GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 815, 12 May 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Teleerapli—Press Association—CaDyriEW A Y.M.C.A..CANVASS. (Rec. May 12, 1.3 a.m.) Ottawa, May 11. ■.! The Young Men's Christian Association in Toronto in nine days raised for the purpose of new buildings. A TRIPOLI INCIDENT: ASSAULT PUNISHED. London, 'May 10. The American Consul at Tripoli (capital of the Turkish vilayet of 'I'ripoli; in North Atricu) obtained the degradation of two policemen, an official apology, and the punishment of the ringleaders of a mob which assaulted an American son while lie was painting in 'the centre of the town. .TKANSVAAL. .POLITICIANS' PAY. Protoria, May 11. The Supremo Court of the Transvaal, in the matter of the proposed payment of members of tho Assembly ,£HOO each for a sixteen day&' session, decided that the Constitution allows the Executive some latitude, and that the applicants for rule nisi have no locus standi. Hence the rule must he discharged. [The Chief Justice of the • Transvaal, at the instance of three members of the Upper House, had granted an interim injunction preventing tho Treasury from paying over' the salaries.] ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: THE FALL IN TEMPERATURE.' Hobart, May 11. The only official, (and partial) observation of the solar eclipse obtained showed that the temperature fell two and a half degrees during . totality. . ■■ : PRICK OF BUTTER IN SYDNEY. Sydney, May H. The price of butter has been raised 65., making a rife of 10?, for the week. Firstclass brands- are quoted at 10Ss.