GENERAL CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7943, 28 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. UNIONISTS AND PAYMENT OP ' MEMBERS. (Received October 27, 10.35 p.m. LONDON, October 27. Mr Steelman, chairman of tho Conservative organisation, has announced that tho leaders of the Unionist patty accept their Parliamentary salaries .without prejudice to their opposing the annual vote for payment of members. EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION. (Received October 27, 11,35 p.m.) LONDON, October 27. Replying to a question in the’House of Commons, tho Premier, Mr Asquith, said that he hoped that tho Empire Trado Commission decided upon at the recent Imperial Conference, would shortly bo appointed. ( CHURCH OP ENGLAND MEN'S , SOCIETY. LONDON, October 26. The Church of England Men's Society has held great meetings in London, and is showing increasing activity. There aro 112,000 members all over tho world. THE PRINCE OP WALLS. LONDON, October 26. Tho Prince of Wales goes to a University. Tho captain of tho Hindustan, on which tho Princo was a midshipman, said that overyono would be sorry to loso a good comrade. : PAPANUI'S EMIGRANTS ALL WELL. .LONDON, October 26.. Miss Jane Adam, matron of tho emigrants for Australia by tho Papanui, abandoned at St. Helena, after being gutted by fire, reports all well. She acknowledges the generous help received from tho wholo of tho island' and the touching self-sacrifice of tho poorest in l habitants of St. Helena. TAX ON BACHELORS AND SPINSTERS. BERLIN, October 26. The Diet of tho principality of Renas has imposed on bachelors and spinsters over thirty years of ago a surtax beyond tho incomo tax, amounting to 5 per cent, on incomes between £l5O and £3OO, and' 10 per cent, on larger incomes. AN EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH . .' AUSTRALIA. ADELAIDE, October 27. There was a severe earth tremor, tho, second within three days, last night in many parts of tho State. Tho shako was accompanied by a rumbling noise. At Moonta articles wore thrown down from _ shelves and lights were extinguished. Tho damage done, however, was slight. MADAME MELBA'S SEND-OPP. SYDNEY", October 27. • Thero was a remarkable scene of enthusiasm at tho send-off to Melba's Grand Opera Company, which has left for Melbourne. H.M.S. PYRAMUS. ■ (Received October 27, 9.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 27. H.M.S. Pyramus has returned from Colombo with her newly commissioned craw. THE SEXES IN YICTOELV. -MELBOURNE, October 27. The census returns show that the numbers of the seres in Victoria are almost . equal, there being a hundred and one females to every hundred males.