GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14898, 29 July 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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NON-POLITICAL J.P.'S.

, LONDON, July 27. In the House of Lords Lord Loreburn announced that in future appointments to the commission of - the peace would be non-political.-

ROUMANIAN CROPS.

■LONDON, July 27. The Roumanian- crops are- in splendid condition. 1 .-

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

LONDON, July 27. A Scotch syndicate has purchased 15,000 acres froni the Midland Railway (Western Australia), at 21s an acre. . LIBEBIAN LOAN. LONDON,. July 27. The newspapers note the projected loan as significant of Washington's iiolicv in Liberia. LONDON, July 28. (Received July 23, at 11,15 p.m.) • The Liberian Minister in London de-. elates tlifit Britain, France, a.nd Germany view favourably Washington's friendly assistance- in straightening the Liberian finances and settling with creditors, He is officially assured that the' United States does not contemplate a protectorate iii Ijiberia, and is not actuated by territorial or political motives, . A MOTOR-DRIVEN STBAIIER. . HAMBURG, July 27. 1 The Hamburg-American Line has ordered a 9000-ton motor-driven steamer. REFORM IN TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE.. July 27. ' The^• Turkish officials to whom an amnesty was recently granted include Shakir Pasha (chief of • Abdul Ilamid's Military Cabinet).

A VALUABLE FIND. •SYDNEY, July. 28. An opal weighing 601b, and valued at £200,000, lias been found at Whitecliffs. . TRADING RETURNS. " . SYDNEY, July 28. The trading returns for the first six months of the present financial year were: Imports, £10.229,000$ exports, '£14,600,000. . i AUSTRALIAN WINES. MELBOURNE, July 28. the,-Federal House of Representatives Mr Tudor said he was aware that South African wines were admitted to New Zealand on better terms than Australian wines were. He would be prepared to consider some reciprocal treatment with New Zealand, which would place Australian wines on an equal footing.