MISCELLANEOUS CABLE NEWS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8729, 1 February 1907, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS CABLE NEWS

Press .\ss"ciatinn Copyright. Loxno:;, January 5)1. The Music Hall proprietors have pledged themselves to mutually assist each other during the strike, The prospects of a general strike of Music . Hall artists is extending throughout j the United Kingdom. I Lord Hampden's estate is valued | at £1G0,700. j Brussels, January 5)1. j Funds are being raised to despatch 1 an Antarctic expedition under Le- j cointe, director of tho Brussels Ob-1 servatory. 1 Sydney, February 1. ; It is expected that the trouble between the wharf labourers and ship- ; owners will be settled by Monday. j Tho Seismograph Observatory ; failed to record the Lithgow shock. ' A slight shock was felt at Gabo and ' Eden yesterday. . \ Adelaide, February 1, ; Captain Dale claims to have invented a submarine capablo of firing 5)0 torpedoes Avithout affecting its ; buoyancy. i lloisart, February 1. ; Tho earthquake experienced along ; the East Coast was particularly sharp ; : at Launceston, causing some alarm, j Fkemantle, February 1. j The fleet has returned from thej Singapore Conference of Admirals. , Bvdxicv, January 31. ZM i- Watson has decided not to accept tlie appointment to the Navigation Commission for private, reasons. ; A cyclone did a largo amount of damage at Gunnedah, unroofing ■ many buildings. i JißiuiovjKNio, January 31. Justice Cussen lias delivered his award i as the result of a conference of masters j and men in the building trades. Tho ) award, which is binding for six months ; maintains the working hours at -18 '. weekly, but gives an increase of wages ; from a penny to three halfpence Jier | hour. 1