GENERAL CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7928, 11 October 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright MISHAP' TO THE TONGARIEO. , LONDON', October 9. Thje New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Tongariro. 8073 tons, collided ■with a wharf in the Thames, and has been j docked at Tilbury so that the damage may be ascertained. .THREE YEARS FOE EMBEZZLE- ' v KENT. SYDNEY, October 10. The man Stanley an accountant in the Federal Customs Department, has been sentenced; to three years' hard labour on charges of embezzling .£1376, the funds ; of the department, to which he had pleaded guilty. SYMPATHY WTTH PROHIBITION. ADELAIDE, October 10. Tlie Christian Endeavour Convention has adopted a resolution sympathising with the New Zealand Temperance party's endeavour to secure prohibition, and congratulating it on , its past victories.' • ’ , ‘ TASMANIAN YVHALING TODUSTRY. HOBART, October 10, A scheme is afloat for reviving the whaling industry. It is proposed to establish a station at Port Davey, at the south-west corner of Tasmania.

BRITISH POST OFFICE—A BIG PROFIT. (Received October 10, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, October 10. i The annual report of the PostmasterGeneral, Mr Herbert Samuel, shows a general expansion of business. The revenue for the vear was -£19,749,061, and the expenditure -£14,271,376, a balance to profit of J 85,477,685. THE SUGAR COMMISSION. (Received October 10. 11.30 p.m.) • . MELBOURNE, October 10. . The Royal Commission to inquire into the sugar industry will hold its first meeting at Brisbane on October 25th. IMMIGRANTS TO - QUEENSLAND. (Received October 10 11.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, October 10. The steamer Toriila, 6750 tons, arrived from London and landed 1610 immigrants, a record shipment .for the State. ’’ ;