GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 810, 6 May 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph—Press Association-Oopyrieht . « CANADIAN FIVE MILLION LOAN. (Roc. May 5, 11.35 pJn.) London,. May 5. A Canadian loan of .£5,000,000, at 3J per oent., is being issued in London at 91}, redeemable in 1950. AUSTRALIA AND THE POWERS. London, May 5. The High Commissioner for tho Commonwealth, Sir George Reid, is' paying a round of Ambassadorial visits,, including visits to tho Chinese, the Japanese, the American, the French, and the Russian Ambassadors. ' '

TItANSVAAL POLITICIANS' PAY. Pretoria, May 5. In connection with tho elfort of the Transvaal Government, bucked by the Transvnal Lower House, to pay members i£3oo each for a 16 days' session, it is now stated that a considerable sum was paid to members before the Court—at the instance of three members of thoUp]>er House —intervened with' an interim injunction.

MARK TWAIN'S ESTATE. New York, May 5. Mark Twain's will has been filed. He left .£B6OO in addition to his copyrights.

SIRDAR, UNDERGOES OPERATION. London, May 4. Lioutennnt-General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army and Governor-Goneral of the Sudan, has successfully undergone ft serious operation. [Lieutenant-General Sir F. R. Wingate is aged 48. He saw service with the several Sudan and Nile expeditions, and was Chief Intelligence Officer to Lord, Kitchener's staff, his knowledge of Arabic and of desert customs being invaluable to tba army in its advance. He fought the remnant of (he Khalifa's followers, the Khalifa himself being killed, and succeeded Kitchener as Sirdar and Governor-General of Sudan, He has boen on special missions in Abyesinia and Somaliland.]

TROPICAL AGEONOMICS. London, May 4. The Australian High Commissioner, Sir George Reid, has arranged that Professor AVyndhntn Dunstan (a member of tho Advisory Committee on Tropical Agriculture, Colonial Office) shall represent the Commonwealth at tho Congress on Tropical Agronomy, to ,be held shortly at Brussels.

[In 1900 Professor Dunstan was President of the Chemical and Agricultural section of the British Association. Ho has t>een Director of the Imperial Institute since 1003, and has made many reports on the mineral resources and agricultural possibilities (including cotton cultivation) of India and other parts of tho Empire Agronomics is the science of tho management of farms; that division of tho science of political economy which treats of tho management of /arming lands. Northern Australia is. vitally interested in tho question of tropical agronomics.] MISS JIARY. CONLY. London) May 4. Miss Mary Conly, a Victorian singer. Intends making an Australian tour, and purposes opening in Melbourne oh August 27 next.

[Miss Mary, Conly is a Victorian einger who has been studying at Home for some time, with successful results. She ie said to be one of the most promising young vocalists in Victoria to take up singing as a profession since Miss Amy Castles went originally to England.] ME. N. J. MOORE. London, May i. King Edward accorded an audience to Mr. N. J. Moore, Premier. of Western Australia, who is on a visit to Great Britain. ME. ASQTJITH IN PORTUGAL. Lisbon, May 4. The British Prime ■ Minister, Mr. Asquith, has had several conferences with King Manoel of Portugal anil the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senhor Bocage). MALARIA MORTALITY IN ZULULAND. Cape Town, May 4. Malaria is raging in eastern Zululand. There has been serious mortality among the natives. • Magistrates, doctors, and missionaries aro Tendering every assist ance in their power. MILLIONAIRE MOTORIST KILLED. Berlin, Hay 4. Count Orioln, a member of the Reichstag. wi\s killed in ii motor accident in Berlin. He left JC3.fiOU.OUO sterling.

A WOHLD-ClimSE IN A YAWL. Perth, May li, Captain Blyth and Captain Arapa.xis have Sailed in a yawl, fitted with nil auxiliary motor, on a voynge round the world. Currents, winds, temperatures, and other phenomena will be noted. The little vessel visits the Pitcairn, Juan Fernandez, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Islands.

PEDICLES' SALVAGED HOTTER. Sydney, Mn.v ii. At n sale of salvaged butter from the steamer Pericles,' wrecked iilf Citpe LecmrJn, IH-fO boxes realised fljd. per Hi.

PAM.WJKn I'AJMNIT I'PItCHASER . Melbourne, Mny 5.

. A lrmil syndicate has purchased Hie New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Papanui, which, in December Inst, struck an unchnrted rock off the Tasmnnian const. Tho price paid for tho vossel is about: .£IO,OOO. ITho New Zealand Shipping Company received a tender of .423,000 for repairs to the Papmiui, but did not proceed with tho work.] MOEE WONDERFUL CAVES. Sydney, May 5. Rome remarkable coves have been discovered at ICempsey, on tho Mneleay River, about 280 miles north-east of Sydney. They have been explored for over half a mile, and found "to contain wonderful stalactites and stnlngmites.

STORM AND FLOOD IN SYDNEY. Sydney, May 5. A heavy lliunderstonn, «ith torrential rain and hail, broke ovur the city tonight. Some low-lying parts are flooded.