GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8754, 2 March 1907, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Press Association. —Copyright. .New York, March 1. Both Houses at Washington ratified tho report of their conference in favour of the Expatriation Bill, the provisions of which were cabled on 20th January. London, March 1. The Australian States Constitution Bill has gone through the committee stage in the House of Lords. Sydney, March 1. Arrived; Wimmera. The five, remaining members of the Sonoma crew have been sentenced to a month’s imprisonment pending deportation. Rome March 1. The rebellious Bunal tribe attacked an Italian punitive expedition in Italian East Africa, and was repulsed near Danal with 200 killed. The Italian casualties were 27. Mr Pierpoint Morgan has bought four t Yandycks in Italy for £IOO,OOO. Melbourne, March 2. The Western Bond, corner of Little Collins and King streets, has been destroyed by fire. Tho damage is estimated at £IO,OOO. Sydney, March 2. Government lias decided to set apart a portion of Darliughurst gaol for a trial of tho new system of treating habitual drunkenness. Habitual drunkards will now be kept in gaol for 13 mouths or longer if necessary.