GENERAL CABLES

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4315, 26 March 1901, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

TRADING LOSSES. March 24. The report of the Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company shows a debit balanoe of £14,138 It is proposed to transfer £I4,(JOT) from the reserve fund, and to carry forward to new account £217. QUEEN ALEXANDRA. LONDON, March 24. Quelsn Alexandra of Britain has arrived at Copenhagen on a visit to her father, King Christian of Denmark. THE FILIPinO WAR. , LONuoN, March 24. All the insurgents on the island of Panay, in tho Philippine Group, nave surrendered to the American authorities. —i WHEAT TRAFFIC. ' March 25. Great complaints are made by fanners of the want of storage for wheat on the railways, and the poor wharfage and shipping facilities. Tho ‘‘Daily Telegraph” states that six million bushels are awaiting over-sea transit in the State, and are likely to miss the market.

THE SMALLPOX SCARE. SYDNEY, March 25. As there are no further signs of smallpox on board the Eurynlus, the vessel which brought from India the persons who are now suffering from the disease at Melbourne and Sydney, slio has been released from quarantine.

VALUABLE MINERAL RIGHTS. (Received March 25, 11.2 p.m.) LONDON, March 24. A British syndicate has acquired eighty million tons of iron deposits in Norway.

GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH. SYDNEY, March 25. Mr W. G. Wcioluoughj Demonstrator of Geology at Sydney- University, has returned from a geological expedition to Fiji. As the results of his investigations, ho declares that it may be considered definitely settled that Fiji is a relic of what was once a large continent. CYCLING. SYDNEY, March 23. The League of Wheelmen has selected Chamberlain, the English amateur, as its representative at the Christchurch meeting. It is not yet certain which of the Now South Wales riders will start. It ia stated as a certainty that the League’s representative will not be allowed to start if the union’s representatives ride, and rice versa.