CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8853, 2 July 1907, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Press Association—Copyright. London, July 1

The King, accompanied by the Queen and the Prince of Wales, opened to-day the Union Jack Club, erected in 'Waterloo Eoad as a memorial to soldiers and sailors killed in tho Boer War.

Sydney, July 1

The conference of coal lumpers settled preliminaries and adjourned until tomorrow. The press were excluded. Sydney, July 2.

A fire in Gordon and Sous, shirtmakers, did damage estimated at £7OOO. Five hotels have closed in Bathurst owing to non-renewal of licenses. Mr Jackson, of the Union Go., has been elected president of the Australasian Steamship owners’ Federation, also president of the New South Wales Steamship Owners’ Association,

The telephone line between Sydney and Melbourne is complete, and will be opened next week; The shipping masters are firmly resisting the now loading regulations at Newcastle. The harbour is crowded with vessels. Melbourne; July,2., The Federal Parliament will be opened to-morrow. London, July 1. The violinist Kubelik has engaged Erna provinces;