CABLE FLASHES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 2875, 18 July 1896, Page 2

CABLE FLASHES.

Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt, the millionaire, has had a stroke of paralysis, but is likely to recover. Work has been resumed in four more collieries at Newcastle. The miners are arranging for a mass meeting to urge the Government to introduce a compulsory Arbitration Bill. Tho Premier of Canada is enquiring whether tho Imperial {authorities may be expected to come to an early decision respecting the now Atlantic mail service. Stanbury has challenged Gaudaur to meet him in a sculling match for .£IOOO ajsido, either on the Thames or the Parramatta. It is reported that Gaudaur is willing to raoo at Vancouver iu September. The Premier of New South Wales is making arrangements for the Intercolonial Conference to be held to adopt measures to prevent the spread of the Queensland tick peat, It is proposed to hold tho Conference in Sydney on the 29th inst. In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly the Factories aud Shops Bill has been read a second time. Mr Garrad, Minister- for Education, in moving the second reading, said the measure was specially aimed at protecting tho lives of women and children, and at minimising sweating. It also included a provision compelling the stamping of furniture as a protection against cheap Chinese - made articles. The death is announced of Mr C. J. Penfold, lata secretary of the Melbourne Club.