GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 140, 14 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

The International Opium Conference has been indefinitely postponed. An electrical s + orm in Philadelphia caused much damage, several people being killed. A syndicate of American aviators is arranging to establish an aeroplane factory at Sydney. Little, of the Papuan development syndicate, located one 12ft and two 3ft seams of coal on the recent expedition. The German Government has prescribed the death penalty for cannibalism among the Maka, a tribe of the Southern Cameroons. James Roberts and Henry Bernstein, shipbrokers of Glasgow, have been remanded on a charge of defrauding the Union Bank of Scotland of £5000. In the French Chamber of Deputies M. Caillaux (Minister for Finance) stated that despite an increase in the revenue of £7.200,000, the Budget would show a deficit of £2,160,000. Lord Kitchener has arranged for colonial scouts to line a portion of the route to Westminster Abbey on Coronation Day, and to participate in a rally of 20,000 bo£ scouts at Windsor on July 4.

The Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for Internal Affairs, arrived from the Thames this afternoon, accompanied by his private secretary, Mr. J. Black. For the past five days the Minister has been inspecting the drainage works on the Piako and Rangitaiki swamps, and states that good progress Is being made at both places with the operations" in hand. This evening Jlr. Buddo, who is staving at the Star Hotel during his visit to Auckland, will be present at the Chamber of Commerce dinner in the Northern Club. Arrangements have been made to enable Mr. James Allen to deliver a political address at Devonport next Monday, June 19th, at the Devonport Parish Hall, and his Worship the Mayor of Devonport has consented to preside.