GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 16 May 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received Mav 1(5, !).:■!) a.m. LONDON, May 15. Now South Wales lias issuod .C'i.lHH),OlM) worth ol' I'l months' Treasury bills at JJi per cent, at par. All wore absorbed yesterday. The, 'Times' comments on the very low rate of interest. COLORED LADOR SfJ AUSTRALIA. LONDON. May, 1 I. Mr Creed, in a paper read before the Colonial Institute, advocated the control of colored labor in t:\ipical Australia. A PLUCKY LORD. Received Mav 1(5, 11..''0 a.m. 'LONDON, May 15. Lord Dunsanv, who is a poor swimmer, pluckily endeavored, with the help of policemen, to rescue a drowning footman in the Serpentine, but tho attempt was unsuccessful. GERMAN SETTLERS. Received Mav l(i. 11.50 a.m. BERLIN, May 15. Sir George Reid (Australian High Commissioner) read a long paper to a crowded audience in tile Reichstag Buildings on Australia's development, in tho course of which he expressed warm appreciation of German settlers. CHURCH IN NORTH QUEENSLAND. i LONDON, .May 15. An anonymous Londoner has donated £1250 to Right Rev. G. F. Frodsham's (Bishop of North Queensland) Diocesan Fund. THE COST OF LIVING. Received May 16, 11.10 a.m. OTTAWA. May 15. Government statistics show that the cost of living in Canada is steadily rising. During tho hist, decado advances were general in the prices all round and there were further rises even in April.