AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14131, 10 February 1910, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

STRANDING OF A STEAMER. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. SYDNEY, Feb. 9. Tho Marine Court found .that the stranding of tho steamer Edon, of G 93 tons, near Capo St. Gcorgo, on December 20, was duo to the master, Captain Bishop, not reducing speed when ho fan into a thick fog. Captain Bishop is to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or suspended. NEW SOUTH WALES PEISONS. SYDNEY’, Fob. 9. The prisons report shows that the prison population at the end of last' year was 1430, compared with 1500 at tho end of tho previous year. The expenditure was £88,397, compared with £129,059 in 1895. A LABOUE REPORT. (Eecoived Feb. 10, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, Fob. I'D. The report of tho Labour Bureau shows that during January there was a great deal of unemployment in tho city owing to tho strike. In the country tho conditions wore generally satisfactory. Thoro wore over 2500 out of work in the industrial trades; many seamen wore also out of work. MAORIS RETURNING HOME. (Received Fob. 10, 10.45 a.m) SYDNEY, Fob. 10. The Maoris who formed tho village here returned homo by the Maheno. JAPANESE TRAINING SHIPS. (Received Fob. 10, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, Fob. 10. The Japanese cruisers Soya and Aso, formerly tho Russian cruisers Varyag and Buyan, visit Australia next month on a training cruise for cadets. LORD KITCHENER. (Received Fob. 10, 10.46 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 10. Lord Kitchener has returned from Tasmania. He sails in tho Encounter for Now Zealand on Saturday.