GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—CoDsrlebl, LADY DUDLEY, T , „ „ London, March 10. _ Lady Dudley, wife of the Governortieneral or Australia, underwent a serious operation, to-day, Sho is progressing fav» ourably. .. (Eeo. Maioh 11, 10.45 p.m.) - w , „. London, March 11. ii. ? r A y , mon >inS a bulletin. 6ta.ted that though the condition of Lady Dudley was serious enough to necessitate the constunt attention of, th© physicians, the conditions were.satisfactory. The Queen and the Prince of Wales were nmnTig the inquirers sine© the operation. '. AN ISLAND HUREICANE. ■, Suva, March 11.. . ' News via Laiiioka reports that.a hurricane has occurred at Labeea. : The cane is considerably damaged; '35 inches of rain fell.

NAVAL SCANDAL IN' JAPAN. ; . ■m, ' New York, March 10. \ .J. ho Yokohama correspondent of. the New York "Herald" states that' the police have arrested seventeen -clerks and workmen employed: in the naval' arsenal at Xokosuia (15 miles from Yokohama) ,on charges" of purloining : •;several " thousand, pounds'; worth' of 'pwtinuni and other metals. The charges cover aperiod sii;cq NEW CANADIAN LINE TO BRISTOL. Ottawa, March 10. The Canadian Northern. Hallway Com. pany is inaugurating a lino of 21-knot steamers between Bristol and Canada, beginning, in May next.' RELIGIOUS LIQUIDATION MAUDS. j Paris, March 10. It is stated, that .the .; defalcations. of Duez in connection with ■ French religious institutions will probably total -J8400,000. [Duez, stated a recent .cablegram, was' tKo liquidator of several religious associations in France. He'attributes his.defalcations; to unlucky speculations on the racecourse. The frauds were first dis* covered a year ago. Duez then pleadod that it was necessary to examine 100,000 documents in order to establish his innocence. Ho thus avoided arrest.] DEATH OF A BOXEE. London, March 10. In connection with tho death of "Girley" Watson, pugilist, a.verdict of accidental death was returned. The medical evidence showed that death was duo to a lacerated artery on tho brain. [Watson, .ex-champion boxer ,of the navy, was knocked out in a boxing, match at Wonderland, and died in three hours. His coloured-opponent, Inglis, was arrested.]

BUMPED A HOKE;IN.THE WHARF. : Sydney, March 11. The steamer Cornwall, while berthing, at Newcastle, bumped a big hole in the wharf, and displaced 1 a portion of the railway. . Several of the 6teamer's plates . were damaged. ■ ••: ■ ■ EX-CONSTABLES SENTENCED. . Sydney. March 11. Ex-Constabl«a Bartlett and Toohey were seatenced to four and three years' hard labour respectively for stealing three scarf pins from the nxmi of a local doctor after his death. The judge' severely' censured prisoners for attempting to implicate an innocent man. WYREEMA-CURRAJONG COLLISION. Sydney, March 1L A diver has fotuid that the collior Currajong (which 6ank ' after . collision with the. steamer Wyreema, oae lifo being lost) is'cut through to the keoL, There is a gap 14ft. wide. The vessel will be blown up, as she lies in the fairway. EARTHQUAKE IN PACIFIC.' . Sydney, March 11. Threesevere shocks of earthquake were felt at Matupi, New Britain, on February 27 and 28 and March 1. The inhabitants'were greatly alarmed. IS THE "JUGGED WALLABY" A JOKE? Melbourne, March 11, The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Graham, doubts the accuracy of the cable message from London about the importaof about 3000 frozen wallabies, and tho serving of "jugged wallaby" at London restaurants. He says there has been no shipment from Victoria, but a few may have gone from Tasmania.