GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

»r TELEGRAPH—FBESS ASSOCUTION-rCOPTRIGIIT. KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN. (Reo. Deo. 6, 1 a.m.) London, December 5. The King and Queen of Spain havo started on their return to Madrid. VEGETABLE FIBRE IN WOOL. London, December 5. At a meeting of the committee on vegetable fibre in wool, it was announced that roplies received from Calcutta bale makers fie xinsatisfactory. A sub-committee was appointed to consider the whole question' of packs, including all wool packs, and tho American process of rondering jute harmless. LATE SHIPPING. Adelaide, December S. Sailed: Manurewa, for Not/ Zealand. Sydney, Decomber 5. Sailed: H.JJ.S. Powerful, flagship, for Auckland. ' HIDES. Melbourne, December 5. Hides are a farthing lower all round. PRICE OP PAPER. • Washington, December 4. President Rposovolt proposes to repeal th( duty on wood pulp. Many halfpenny nowe papers are increasing their pricos owing tc the shortage of pulp. CRICKET-JONES ILL. Brisbane, Docembor 5. Mr. A. 0. JoriCß, oaptain of tho Englisr cricket team, is confinod to a privato hospital, suffering from bronchial.catarrh. This will provont his participation in tho mater against an Australian olovon, which begin! to-morrow. UKITIBH DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HEBRIDES. London, Decombor 4. The Now Hobrides Company, Limited, with a capital of £50,000, has been regis. torod as an oxploration and trading corpora' tion, and will adopt the agreement entered into with M. Leclerc.