GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BT TELEGRAPH —PEES 3 ASSOCIATION— COPYItIGHI EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL. • (Roc. April 10, 8.35 ,p.m.) v ' -NoW York, April 10. Tlio Senate has pissod tte" Employers'' Liability Bill. -VW V'.-; Tlio Bill has already paused tlio House of Representatives. It is framed with a vieiv to according the features, which, caused, the last. Employers' Liability Act .'to ■be declared unconstitutional by th{y Federal Supremo Court. ' * FINANCIAL. London, April 10. For short loans 2} per cent, is'' being charged.. Bills are quoted in-London-at 2J per cent., in Paris at 2s. percent,, in Berlin at 4J per cent. TELEGRAPH ' : LOSSES. ~ Calcutta, April 9. On account , of the . disaffection among Indian telegraphists owing to tho now regulations introduced, many telegrams aro being forwarded by post. The delay is causing serious losses to London firms. Business' in jute, linseed, and shellac is at a-standstill. Tfie - Telegraph ■ Department notifies i-r "Madras advises that traffic for Calcutta, Raa- ' coon, and Northern India is subject to heavy delay, and should bo accepted l at senders' risk. Messages for Bombay aro not subject to delay." CHINESE ON THE RAND.' Capetown, April 9. Thero wero 26,504 Chinese on the Rand at tho end of March. - : ORANGE RIVER COLONY: RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT. Capetown,. April 9. Tho railway from Bloemfontcin to Kimborley has boon opened. TO ADVERTISE AUSTRALIAN FLOTJR. ! London, April 9. • Tho Victorian Agent-General, Mr. J. W. Tavener, haa arranged for demonstration a of. bread-making with Australian flour at . tie Bakers' and Confectioners' Exhibition in Soptember. Tho demonstrations will require thrpe Australian bakers to prove that it is not essential to mix other flour with Australian.