GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 787, 9 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

liy Toleeraph—Press Association—OopyrlEhl ——*-_ —; LORD KITCHENER IN UNITED STATES. (Rec. April 8, 9 p.m.) ,/ / . San Franclsoo, April 8. '_ Field-Marsha] Lord Kitchener has arrived in San Francisco. He has expressed a desire to.be treated as a private citizen during his stay iu America. .■ ' ',' COTTON GAMBLERS HIT, New York, April 7. Rains in the south and tho importation of cotton from Liverpool caused tho Pattens, cotton speculators', to lose £300,000 in .one day. MR. ROOSEVELT'S COLLECTION. New York, April 7. Mr. Roosevelt's report to the Smithsonian Instituto shows that during his journoyings in Africa ho collected 4897 mammals, 4000, birds, 2000 reptiles, 500 fishes, and thousands of plants, shells, crabs, and beetles. ANOTHER BANK SUSPENSION. New York, April 7. Tho Borough Bank of Brooklyn, with deposits amounting to ovor two million dollars, has suspended payment. The assets of the bank are ample. CA recent cablegram stated that tho Union Bank of Brooklyn, with a capital of a million dollars, an estimated surplus of 669,000 dollars, and deposits totalling 5,500,000 dollars had suspended payment.] LEAVES ONE MILLION. , ''.. "London, April 7. : The estate of Mr. John Foster, the worsted spinner, of Bradford, has been sworn at one million pounds. , BANK RECONSTRUCTION. • ■ London, April 7. Sir Charles Swinfou Eady, Judge of tho; Chancery ;Division of the HighCourt of Justice, approved the' Australian Joint, Stock Bank reconstruction scheme. ' He"stated that ho had some hesitation, in doing so, -owing- to' the absence of any explanation why the creditors were asked to forego a half-crown in tho pound, while the shareholders gratuitously received shares in the new company. However, the approval of the scheme by a large proportion of the creditors -had convinced him. GAOL FOR STEALING- NIMROD'S STORES. ■ ■ London, April 7. Peter .Barnett. was sentenced to six months', imprisonment at Birkenhead for stealing stores from.'.the-Antarctic expedition ship Njmrod. : '

SIR GEORGE REID. ; •/■•■, London, April 7. . The High Commissioner of the Gord'rnonweaM, Sir George Reid, has accepted the freedom of the. Carpenters' Company. The formal presentation will take placo shortly. RELIGIOUS LIQUIDATION FRAUDS. _ Paris, April 7. ■■ In connection'with the case against Duez (the ex-ljguidator of certain religious institutions, now- charged with big defalcations), documents have been discovered, in a lady's residence showing a widespread conspiracy to' secure the property of religious orders in the provinces. MENINGITIS IN DENMARK. Copenhagen, April 7. . Large ironworks at Copenhagen have been closed owing to an outbreak of meningitis. Numbers of persons are under treatment. Several, fatal cases are reported from the Danish provinces. ■ i THE CROSS IN PALESTINE. Berlin, April 7. Prince and Princess Eitel Freidrich of Prussia are in Jerusalem, together with 1500 German pilgrims. They will attend the consecration of the Protestant and Catholio Churches on Mounts Olivet and Zion. • SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STATE BANK. Adelaide, April 8. During the year closed on March 31 the State Bank .made 687 advances, aggregating £168,692, bringing the total amount advanced to £1,544,846. Repayments during the year totalled £17,011. The surplus profits for the year were £5000. MYSTERIOUS .EXPLOSION.: Sydney, April 8. At an inquest concerning the death of Wright, one of the victims of the Broken Hill explosion, his son expressed tho. opinion that there, had been foul play. [Last, month.. Wright's bakery at Broken Hill, was wrecked by an explosion. Wright was fatally injured, and his son was badly hurt. It was stated that the cause of tho explosion was a mystery.] JAPANESE CRUISERS' TOUR. Melbourne, April 8. The Japanese cruisers Soya and Aso have arrived here. The officers are being entertained at a round ,of festivities. NEWCASTLE COAL RECORD. . ; Sydney/April 8, The coal exported from Newcastle for the last week was 118,400 tons, which is a record.