GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14019, 25 September 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

WRECK AT SUVA. ! By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright > SUVA/Sept. 3*. The steamer Parua was totaJl wrecked off Naadai Reef. AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. (Received Sept. 25, 8.26 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 24. New South Wales hat secured a sp»c 70ft. by 46ft. at the Crystal Palic for exhibits of all classes of products. AUSTRALIAN JOINT STOCK BANK. LONDON, Sept. 24. The depositors of the Australian Join Stock Bank generally approve of tb final proposals for the reconstructiol of the bank. The press comments an invariably favourable to the scheme. . LORD ROSEBERY'S BOOK. LONDON, Sept. 24. Lord Rosebery, in a preface to hi book oq the fafniatfon of the Empire front 1999 to 1907 (edited by C. Bed veil), recommends watching in Austrslii the aims and progress of the legislativi experiments which are dealing with nen topics that may hereafter claim all At tention. BRITISH STEAMER BOYCOTTED (Received Sept. 26. 8.55 a.m.) , PEKING, Sept. 25. A serious boycott of the Brjtisli steamer Kiukian has been made on account of the acquittal of Inspectoi Means on a charge of manslaughter of a Chinaman. The Government at Peking ordered the cessation of the boycott, but still it continues. LORD KITCHENER. (Received Sept. 25, 8.58 a.m.) t a*>u- LONIiON. Sept/tt. Lord Kitchener was warmly welcomed at Saigon, in the French colony in Cochin China. , FEARFUL BAIN IN SYRIA. (Received Sept. 25, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 24. Torrential rains destroyed 600' houses and homes in Syria. One hundred persons perished. GIFT FOR A SCHOLARSHIP. (Received Sept. 25. 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 24. The Honourable Lewis Thomas, aQueenslander, has presented £1000 to the University College at Aberystvith ' to found a scholarship for boys in his native village of CardigAfishire, in Wales. COTTON MARKET EXCITED. (Received Sept. 9&: 8:55 a.nV.) LONDON. Sept. 24. The cotton market in New York is excited and has experienced violent fluctuations. Eight hundred thousand bales changed hands on Thursday, the highest number since 1904. THE CLAN MACPHERSON. (Received Sept~"2s, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 24. The Clan Macpherson, from Newcastle for Valparaiso, has been reinsured at 60 guineas. SUBMARINE TRIALS. Received Sept. 25, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 24. Submarine Dl made successful trials at Portsmouth harbour under water at a speed of twelve knots.

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