GENERAL CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7977, 7 December 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Sr Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright MR GEORGE SANGER’S ‘WILL. LONDON, December 5. By the will of Mr George Sanger, the showman recently mimlered at East Finchley, the sum of AOU was to go to the murderer. Cooper, who committed suicide niter his crime. A BARONET’S SUICIDE. LONDON, December 5. Sir Henry Day ingnuy, baronet, High Sheriff of Yorkshire, snot himseil alter an operation. A second one was impending. The deceased was 85 years old. GERMAN AIRSHIP FLEET. BERLIN, December 5. , The War Office is testing the possibility of a fleet of airships carrying three hundred men, moving at u speed of twenty,live yards a second, under the Zeppeiiji system.. STANDARD OIL COMPANY. NEW YORK, December 5. Mr John D. Archboid, who has long been president of the Acme Oil Company, has been connected with the Standard Oil Company since 1875, and latterly 1 has been vice-president of the company, i succeeds Mr J. D. Rockefeller in the presidency of the Standard Oil Company. TARIFF LEGISLATION IN UNITED STATES. • NEW YORK, December 5. Tariff legislation is expected to occupy the greater part of the session of the United States Congress. PROSPERITY IN N'iw SOUTH WALES SYDNEY, December C. The Director of Labour, referring to the favourable conditions prevailing in this State, says the present year has been the best for a decade. The prices for primary products throughout the year ruled high. The city of Sydney is extending and thriving marvellously. AUSTRALIAN AERIAL DEFENCE. SYDNEY, December 6. The Aerial League has ■ affirmed the necessity for the immediate establishment of a system of aerial defence for Australia. THE LORD MAYOR OF SYDNEY’SALLOWANCE. SYDNEY, December 6. The Lord Mayor’s allowance has been increased from .£IOOO to .£ISOO per annum. ‘ WITHDRAWAL OP WHEAT QUOTATIONS. SYDNEY, December 6. Owing to extremely heavy rain in £he western wheat districts wheat shippers have withdrawn quotations until an estimate of the damage has been obtained. VICTORIAN WHEAT ESTIMATES. MELBOURNE, December 6. The Government Statist’s pre-harvest wheat. estimate is 26,571,000 bushels, or an average of 11.15 per acre. 'The area . estimated to be harvested is 77,089 acres below that of last year. The requirements of the State for food and seed are estimated at 9,000,000 bushels, leaving an . exportable surplus of 17,500,000 bushels. , MOUNT MORGAN RETURNS. BRISBANE, December 6. ■v The Mount Morgan copper reduction works for November produced 622 tons of blister copper, containing: Copper 616 tons, gold 4G950z. The gold reduction works produced 71040 z. The total value of the, products was .£BISO. ACQUITTED. • NELSON, December G. At the Supremo Court to-day Percy Collier was acquitted on a charge of perjury arising out of’ his evidence at a fire inquiry. No bill W'as. found in the case of the same person on a charge of arson. FRUIT FROM FIJI. AUCKLAND, December 6. A very large cargo of fruit was_ brought by the Navua from thji to-night, including 5133 bunches of bananas and 17,191 cases of the same fruit. Some 8000 cases and- bunches are for. Wellington, 581 oases for Napier, and the balance for Lyttelton and Dunedin. COLONIAL MEAT AND FRENCH TARIFF. (Received December 7, 0.15 a.m.) LONDON, December 6. Mr F.' D. Aoland, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affaire, informed Mr J. F. Remnant (Unionist M.P. for Holbom) that the Government is hopeful that France will apply the minimum tariff to Australian and NoTf Zealand frozen mutton. 1 COPYRIGHT BILL. LONDON, December 6. The Copyright Bill has been read a third time in the House of Lords. CHIEF REGISTRAR OP FRIENDLY' SOCIETIES. LONDON. December 6. . Mr Claud Schuster, advisor to the Board of Education, has been appointed chief registrar of friendly societies. VICTORIAN STAG’D COAL MINES. MELBOURNE, December 6. The met profits. from the Government’s "coal mines at Wonthaggi for the year was£2l,lol. The gross output was 396,012 tons. DOMINIONS AND NAVAL DISCIPLINE LONDON, December 6. Dr Maonamara, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, has introduced in the House of Commons a Bill declaring the effect of the Naval Discipline Acts When applied by the Legislatures of the self-governing Dominions to the forces raised by the latter.