GENERAL CABLE ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 66, 18 March 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE ITEMS.

[PBBBB AaioOfiTldN.] JAPANESE RAILWAYS. BERLIN, March 16. The German steel firms are vigorously competing for the supply of railway material to Japan for widening tW gauge of the Tpkio-Shumonoseki construction and; various new hnes, involving an expenditure of £23,000,000 and spread over a period of 13 years. OBITUARY. LONDON, March, 16, Lord Airedale is dead; A BANQUET. IjONDON, March; 16. The Australasian Chamber of Commerce will banquet the overseas Ministers on May 19tlv V A NEW SERVICE. HAGUE, March 16. A Bill has passed its first "reading in the Chamber granting a subsidy to the Dutch-Royal- Steam: Packet Comptany of £12,500 annually < for tenyears froni May lor a monthly service between Java and! Australia. SUNSHINE ENTERPRISE. LONDON, March 16. The Sunshine Harvester Company t of Victoria has decided to erect a factory in England^ covering 15 acres. Y.M.aA. SYDNEY, March 17. Mr W. Gfllsundbrs, a New Zealander, has been appointed* secretary of thw Sydney Young-Men's Christian Association. ' " ' PRINCE LEOPOLD. t; "SYDNEY, March 17. Prince I«eopold of Battenburg has fully recovered, and* has departed on a visit to the' East. LORD DUDLEY. MELBOURNE, March 17. The date of Lord Dudley's departure is July 26th. A TOWN ISOLATED. SYDNEY, March 17. Floods in the "Eden and Bombala districts have caused great destruction of crops. Bombala is isolated. -■ A JAPANESE VISITOR. SYDNEY, March! 17. The steamer Manshumaoru has arrived from Yokohama. She is officered •and manned entirely by Japanese. A SABBATARIAN PROTEST. SYDNEY, March 17. The Methodist-Conference entered a ■strong protest against opening"' the Royal Show on Good Friday. "". '!

.IRISH BLIGHT.

• Sydney; March 17. Reports show an alarming spread -of Irish blight, and: the outlook is •serious. The losses in the Oberon district done are estimated at £20,000. MANURE IyORKEORS.

MELBOURNE, Marclh 17. The manure works strike has ended. iThe men's demands were conceded.