GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 19, 23 June 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

MISSING WILu FOUND. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. London, Juno 20. The Duke of Devonshire's head gardener died in 1008 and was supposed to have left no will. An Australian relative claimed and obtained £SOOO. The will has now been foui d in the ceiling of the gardener's house, leaving all his money to his house-keeper, i THE TURAKINA'S BUTTER AND CHEESB. 1-;. >4® London, June 20. The underwriters are paying out total loss on the Turakina's butter and cheese. PARLIAMENTARY VISITORS. London, June 20. The party visiting Australia and New Zealand under the auspices of the Empire Parliamentary Association will conist of Lord Emmott and twenty members of the House of Commons, who will be accompanied by ladies. FORESTRY CONFERENCE. Paris, June 20. The international Conference on Forestry listened with much interest to Mr M'Bride's paper on "Forestry in Australia," also to Sir Newton Moore's paper on "Forestry in Westralia." AUSTRALIAN 'MEAT IN AMERICA. Washington, June 20. Australian meat interests telegraphed extracts from the newspapers to Wash-' ington.: They were backed by repreaen»tatives of local meat men with the rej suit that the Department of Agriculture I explained that the order discriminating against Australian shippers was due to a misunderstanding. A LOCK-OUT AT CHICAGO. . New York, June 20. Thirty thousand building trade employees have been locked out at Chicago. The masters are beginning to fight against organised labor. ' THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE. Sydney, June 21. The Citizens' Committee lias decided to appeal to the Privy Council in the Government House case. The public is invited to subscribe towards the expense. MT. LYELL RETURNS. Melbourne, June 21. r i he Mount Lyell returns from May 15 to June 11' show that 16,830 tons of oro were treated, and also 046 tons of metal-bearing fluxes. The converters produced 326 tons of blister copper, containing copper 322 tons, silver 25,271 ounces, gold 523 ounces. A RUBENS FIND. Melbourne, June 21. Dr. Joseph Summers, of Perth, bought ; for £SO a picture which is believed to bo a representation of Pyramus and Thisbe, by Rubens. If this "view is eor- ; rect, the picture is worth £40,000.' NEW ZEALAND METHODISM. ;■ Brisbane, Juno 21. Speaking at the Methodist • Conference, the Rev. Mr. Spence, of New Zealand, said that the separation of the j New Zealand church from that of Aust tralia was carried out in a brotherly . spirit. The legal nexus was severed, but [ the fraternal spirit was as strong as ever.