LATEST GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3783, 4 July 1899, Page 6

LATEST GENERAL CABLES.

GENERAL CABLE (Received July 3, 10.15 n.m.) FEDERATION REFERENDUM. SYDNEY, Monday. The official return of the federation referendum vote in New South Wales is as follows:—Yes, 117,420 • no, 82,/41; or a majority of 34,6/9 in favour oi the Commonwealtn Bill. (lieceived July 4, 0.50 a.m.) itIOTS IN SPAIN. . MADRID, Monday, Riots, in which some persons have lost their lives, have occurred at Valencia and Barcelona, where an enormous number of arrests have been made. CANADA’S RECORD REVENUE. OTTAWA, Monday. The (Customs ?) revenue' of Canada for the financial year just closed was 25,250,000 dollars (about £5,500,000., which is a record for the Dominion. [The consolidated fund revenue of Canada last year was 40,555,288 dollars; the Customs i-evenue was 21,704,893 dollars.] SYDNEY SWIMMER IN ENGLAND. • LONDON, Sunday. Lane, the Sydney swimmer, won easily a half-mile swimming race at-Surbiton, Surrey, heating the champion, of London. A CYCLING RECORD. NEW YORK, Sunday. Murphy, the Brooklyn cyclist, nas covered a mile in 57 4-osee. The. conditions under which this record was made are not stated. BUTTER-FAT IN MARGARINE. LONDON, Sunday. The Board of Agriculture states that the Departmental Committee appointed to consider the effect of the use of pre servatives in food has reported that- the limit of butter-fat in margarine cannot be reduced below 10 per cent, without disadvantage. BANK STAFF CHANGESLONDON, Sunday. Mr W. R. Mewburn has retired from the position of London manager of the Union Bank of Australia. Mr <V. E. Carbery, the assistant manager, succeeds him. FINANCES OF QUEENSLAND. BRISBANE, Monday. The revenue of the colony in the year just closed increased by £400,000 as compared with that of the previous year, and 'the expenditure increased by £27.000, the receipts exceeding the expenditure by £149,000. - VICTORIAN TRADE. MELBOURNE, Monday, During the half-year just closed the trade of the colony showed a considerable improvement. The position in genera is much sounder, and the outlook for the second half of the year distinctly promising.