GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 784, 6 April 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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COTTON GIN. iir U V AprO.'■-' +w '■*?"■ - .states that the new Doremns cotton gin is capable of- saving £50,000,000 (?) ■annually 1 m the process of separating cotton from .seed. A European ■ com?KoS^ formed a capital of CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. m , London, April 4.. _The snm of £3000, subscribed by Ben \\. Levy, of Sydney, will be nsed to found a post-graduate studentship of Biochemistry at Cambridge University. SNOWSTORMS IN EUROPE. .; Madrid, April 4. mere are heavy snowdrifts in Spain'.' Twenty-three'degrees of frost have been reported. Severe damage has been done to the fruit crops. There have been .snowstorms, in'.- the south of France. ' ■.' •■■:••■ ■'.■'. . BALLOON . _ .-. ' Berlin/April 4. lrofessor Abegg was one of the three men killed through the fall of the German balloon Ponimern iritto' theßaltic ' RUSSIAN AIRSHIP FLEET. ™ _ ..St. Petersburg, April 4. : : The Duma bas voted a sum for the construction of an airship fleet, and also £2500 to.be. given in, prizes

MISS' MARIE CORELLI. London, April 4. Miss Marie Corelli, tho novelist,'who has been ljiag seriously ill at Strat-iord-on-Avon, is recovenng. WIRELESS. Berlin, April i An otnergram service between Berlin and steamers bound for the German colonv of Caineroons (West Africa) is maintained continuously until tho vessels arrival at the latter place. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LICENSES TO REMAIN. Adelaide, April 5. llio Ao-Licenso vote resulted in a substantial majority for no alteration. BANK RECONSTRUCTION. (Rec. April G, 0.30 a-m.) m r, ~ Sydney, April 5. luc Court has approved tho scheme of reconstruction of tho Australian Joint Stock Bank under tho title of the Australian Bank of Commerce. NEW THEATRES IN SYDNEV.

: ;■■•.■...'■ Sydney, April 5. ■ m ?. ,s a ■ m Plans have been prepared foi' three theatres—two near 1 the railway station and.one in George Street. They will seat four thousand, two.thousand, and two thousand five hundred respectively A fourth new theatro is contemplated m the city. .