GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13835, 23 February 1907, Page 9

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Prisi Asuociitios—By Telegraph—CopyrigW WEST AUSTRALIAN LOAN, '. 'i LONDON, February 21.; The underwriters get a considerable pio portion of the West Australian loan. . : February 22.>; (Received Feb. 22, at 11.6 p;in.) The public subscribed about 10 per rfitfc, of the West Australian loan. Ui GERMAN CONCESSIONS. , 9 LONDON, February 21. ■ The Gorman concessions schejue - B 'Madeira which was recently reported hB been defeated. ' ifi JAPANKBE CRUISERS AT HONO-fl LULU. 'a HONOLULU, February 21.M There are three Japanese cruisers H Honolulu. 1 'A FATAL QUARREL.''V/S SYDNEY, Februavy 22.9 A woman named Hums quarrelled witlß man named Mad'ormicli, with whom g* livedo near Gumicdiih, and fatally silibbi him. . ,'j PAPUA. MELBOURNE, February 2$ Captain llarton (Administrator of Piiptfi has heeii granted 12 months' leave ;i absence. Judge Murray, the Chief Jiistli of Papua, nets as Administrator till Pa liament reassembles in Jiily, when coil plete proposals for tho government of i territory will be submitted. Population of south aus- : TRALI'A. : ADELAIDE, February 22.1 The population of tlio Slate on Deceii her 31 last was 380,245, (in increase for thfl year of 5847. CEREIihO-SPINAL LONDON, February. 22i1l (Received Feb: 22, at 9.43 p.m.), 1 ,™ Three cases of cer'ebro-Spiiml lnefiln'gifil lmve been admitted lo the Childress" Hospital ill Great Ormonde street, i . . • ;i : DEMAND FOR LAND. | SiDNBY/iFebruaij 22 (Received' Feb. 23, at 1.7 am) As an _ illustration of tho great demand for land it may be Mated.that a thousand' persons applied for 14 Government sus divisions for farms in .tho Wagga district! aggregating 6800 acres. MR fIEAKIN. 4 ' MELBOURNE, February 22 f (Received Feb. 23, at 1.7 am) ! Mr Dcakin sails for London on Mareli RABBIT EXTERMINATION' ~l| MELBOURNE, February 22-1 (Received Feb. 23, at 1.7 am) J Dr Tidswcll, in his iiiteriih report <8 tlio rabbit virus experiment, states so far as the inveistigations have gone theS is nothing to suggest that the virus ;,wil attack other animals tbaii rabbitSj or tha™ it is -likely to spread from Brougliton Island. • ■ , , - .'.'.',4

PLAGUE. SYDNEY, February 22.(Received Feb. 22; at 11.15 p.m.) Another ease of plague is repbr'tcd.