GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 11 June 1907, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A CHANNEL FERRY COMPANY. j THE U.S. CUSTOMS REGULATIONS. THE ROYAL VISIT. MOTORING I'liOM I'EKIN TO I'AItJS DECLINE IN THIS GKKMAN STEEL BOOM. GERMANY ANITIIER COLONIES. A SHU' ABANDONED. SY . KLKCTItIC TKLECItArn CJI'TIUOIIT. M.lt UNirKll l'l(l:SS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, June 10. Tho 'Times' states that an AngloFrench group of financiers has found all the capital for a Channel ferry company. Received June 11, 8.15 a.m. The 'Daily Chronicle' states that Mr Elilm Root has revised the U.S. Customs regulations and accepts British Chambers of Commerce oertilicatex of invoices of shipments on the same conditions as German. Received June 11. 9.-1 a.m. The lving and Queen of Denmark were entertained at luncheon at the Guildhall. The.v had an enthusiastic reception and the streets were gaily decorated. Received June 11, 8.-10 a.m. PARIS, June 10. Three French motors, one Dutch and one Italian have started the race from l'ekin to Paris. BERLIN. June 1(1. The Dusseldorf Iron and Steel Exchange announces that there is a serious diminution In large orders. This, coupled with other information, is interpreted to mean that the boom which the German industry enjoyed since 1902 is about- ended. The high bank rate, which was a concomitant of the boom, bad the advantage, which is now apparent, of preventing many manufacturers enlarging their works. Received June 11. S.-IO a.m. Before starting on his tour of in- [ sped ion of the German African colonies, Count Dernbcrg, Director of German Colonial Affairs, is conferring with the merchants of Bremen and Hamburg . with the object of organising a great Colonial Academy. , NEW YORK, June 10. The crew on the barque Alexandra, . bound from Newcastle to Panama, tiecame short of provisions and abandoned i the ship on May 8. The vessel is undamaged. The first officer and part of I the crew landed at Guayaquil, but the whereabouts of the remainder is uni known.