GENERAL CABLE NEWS
By Telegraph—Preaa Association —Copyright. NEW WHITE STAR LINER. LONDON, December 8. The White Star Line is building an 18,000-bon steamer for tho Australian service. She will be of an improved Suevio typeKILLED BY PALL OP MARBLE. LONDON, December 8. Francis Bevor, a sculptor’s assistant, was crushed to' death at .Kensington by a fall of eight tons of mafblo. COMPANY RECONSTRUCTION. LONDON, December 8. Under a reconstruction scheme, tho North British and Australasian Company proposes to write down capital by £111,721 and consolidate tho various issues into one stock. WELSH COAL FOR THE NAVY. LONDON, December 8. Tho Admiralty has contracted for one and a quarter million tons of Welsh, coal for 1912 at Ids 6d a ton above the price paid in 1910. THE BALEFUL HOBBLE SKIRT. PARIS, December 8. Tho bobble ekirt vogue has caused 30.000 workgirls to bo idle, and a loss of £BO,OOO. GLEN VALE MURDERER’S SUICIDE. SYDNEY, December 9. At an inquest concerning the death of Baker, who murdered his wife at Glenvale, tho verdict was that death was due to strychnine, self-administered. LORD MAYOR OF SYDNEY. (Received December 10, 5.5 p-m.) SYDNEY, December 9. Sir Allen Taylor has been re-elected Lord Mayor- of Sydney for the sixth time. FAULT IN BARREN JACK DAM. SYDNEY, December 9. A fault has developed at tho Barren Jack Dam. delaying the application of water for irrigation purposes for a year.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7980, 11 December 1911, Page 5
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234GENERAL CABLE NEWS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7980, 11 December 1911, Page 5
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