GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143674, 19 December 1911, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BEET SUGAR PRODUCTION. i , 1 By RJeciric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received Dec. 19, 10.55 a.nQ LONDON, Dec. 18. Mr. Licht estimates that 'beet sugar production decreased 1,026,953 tons for the campaign. There will he a deficitof 185,500 tons. ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA. (Received Dec. 19, 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 18. Sir George Reid has arranged; for combined gramophone and cinematograph lectures for schools to be delivered. The gramophones will he used to give addresses on the resources of Australia. BANK MANAGER SENTENCED. • (Received Dec. 19, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 18. A. IV. Carpenter has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the second division in connection with . the Charing Cross Bank frauds. FLOODS IN SOUTH WALES. (Received Dec. 19, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 18. Large areas of Swansea \ alley are flooded and many works and houses in-, undated. Scores are homeless. The bridge at Aberdare collapsed and two boys were drowned. THE ABOR EXPEDITION, CALCUTTA, Dec. 18. Every effort is being made to negotiate with the Abor tribesmen through friendly chiefs. WAGES ON SHIPS. LONDON, Dec. 18. The Merchant. Service Guild has submitted' to the Shipping Federation a suggestion for the improvement of the conditions of officers and men, including the payment of local rates when 1 they make a prolonged stay in Australia and New Zealand. SPANISH RIOTERS SENTENCED. (Received Dec. 19, 12.10 p.m.) MADRID, Dec. 18. A court-martial at Sueca sentenced ten rioters to penal servitude for twenty years, one Mor life, and others for various terms of imprisonment.