MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.
United Pre« Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Tho inflammation or General Uooth's cyo is spreading and jeopardising his sight. Admiral Sir. Edmund Poo has sucooeded Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont as tho King's principal aide-de-camp.
The position in many districts of South Australia is becoming serious ow.ng to an extended dry f.peli. Large areas of wheat require rceowing. Tho Sydney Underwriters' Association has been advised that tho steamer Ka:toa. bound to Middlesborou<;h, from Australian and New Zealand ports, put into Las Palmas, her cargo having shifted. , Tho American Senate adopted amendments to the Steel Bill, placing farm im-plonioivts on the free list, repealing Canadian reciprocity, and reducing tho duty on piy iron. Tho final vote bias yet "to be taken.
The Licensed Victuallers' Conference at Adeluido condemned counter-lunches. It was stated that tho cost of tho ' lunches was far greater than the amount spent in rent. A resolution was adopted favouring their abolition. Tho Conference resolved to register under the Federal Arbitration Act, and protested against States or municipalities conducting hotels as business concerns.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14369, 31 May 1912, Page 7
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