GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5734, 1 November 1905, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

COLLIERY PROPRIETORS’ FEDERATION. (Received November 1, 1.4 a.m.) SYDNEY, October 31. A federation of colliery proprietors has been formed, embracing the majority of proprietors, for the purpose of protecting mutual interests.

RIFLE-SHOOTING, * MELBOURNE, October 31. . The Commonwealth Rifle Match was won by Victoria, with a score of 1543 points. New South Wales was second, 70 points behind.

FOREIGN TROOPS IN CHINA. BERLIN, October 30. The Kaiser proposes that foreign troops in Pechili (a province of Northern China) be withdrawn. The cost of the German East Asiatic Corps at Tientsin totalled £15,000,000 sterling. A LOTHARIO’S SUICIDE. LONDON, October 30. Baron Holzhausen, an infatuated admirer of Mrs Monckton, who was Miss Gertie Millar, a Gaiety actress, broke into her boudoir at" her husband’s residence. The young man committed suicide when a housemaid discovered his presence. SUGAR FIELDS DAMAGED. SYDNEY. October 31. Extensive damage has been done by fires to the sugar fields in the Murrillunbeb and Lismore districts. CROP PROSPECTS. ADELAIDE. October 31. Good rains have fallen over a large part of the State, and enhanced the crop prospects. HOBART, October 31. Tho agricultural prospects are not good. Stock is famishing in many parts of the district for want of grass. The wheat crops are going off, and the season is very backward.