GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 808, 4 May 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph—Pres3 Association—Oonyrleht . OBITUARY. (Reo. May 8, 10.30 p.m.) London, May 3. Obituary: Arthur Fitz I\oy" Hart-Symiot, who served in the Boer War from 1899 till 1902, in command of tho Irish Brigade; aged 6G. \ , [Major-Genoral A. F. Hai't-Synnot, of Wliitecross, County Armagh, was horn on May i, 18W, and served with distinction in tho Ashanti, Zulu, aad Egyptian Wars, being 'twice wounded. Tho Boer War of .1881 and the last Boer War saw him in tho field again, and in # the interim he commanded the Ist Brigade at Aldorshot.] SEPTUAGENARIAN'S LONG WALK. Now York, May 3. Edward Weston, a septuagenarian, walked from Los Angeles, California, to New York, a distance of 3100 miles, in 78 days. BOY SCOUTS IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, May 2. The Boy Scout movement' has made a promising start in Russia. BRITISH MINISTERS IN LISBON. . London, May 2. King Manoel of Portugal gave an audience at Lipbon to Mr. Asquitli (British Prime Minister) and Mr. Reginald M'Kcnna (First Lord of the Admiralty), who, with the Admiralty Board, aro to inspect the Mediterranean Fleet. THE ARMY POISONER. •London, May 2. Fran Hofrichter, wife of 1 the lieutenant of that name who has confessed that in November last lie attempted to poison ten officers of the General Staff, lias been released from custody. She had been detained because of her previous assertion of her husband's innocence. Fran Hofrichter is now .convinced of her husband's gnilt, and is deeply hurt by his intrigues with other women. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Sydney, May 3. The State Premier, Mr. C. G. Wade, promised a deputation to introduce next session a Workmen's Compensation Bill on the lines of tho New Zealand Act.

. POTATO BLTGHT. Sydney, May 3. Blight is devastating the potatoes in the Clarence River district.