GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1041, 2 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tclcjrasli—l'rcss Association—OopyrlsM. r-S — . REPATRIATION OP NATIVE LABOURERS. Lisbon, February 1. A group of the leading plantation owners at Sao 'ghonie ana Principo urge the suspension o£ the laiv relating to the repatriation, on the expiry of their contracts, of native' laliourers to Angola;

[Angola is the general name for -th< Portuguese possessions in Lower Gumeri West Africa.! •

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCTS. (Rec. February 1, 10.40 p.m.); London, February 1. Mr. Geoi'gp Buckeridge lectured before a large audience, at South Bridge, Liverpool, on New Zealand products. He urged grocers to push New Zealand but-, ter. He will also lecture at' Bristol and in the bomo counties. ■ ,' HIBERNIAN BANK. (Rec. February 1, .10.5 p.m.) ... -■ London, February 1. The chairman of tho. Hibernian Bank incidentally stated that during the last quinquennium .£73,000 had been lost by depreciation of. investments, niottly in British Indian Government's stocks. During 'the last half year .£17,500 had been withdrawn from the. reserve.' BULLKUSH SHARES. : ' London, February 1. Tn connection witlißullrush shares, Mr. Edward Otter, trading as Otter and Company, has been declared a defaulter on the Stock Exchange. MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS. Melbourne, February 1. . The State Government is making provision for the manufacture of bricks.

PHYSICAL CULTURE. (Rec. February 1, 8.55 p.m.) . Melbourne, February 1. . The Minister for Defence is arranging that school teachers aro to learn physical culture in order to teach tho children. ONE PEPPERCORN. Adelaide, February 1. In consequence of the transfer of the Northern Territory, the railway frnni Port Augusta to Oodnadatta becomes the property of the Commonwealth. The question of working it has cropped" up, and it has been arranged to lease it to South Australia at a yearly.rental of one, peppercorn. / HEAVY EAINFALL. Sydney, February 1. The rainfall in the metropolitan area last month amounted to 15J inches, lwjn? the heaviest fall in January for fiftytwo years. THE CENSUS. Melbourne, February 1. The State Executive has fixed April 3 as the date for talcing tho census. THE SUGAR TRADE. , Sydney, February 1. The statement that cheap .Java su,»ar is being dumped in Sydney is officially denied. NEW ZEALAND'S BATTLESHIP. London, January 31. New Zealand's battleship is to be launched on June 20. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. ■■" Berlin, January 31. Owing to,,the prevalence of. plague in the East, the German Crown Prmce will return to Germany from Calcutta.. , U/VTE SHIPPING. °' Melbourne, February. 1..-. . Sailed—Kaipara for Wellington. ■ ' ' Sydney, .February 1. Arrived—Aldebaran from Auckland. Sailed—Wipimera. H p.m.) for Brisbane.