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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8998, 9 November 1907, Page 2

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i'ress Association —Copyright. Boccivcd November 9, 7.25 a.m. London, November 8. The Capetown correspondent of the Times reports that it has been docided that the Beers Company's preference shares, which aro mostly held in England, shall not pay Gape income tax. British imports for October in- | creased by £3,025,000 7and exports increased £3,080,000, compared with the previous October. The South Australian Government's honey exhibit obtained the highest awards and a silver medal'sit the Cookery and Food Exhibition i:: London. ~ At the -sheepskin sales -II(it lots ot A.ustra-Ij»u were offered and pv-Hic-ally all sold. The average attendance and bidding was very slow. Merino combings for clothing showed Hd to i/A decline, fine crossbred combings J-Sd and coarse crossbred combing oTotbiugs wore YA to %d lower. _ '.The now first-class battleship Superb has baeii-liuiue) pd. An international' congress vml ,'-(» held at < : k>iior« in September rrtist to discuss the' mu.-stiou of suppression of alimentary and pfiannaeenticai

Telegrams state that the fatalities in connection with the Kivatsig.s earihuupko disaster numbered 3400. Only seventy were saved. Many in £1)0 vicinity of the town a;so perished. Berlin, November 8. Seven more dentin respited from tlie boiler explosion on tho Geraitu training ship Bleucher. "New York. November 8. Tho Liioicania, dsspito a severe gale on her last voyage'improve, h.3r outward record by one boii'r. food's National Bank of Texas has suspended, payment. r Berlin, is n-.en: her 8. The Imperial Bank of Germany has advanced tho discount rate from ii?Jd to 7 ; hj" per cent. Melbourne, Novembre I*. The pv'iC'. of bread has been reduced' front Vd l-o Gj y d tho 41b loaf. . _.t , a New York', November 8 F ■jr'lio Presidents of Nicai"" na ' Honduras and can Salvador held a conference at Amr.pala and agreed to resume friendly relation's. They also decided to hck'l a peace conference at Washington, and to adopt n uniform code of international law.