GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 19 March 1913, Page 5

GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

NEWSPAPER APGLOCISES. l at xLsoritio teleqeapb.—copteiohx. I PKB UNITED Pit ESS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, March 18. The Paris 'Matin' has apologised to Hon. H. L. Samuel (PostmasterGeneral) and Sir Ruf'.is Isaacs (Attor-ney-General), whom it accused of traf-i ticking in Marconi shares. COLONIAL LOANS. Received -March 19, 10.50 a.m. 1 LONDON, March IS. Letters of allotment have been for-, warded in connection with the Auckland Drainage Board loan. , IN FAVOR WITH INVESTORS. j Received March 19, 10.50 a.m. ] LONDON, March IS. The 'Financial Times' sa.ys: "The New South Wales bonds are finding favor with investors who were hit by the fall of Consols and are desirous of a security which has no scope for a fall because it is redeemable in a decade." THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN. Received March IS). 11.13 a.m LONDON. .March IS. The New Zealand loan is <iu<it<vl at £95 10s. DAIRY SHOW PRIZES. Itcwived March 19, 11.13 a.gi. LONDON. -March 18. Tlu> Dairy Show is offering prizes for colored and uncolorcd colonial j cheese, also collections of dairy produce. THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE. LONDON. March 18. The Colonial wit!) a view to enlarging its operations, hag decided to elect associates in the United Kingdom. A FIRE BRIGADE TEST. LONDON, Mar<h IS. The London Firo Brigade has tested a device for utilising paraffin at 7d per gallon. The motors averaged a speed of 20 miles per gallon. A DANCER'S DEATH. Received March 19, 12.20 p.m. LONDON, March 1?. The Southampton police state that there is nothing to support the theory of foul play in connection with the death of Miss Frances Leslie, the American dancer, on the Oceanic. CANADIAN POLITICS. Received March 19. 12.20 p.m. OTTAWA, March 18. The Government refused a. Parliamentary investigation into charges of j election frauds preferred against M. Coderre. Hon. R. L. Borden (Prime Minister) pointed out that the preferrers of the charges denied them afterwards. M. Coderre intends to clear himself in court. CHARGE OF ESPIONAGE. Received March 19. 12..'10 p.m. BERLIN, March 18. A man named Bergmant), a Frenchman, has been arrested at Met*. <a charge of espionage. A TRUST BETRAYED. Received March 19, 12.M0 p.m. BERLIN, March 18. Men induced a Russian lady to entrust them with a handbag containing jewels worth £6250 while she visited a cinematograph show. TJie men then decamped. THEATRE BOUGHT FOR £60,00(1. Received March 19, 9.50 a.m. SYDNEY, Mlarch 19. Mr John Wren, of Melbourne, has purchased the Criterion Theatre for £60,000. ENTOMBED MINERS RESCUED. Received March 19. 12.20 ?».m. LONDON, March 18. The two men who were entonuied in the Townhead mine, Cumberland. <"»- ing to an inrush of water, hay ■; been

rescued.