CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13599, 29 January 1915, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.)

LONDON, Jan. 20. A site has been chosen m the grounds of Greenwich Hospital for the Captain Scott memorial.

New Zealand women teachers exchanging posts for a year with London teachers, state that the work here is 25 per cent. longer than m New Zealand for almost one-half the pay. The lonic's eggs are reported to be m good condition. They will be sold for the benefit of the New Zealand Contingents' Fund.

The West Yorkshire miners will foVmally tender three weeks' notice next week. Thirty-eight thousand will strike unless an arrangement is reached. A small advisory committee of bankers, with Lord St. Aldwyn as chairman, has been appointed to assist the Treasury m connection with the embargo upon capital issues.

SYDNEY, Jan. 28. The heat wave is the fiercest since 1896. when Sydney registered 108. The hearing of charges of forcerv and uttering against Joseph Earle Hermann was adjourned for three weeks, to enable an investigation of his accounts. Tt was stated that during ten years £7.---000.000 had passed through Herdmann's hands. It is intimated that the ground of defence m the Hermann case will be epileptic insanity.

In the Assembly Mr Ashford denounced a rumor that three members had received £1000 m connection with the wheat seizure. It was a lying statement. Mr Wade made a nrotest against the Government, submittine a neavy oroeramme. inclndinj? controversial mensutpr. at this time of the yenr. He outlined sufficient work to kill the strongest man. and Ttreed the concentrating of nr»ntt,e vi ? relating to the war and helping ifhe Etnnir^. MPTT^OTTRNE, JanL 2R.

The hoarinpf of th<» wheat seizure caee has fonclnded. Judgment wp« reserved.

(Received .Tj»miprv PO. 9.35 a.m >

MELBOURNE.

•Tan. 29

At. a meetincr of the Public Worts foniTriittee a oroposal was mooted from the Federal Government, starting cement works to supply cement needed for pnb- !>"'! works at Canberra and other ■nTarn*. 1> was estimated it -would save £100.000 .sterling 1 annually. The nroposed cost of establishment is £50.000.

HOBAF.T. Jan. 28.

There are destmo+.ive bnsh fires m various districts, and s«verel ■homesteads and mwh' property and crops have been destroyed.