GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 839, 10 June 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By TelcEraoh—Press Association— CoDjrieht

DERAILING EFFORTS' IN BENGAL. (Rec. June 9, 10 p.m.) Calcutta, June 9. ' •' A fifth attempt is repented to derail trains in Eastern Bengal. The attempts are due, to political motives. THE GREAT REPUBLICAN-BOUND ■'. . HOME. London, June 9. Mr. Roosevelt will. embark at Southampton for the United States to-mor-TOW. ' ' THE CORONATION. ' ' '> London, June 9. Mr. Labouchere, in . "Trutn," . states that the King's Coronation- has' been fixed for June 21 or 28, 1911. :. : CAPE COLONY PARTITION UNDER . UNION: , Capo Town, June 9. A movement has been initiated at Grahamstown to divide the Cape Province into two administrative districts, East and West. ■ MR. HEATON HONOURED.London, June 9. Mr. Hennike'r Heaton has been ejected . io an honorary fellowship of the Colonial Institute in recognition of his services to postage reform. LIVERPOOL COLD STORAGE.' London, June 8. Cold storage has been..' opened at Bootle, Liverpool. It gives 300,000 cubic yards of space at a cost of .£10,000,' and is adaptable to all frozen products. The Midland Railway will be connected, with the stores, which adjoin the ■ docks where Australian meat is handled. - BUTTER PROSECUTION. London, Juno 8; ■ The Agent-General for . New , South Wales, Mr. T. A. Coghlan,' is '• prosecuting Coopman Brothers, small produce merchants, for selling butter in boxes that had contained New- South Wales butter. The hearing of the case was adjourned. ' SIR GEO. REID. ' London, June 8. A- great reception was given at the Austral Club to Sir George ..Reid (Australian High Commissioner) and Lady Reid.. ■FUSE ON. STEAMER AUSTRALIA. Brisbane, June 9. The fire in No. 5 hold of the steamer Australia, -lying at the wharf, badly buckled some <of the deck, beams and a portion of the'iron deck. The damaged cargo is valued at .£7OOO. TEACHERS''SALARY SCHEME.. Sydney, June 9. The new salary scheme, for public school teachers provides for increases'! totalling .£2J,5G7 a year. STATUE OF KING EDWARD. Launccston, June 9. A meeting of citizens decided to erect a statue to the memory of the late King Edward. RAINS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Perth, June 9.There have'.been general rainj over the agricultural areas, and there is every prospect of a good season. COPYRIGHT OF TELEPHONE LISTS. Melbourne, June 8. As an outcome of the recent High Court decision, the Postal Department lias taken out the copyrights of its telephone lists, thus maintaining its monopoly. The Department's objection to unofficial publications is that mistakes would inconvenience both subscribers and operators. [The Commonwealth Postnuister-Gen-eral sought to obtain an injunction to res^ll, v firm of publishers from publishing private telephone lists. The High Court dismissed the application, holding that the private publishing of the listp was not an infringement of the law.] RESIGNATION OF A BISHOP. Perth, June 3. Bishop Gibncy, after being in charge e f the Roman Catholic Church in Perth for a quarter of a century, has resigned. He was ordained priest, on June U, 1863.