GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 289, 9 May 1914, Page 12

GENERAL CABLES.

BAKERS' DAY OF REST. By Cable—Press Association—Copy right Paris, May 7. The working- bakers in Paris have resolved on an early strike lor the full application of the weekly day of rest and overtime.

LATE DUKE OF ARGYLL. London, May 7. The Duke of Argyll's body has arrived at the Abbey for to-morrow's service, which the King and Queen will attend. The funeral takes place in Scotland.

SYDNEY LAND VALUES. Sydney, May 8. Seven eity freehold properties belonging to the Cooper' estate were sold at auction and realised £70,750. The George street frontages averaged £SOO pui- foot.

SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. Sydney, May 8. There are two cases of smallpox, one in tthe city apd one at Gouiburn.

ASTRONOMER'S THEORY. Washington, May 7. Professor Lovell announced that tke spectroscope shows undoubtedly that there is water in Mars, although he believes it is only one-third of the earth's supply. THE PERTHSHIRE SAFE. Durban, May 7. The Perthshire, which sent a message from 640 miles south of Durban that she was returning owing to a defect in her machinery, has reached Durban safely. WHAKATANE LITTLE DAMAGED. London, May 7. The Whakatane, which called at St. Helena owing to an outbreak of fire in the forepeak, has sustained no structural damage. THE TEMPTATION IF JEWELS. Paris, May 7. Joseph Kislinger and Antinette Bonmer, Roumanians, have been arrested on a charge of absconding from New York, where they were entrusted with £17,000 worth of jewels. DAMAGE TO TEA-CROPS.. Calcutta, May 7. The tea crops in Northern India have been extensively damaged by a hail storm. ALSACE AND LORRAINE. Paris, May 7. Advices from Berlin announce the non-renewal after 1914 of the annual permits enabling French residents to sojourn in Alsace and Lorraine. This ia interpreted as showing the Stat- . thai tor's intention to rid the province of those considered undesirable politically. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, May 7. The King opened the Edward Wing of the British Museum, costing a quarter of a million. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS. London, May 7. British imports last month declined by £1.320,095, and exports by £3,105,707. Re-exports increased by £730,524. MINERS' STRIKE OVER. London, May 7. The strikers at Ebbw Vale are resuming work on Monday. The managers are discussing their grievances.