GABLE ITEMS

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 249, 20 October 1915, Page 7

GABLE ITEMS

[Press Association.]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. The Pj'.ii - American Conference decided to i-ecogniso Carrnnza as chief of the executive de i'aeto Government in Mexico. • SYDNEY, Oct. 19. In the- bankruptcy examination ?f J. Karle Hermann, ~he estimated ins liabilities at £23,162, and i:ssots, as shown by book debts, at £52,8/4. Private advices state that owing to the big slide ot the Panama, Canal there has been a sharp rise in 1 acinc coast freights. Besides the Maitland lodge a number of Newcastle lodges rejected the. proposed agreement. The miners asked for an increase of 20 to 26 per cent,, whereas the agreement provided for C per cent. The matter v.ill have again to he referred to a compulsory c^er^MELBOTTRNE, \ Cabinet T.eeting will be held on Wednesday to consider the appointment of Sir George Reid's successor. BRISBANE Oct. 19. It is estimated that the sugar crop \t the Dairy ShoiV there were 3:j entries of -olnniwl butter, including two South African, in each class.