GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 804, 29 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telerrspli—Fre«« Asssciatloa-Oaoyrlckv BARON ISLINGTON, GOVEENOB OF NEW ZEALAND. .'(Bee. April 29, 0.5 a.m.J ' '. London, April 28. . ; The title of tha new Governor of New Zealand (Sir John Dickson-Poyndor, recently raised to the Peerage) is Baron Islington. ■ •' moee wage-increases in the ' :....;..' ..states; .< ; . ■ ' New York, April 28. The Baltimore-Ohio railroad' las increased the. wages'of 50,000 employees by 6. per. cent. AGEICULTUEAL IMMIGEANTS FOE .-'-, .QUEENSLAND. ' - London, April 28. In four months 2160 ■ emigrants have loft for .Queensland, of whom 60 per cent. .were, assisted. All are agriculturists, and many have considerable sums of money. 'v PUBSE FOE MB. FIELDING. Ottawa, April 27. Members of the Canadian Senate and House of Representatives presented the Hon.' W. S. Fielding, Finance. Minister, with a purse, of £24,000 in recognition of his services to Canada. STATE .FUNERAL, FOE BJOENSON. ■'~ ' Christiania, April 27. The Norwegian Storthing (Parliament) will accord Bjornson (the late poet, novelist,'and dramatist); a State funeral. Both Houses condoled with the' widow and then adjourned. The theatres in. Christiania .ire:closed. ' COMPULSOET MILITAEY SERVICE. ',:■:'■..:..' . Durban, April 27. The Hon. W. A. Deane, Defence Minister of Natal, advocates compulsory military, service. ~ , . . '.. WINDOW FOE HOBABT CATHEDRAL • : ■ London, April 27. Messrs. Burlison and Grylls have comSleted the east window .'for the crjlieral at Hobart. It will bo shipped a ■few weeks, hence,. ■..,•-.' BRISBANE RUBBER, COMPANY. V Sydney, April 28. The Solomon Islands Rubber Company, with a capital, of .£20,000, has been registered. All the shareholders- are residents of Brisbane. .-■■'• • ,< SAID THAT SHE. MARRIED IN A TRANCE. . Sydney, April 28. ■A peculiar ease was heard in the Police Couri here. A woman named.Stuart sued a inuu named. Smith for maintenance. She declared that'she'married defendant in a theatre while im a trance. ; Defendant denied ever marrying. oi'_ liviiij with Stuart. The case was dismissed. A RICH STRIKE OF GOLD. Melbourne, April, 28. There bus been a rich'strike\p'f g"hl in the North Woahlmwp, mine. 11l five days specimens containing -)!l2oz. of. gold were obtained. SPREAD OF POTATO BLIGHT. Sydney, April 28. Til" w'lolo of the potato crop in . ihc lower Hunter district is blighted. The diseo -e spread with alarming rapidity, and in a, few days highly promising crops were destroyed. ' KILLED HER CHILDREN WHILE INSANE. Melbourne,. April 28. Mrs. Lena Clugston,' charged with the murder of her three children, was found not guilty on the ground of insanity, and was ordered to be detained in an asylum. [In December last it .was cabled that Mrs. Clugston, of Cosgrove, had shot four of her children (three fatally) while suffering from puerperal mania.] SYDNEY WHARFAGE. ' ' Sydney, April 28. The Harbour Trust intends to construct a new wharf for the English ma.il steamers at MaCquarie Point. This will enable the widening of the fairway for the crowded ferry traffic in Sydney Cove.