GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 841, 13 June 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telesranli—Press Association—Oooyriehl HIS LAST REMEDY. » (E-ec. Juno 12, 5 p.m.) New York, June 11. A fugitive bank official from Brussels, who was on the point of being arrested 1 on a charge of having embezzled 300,000 francs, committed suicide with a revolver on the staircase of a Now York -hotel. MEXICO AND UNITED STATES. Mexico, June 11. Mexico has agreed with the United States as to its terms of arbitration of the ElchYimizal zono controversy. BIG JEWELLERY ROBBERIES. London, June 10. Several jewellery robberies took place last night in the West End. Shops were looted to the extent of £5,002,000 (?).- An English lady staying a.t a baardinghouse in Paris was robbed of jeweller)- worth £3000. . "LA M1LO" SUES WOOD. London, June 10. "La Milo" is suing William Edward Wood, jeweller, for damages for malicious prosecution. [Ferdinand Eggena, husband of "La Milo" (Pansy Montague), was recently sentenced to 21 mouths' imprisonment for obtaining from AYood, by fraud, jewels worth .£BOOO. "La Milo" was acquitted, the judge, directing that' there was not sufficient'evidence against her.] QUEENSLAND RECEPTION. London, June 10. Major T. D. Robinson, the Queensland Agent-General, gave a reception which was attended by the Duke and Duchess of Fife, Lord Lamingtoii (an ox-Govcrnoi oi Queensland), Lord Stnathcona (High Commissioner for Canada), Hon. W. Hall-Jones (High Commissioner for New Zealand), the Agents-General of New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania, Lord Milner, Major-General Finn (a former Inspec-tor-General of. the Commonwealth ForcK) and Lady Finn, Sir C. Rason (formerly Agent-General for Western Australia) and Lady Rason, Sir James and Lady Mackay, Mr. R. G. Oa-sey (a Queensland pastoralist), Captains Goddard and Heath, and three hundred other Queenslanders. BREACH OF PROMISE—MAN SUES. Melbourne, June 11. Shonnan M'Keny.ie, a farmer, of. Brown's Plain, is suing Miss Edith MaeYcaai, daughter of tho owner of Howlong Station, for breach of promise, claiming £3000 damages. COUNTESS OF RANFURLY WRECK. Sydney, June 11. In connection with the wreck of the auxiJ.ia.ry schooner Countess of Ranfurly (198 tons gross), on a reef 200 miles from tie Isle of Pines, near New Caledonia, advices have been received that she is a total loss. Everything possible has been taken off tho wreck, which will be sold. [The crew took to the boats. The captain and a number of the hands in a whaleboat reached Noumea (capital of New Caledonia) after being afloat for live days, during which they suffered many piivations.] HUDDART-PARICER'S NEW l STEAMER, Melbourne, June 11. The Huddart-Parker Company have been advised from Durban that a wiretea message had been received from their new.steamer Zealandia, then 300 miles out to sea, reporting all well. [Tho Zealandia, which is described as on improved TJlimaroa, has been specially designed 1 and built for the passenger trade between Sydney and New Zealand ports. She is a twin-screw vessel of 65C0 tons, and accommodation has been provided for about 200 first-class passengers, 120 second-class, and 126 third-class. The officers and crew will number 130 all told. The Zealandia is 410 ft. in length, with a beam of 54ft. 7in. She was built at the yards of Messrs. John Brown and Co., Limited, at Clydebank. The former Zealandia, owned by Huddart, Parker, and Co., Proprietary, Limited, was disposed of to the Union Company and re.lianied -the Paloona.] EARTH TREMOR. RECORDS. Mel'oourns, June. 11. The seismograph at tho Observatory recorded several earth tremcrs during the week. Some were sharp, m one instance extending over a period of forty minutes. DAMAGES AGAINST A PAPER. . Brisbane, June 11. F. C. Oox was awarded £50 damages for defamation, against tho newspaper "Truth.." Plaintiff claimed £1000.