GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 21 May 1910, Page 4

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A NEW STEAMER. ax ri.u'iiMC ti:i.i;o;:.wh. —cocvkigSt. l-yv. fNITKI) I'CK.sS ASSOCIATION, R.-eived Mav '2l. !) a.m. LONDON, May 20. Huddart, Parker and Co.'s new steamer Z*-alandia has sailed from London f.,r Melbourne and Sydney. The Z..:!anuia is a steel twin-screw 't> am.-hip .1' l>~A)l) tons, built by Messrs J. Brie.-, n and Co., Ltd., of Olasgow;. r l he '!-v. -reamer is similar in design to tlh ['lim-iioa, but larger, and will bo employe] on the Sydney-Woilington-f.'hi.'f-MJbouruo trade. She is 11 Oft. in hngih. v.ith a beam of oii't. 7iu. and ti. depth <:{ ] 7ft. 2in. NEW ZEALANDER INJURED. Rciv, .1 Mav 21. K..JO a.m. IiONDON, May 20. , Mr Alia:: Woodman, of Neu Zealand, Vi'iile trai:.i:,g for a motor cycle race at the Me <i Man was the victim of a collision uh.tby he fractured his leg. Y.W.C.A. CONFERENCE. Rv.vi-,. 1 Mav 21. K.lO a.m. BTJILIX, May 20. '! he ■. nir,; conference of the Young Women's C!;:;:tia:i Association lias been opened .it Ji< rlin in the presence of the Empress .:::,! SJO delegates from 22 countries. J RAILWAYMEN'S WAGES. Ro-eivel Mav 21, R. 40 a.m. NEW YORK, May 20. The f.iie Railroad Company lias adopted :h" wages agreement for eou-'i-ctn.-s .■' .| •ti.iinmen, the pav (an ad-v.:n-v of ninost 7 per cent.) being slightly un-hv the Baltimore scale. DAY OF THE OIL ENGINE. Received Mav 21, S.oO a.m. I _ LONDON, May 20. I Tile Admiralty has ordered an oil enj due for Leith of ]() (H;!)-horse power. If this one is n!cces>in! live othcr.s will be ordered. THE COTTON SHORTAGE. Keciv 1 Al.iv °l. ,vi.">n a in NEW YORK, May 20. M-v:\- --if the New England cotton mills are curtailing their production from 2") to Xi per cent, until the new crop is Mailable.