General Cables.

Waikato Times, Issue 12784, 3 February 1914, Page 4

General Cables.

FRENCH BANK FRAUDS. LONDON, January 31. It is announced that the manager of a French bank, the name of which has not been disclosed, has been arrested. The bank has lost over ,£1,200,000 in various enterprises. VICEROY OF AUSTRALIA. LONDON, February 1 Spectator, in urging the claims of Lord Chelmsford (ex-< Governor of New South Wales) to the Governor<«en< raiship of Australia, states that hi* academic and athletic distinctions and his public record em.ip him better than anyone else for the post. WEST AUSTRALIAN LOAN. LONDON, February 2. Ihe aphcants for the West ' Australian loan will receive about ic per cent of the amounts applied for. Scrip is now at 15s premium. great earthquake. ROME, February 2. . Seismologists report the registration of an earthquake, which has not been located, but is apparently worse than that at Messina. The + records at Florence are exceedingly strong. The shocks lasted for upwards of two hours. FOOT-A ND- M O U T H~DISEASE. **"'7 LONDON, February 3. Ninety pigs and a number sheep and catle have been .slaughtered iat Ballysax (co. Klldare) owing to foot-and-mouth disease. 1 • SLA'S HED SHIRTS DOOMED. LONDON, February 1 West End buyers returning to London after studying the fashions in Paris declare that the slashed skirt is doomed. The police at Middleborough, Massachuetts, have decreed that fifteen inches is the maximum amount of the leg permissable to be shown. The constables are provided with two foot rules to measure slit skirts. Shops in Oxford Street are attempting to introduce bustles.

PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS. LONDON, Februarv 1 At the Labour Conference at Leeds, the delegates urged the Parliamentary party to report to the lyuons respecting State regulation of prices of commodities. Mr Ramsay Mac Donald stated that the prices of certain commodities were fixed in Australia by the State. The resolution was adopted. PANAMA CANAL TOLLS. OT PAW A, February, 1. Mr R. L. Borden, Premier of Canada in an address to the Canadian Club, during a welcome to ex-President Taft, contended that, allowing the United States steamers free traffic through the Panama Canal was not a breach of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Still, he thought Ihe question ought to be submitted to three judges of the Privr Council, and three judges of the United States Supreme Court for arbitration. Relerring to the reciprocity negotiation- with ( anada, Mr Taft was loudly cheered when he declared that no scar nor wound remained between the countries. The Duke < if ('onnaughr cordially complimented Mr Taft upon his deli'. ca< v In handling international ques- | tiooc when in the Presidential chair.