CONDENSED CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12867, 24 May 1905, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLES.

There is airotlver civ-c of plagfiie. at Pa'ddington.

At the half yearly meeting of the Banflc of Now South Wales the, m-l profits" -wea-e shown at .Cl:i2,?00. A diVidem'd of JO per cent, per annum was declared, £30.000 addod to nst»iivo, £5000 to the Officers' Provident Kuivd, anjd £10,270 carried fc rward. The Ohiaivaram said the o.iillooik was jwomiisTOg. T-lie reserive funds now total £1,400,000. »j\lr C. Jv. £\lcKollar was elocte'd dinvtor ifn place of j\l]r Paithfull, resigpirid. J^N'idencc in fresh cases flias been completed before the Butter Commission. It was alleged that a bjuttorfoox eom'bine collapsed owing to a large maker reducing the jprieo by threepcrnce. This is esti^natedi io ttnoan a saving of £12,000 per annum to the Victorian butter industry* Mr Justice Real, 'hearing a Trades Union case in'Brisbjp.ne, expressed the opinion tjiat preference to unionists, was an absolute violation of the principles of justice A deputation of kanakas waited on the visiting Federal mobibers at Rockh'ajupton and petitioned that the Act bo amended to enable kanakas to remain in Queensland. It is understood it is intended to carry the Slattery appeal case to the Hig-h Court. The Government of South Australia has purchased 24,000 acres of the Aulaby estate, at £3 2s ik\ per acre, for closer settlement. (Three men at Ivalgoorlio have been comjnitted for trial for sweating sovereigns. The Kaisorin's injuries tln-otigh her tall are more serious than at first reported. In the Federal High Court, Chief Justice Griffiths made a statement to ilie effect that ihe members of the Court emphatically protested to the. Afctorney- General that it was not competent for him to determine their travelling expenses, „ Mr Reid, Federal Premier, on being communicated with, referred the Court to the. AttorneyGeneral. Serioius strike riots have occurred at Barcaldo, near Bilbao, Spjain. All business has been suspended. There has been a remarkable spread of cerebro-spinal meningitis in, Germany. There arc three thousand cases in Prussia and Silesia. In the district of Oppelt, Silesia, alone there have been a large number of fatal ca«ses. Ux!periinents are being made iv Berlin to discover; a \ preventive lymph. Four fatal cases are reported from Irthling borough, Northampton^ and iiftcen persons are ill. The cause is a mystery. The Kaisei'in's wound otf the temple bled freely, but her condition is satisfactory. Two thousand Japanese labourers on th'o Island of uilaui, Polynesian Group, compelled Korean labourers by threats of death to strike against a Russian oversee.r. There were several fatalitties. Police and militia from Honolulu restored order and rescued the wkites who were besieged in the town ot LanHiina. Pig iron is q,uoted iv London at <LG, owing- to the culmination of a "coruer." (Mr INanson, member- of the "Westralian Assembly, has cominencod cm action io recover £5000 damages from the Daily ( Mail for an allejorid libel contained in comments on a meeting whereat Mr Nans'on moved a resolution condemning the Cornm'issio'ne.r of Police for his romarks in referenco to Dr. Roth's report on the treatment of blacks. The population of New South .Wales at the cml of last year was 1,461,533, an increase of 20,869 on the previous year. Tho birth-rate increased and the death-rate was the lowest on record. The Queensland Premier stated tihat the State fully intends to discharge its obligations in deporting- kanakas when their terms oxpire. Speaking on the , question of Federal High Court expenses, tho Chief Justice said that 'Ju'dga O'Connor, who was in Melbourne, was left to defray the expense out of his; own pocket.