CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9098, 18 March 1908, Page 8

CABLE NEWS.

SECOND EDITION.

Press Association— Copyright). London, March 17. The. hearing of the petition for the compulsory winding-up of Sir James Laing & Sons, was adjourned in order to cross-examine witnesses. Counsel stated that the Company since 1908 had lost (upwards of -.£350,000. No reason was .tendered for the losses. Owing to the insults of Labourites to the Hon. J. Dunsmuir, Governor of British Columbia, as a result of his attitude towards the Japanese he is retiring after selling his mining properties to an English syndicate for £3,000,000. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is weaker, but had a good night and has taken nourishment well. The British'sloop of war Shearwater is at Iquique searching the adjacent islands for any survivors of the ship Silverhorn, reported on November 29th to be burned at sea. Nice, March 17. Wilding and Ritchie beat the Doherty brothers by three sets to one for the South of France championship at Nice. Sydney, March 18. There is a big flood in the Narrabri river which is still rising. The suburbs and all the surrounding country are submerged. People are taking refuge in the highlands. There have been some exciting experiences rescuing stock.

South Bulli miners have resumed work pending conciliation.