GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 April 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

ABaoclaUbn-Cdpyrielit "' ■••' —-—--*-■-— — •■ ■ BETTER TIMES AT THE CAPE.' (Rec. April 7, 11.5 p.m.) Oapa Town, April 7. Mr. Memman, Premier; of Cape Colony, has announced the .Cape Government's, intention' to restore the deduction from civil servants' salaries (mado during-the retrenchment period), in view of the expected surplus. THE LATE BISHOP BARRY. _;■■. London, April 7. ; Bishop Barry, formerly Primate of Australia, was interred in Worcester Cathedral. The Dean of Windsor, representing the King, followed immediately behind the cofhn. Mrs. Barry and Sir John Wolfe Barry were present. ■■■•/From'.lß7l till-1881. the late Bishop Barry .was Canon of Worcester. Sir John Wolfe Barry is his youngest brother.] ...'...':..'. THE KING'S HEALTH. '■■■.'•■■- London, April 6. lhe Biarntz correspondent of ' the "Daily News" protests against certain statements made regarding the King's health. He states that latterly .his Majesty was a victim of influenza, but is now recovering. Other telegrams show that tho King is taking exceptional care to avoid exposure. REPORTED DEATH - OF MENELEK. _■•,' ' ■■• „: London, April 6.' ; .telegrams from Adis Abeba make no reference. to the reported death of the Emperor Menelek of Abyssinia. PREMIER MOORE IN SCOTLAND. „ XT ■ :■ • London, April 6. Mr. N. J. Moore, Premier of Western Australia, ■ was welcomed in Edinburgh by a convention representing 202 burghs. .'"• ■ . . . A HORSE-BREEDING STATE. _ „„•"'•" London, April 6. The "Pall Mall Gazette" calls the War Office's attention to the fact that Queensland is among the finest horsebreeding countries. PALL IN NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. 'New York, April 6. Owing to a break in tho drought in Texas, American cotton on tho New York market has fallen a halfpenny a pound. .'■■■'.' ACCIDENT ON VESUVIUS RAIL- .:.-■;.■ WAY. Rome, April 6. A runaway down-car struck an ascending passenger car on the Vesuvius funicular railway. A lady was killed and her husband was dangerously injured. • SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOCAL •' OPTION. t x, ,' , ,■ Ade,aid ß, April 7. In tho local option vote only Wallaroo deolared for reduction of hotels (by onethird). _ The other districts, by .big majorities, loft things as they are. TASMANIAN CABLE BROKEN. Launoeston, April 7. One of the two now cables connecting Tasmania with the mainland—laid by the Federal Government—is broken. DAYLIGHT-SAVING. Melbourne, April 7. The Federal Cabinet has decided to submit the daylight-saving proposal to tho next conference of Premiers.