GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 757, 4 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

iiy Telegraph—Press Association-CoDirlgbt : COEETJPTION IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY. St. Petersburg, March 2. Fifty military officials at Kieff and Odessa have been arrested on a charge of corruption and extortion. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. . London, March 2. In connection with the attempted murder of a correspondence clerk, Louis Niffin, at the office of Sasson and Son; Leadenhall Street, it is said that the assailant Elazar, who. is supposed to bo a Turk, shot his brother (Louis Niffin, alias Elazar) because he considered the brother's wife was a disgrace to the family. The prisoner was brought before the Police Court and remanded. AGAINST AN EIGHT HOTJES DAY. St. John, Maroh 2. A "Nova Scotian Government Commission has reported against .a compnlsory provincial eight-hours day, declaring that it would be calculated to injure industries, owing to the competition of other provinces. BOUNTIES NOT TO BE-RENEWED. 1 Ottawa, March 2. The Canadian iron and steel bounties, expiring with the fiscal year, will not be renewed. MUCH -TOO SMALL FOR A HIGH •• COMMISSIONER. London, llarch 2. The High Commissioner fpr the Com-monwealth,-Sir George Reid, states that one glance is sufficient to show how ut terly impossible are the, present London 'offices of the Commonwealth. . VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE. Melbourne, March 3. The Federal Postal Department has agreed to extend the Vancouver mail service for a year, hut certain matters which the Union Company desires to be settled have still to be, adjusted.

STRANDING OF THE MORESBY. Brisbane, March 3. At'. an inquiry regarding the stranding in Cook Passage of Burns, Philp, and Company's- Island steamer Moresby (which was subsequently refloated), the captain attributed an error of nine miles in the vessel's course to the current setting south-west instead of east, as expected. SENTENCE ON PRISONER WHO SHOi HIMSELF. Sydney, March 3. Davids, who 'attempted suicide in the dock after being convicted of theft, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Amongst other things obtained by fraud was the pistol with which he attempted suicide. [Davids, against whom there were several convictions, including some in New Zealand, was ( tried at the quarter sessions, Sydney! on a chnrge of stealing. When the jury returned with a veidict of guilty, ho exclaimed: "I am innocent. I (lie an innocent man." With that ho drew a revolver and shot himself in the side. There was a great sensation iD Court, and the judge animadverted op the carelessness of tho officials in • not searching the man.] PLEUROPNEUMONIA. Sydney, March 3. A serious outbreak of plcnro-pnoumonia has occurred in the Narrabri district. A number of cattle are dead., FIRE IN PROGRESS IN SYDNEY. Sydney, March 3. A largo five-story building in York Street; chiefly occupied with offices, is on fire. JAPANESE CRUISERS. (Rec. March i, 1 a.m.) Thursday Island, March 3. The Japanese cruisers Soya and Aso (formerly . the Russian cruisers Varyag and Bayan), which arc to visit Australia on a training cruise for cadets, havo arrived here.