GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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THE RUBBER BOOM.,

(Eec. April 10.25 pln>i)

']■■::■■*■. . , : :. : London, April 18. Nine rubber companies' prospectuses, the capital, aggregating were issued to-day. ,-" ~-, :

FOUNDRY COLLAPSES: ONE DEATH.

•■.;;'■ v : ■.■-'■ '■ ■■"•■ Madrid, April 17; ; 'A metaj foundry, at Valencia, Spain, collapsed. A "girli: was killed and: thirty other persons, were.injured.,. .'

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'.■■••■'■■■ .■•-..•! New York, April 17. The "New York .World" states that President,.Taft intends that- twenty-five United States warships shall cruise around the world in , 1912. .

EMIGRATION CONFERENCE.

• . • ; London, .April 17. A conference of societies interested in emigration will meet on May SO. ,

FEEIGHT ON SCANDINAVIAN :..' . '■ PAPEE.;, ■'..•' '

',•"■■■■"■ London, April 17. The shipping companies have removed the surtax of 2s. 6d. on paper from Scandinavia, shipped direct to Australia./

A NEW STEAMEE.

■ ■'." London, April 17. A new Bteamer for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Sydney, has been launched at -Ardrossan, Scotland. She U to be called the Canonbar.

MINIMBAH SALVAGE.

Sydney. April 18. In connection with the salvage' operations, at tho wrecked steamer Alininibah, the racehorse Silverpan and a mare and foal were safely landed. ~ ... . ,'.'

DEATH IN THE JUG.

, ' ..-; Melbourne, April 18. There is an epidemic -of- typhoid in one of the suburbs. . Twcnty-ninp cases on one milk round; havel been reported.