per.'cent.. . king edward; ',;:; London, February .14. ■ King Edward, who' -has - been- at ' Brighton, has returned; to; London./ 1 ; .THE/.FLiGSmp;-; , : v ] 'Sydney; February 15. , , H.M.S. Powerful; flagship, will sail for , Auckland on Monday next. • : ■ J '—;—: : rr- ■' C