GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

L i <f. . , {DT TELEGIUPHr-PIIESS ASSOCIATION— COrTRIGBT ) WANGANUI HARBOUR BOARD LOAN. (Rcc. February 6, 10.18 p m.)- v ' > London," 'Feb'ruary 5, i The Bank of Now Zealand is issuing £100,000 5 per com. debentures of the Wai nganui Harbour Board, at 101. THE PRESS CONGRESS. London, February 5. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Canada Club, Sir Gilbert Parker (Canadian' ; novelist and Unionist member for Gravesend) I prophesied that the Australian journalists , would receive'the heartiest v.elcome from . their Canadian confreres while on,their way Home (via Canada) to tho Impefial Con- - gross. . jio oitt rifij j.. I-' , , , ,' ( ; " HEAVY LIABILITIES. , ,; " 1 London, February , 5. I The "Daily Express" states that the lial bihties of the London and Pans Exchange ' (which has suspended payment) are between 1 £800.000 and ~£600,000. The creditors are ■ mostly in the United Kingdom. The receiver _ has discharged 800 clerks and typists. I FOOTBALL—LEAGUE TEAM'BEATEN. London, February 4. ' Cumbeiland (one goal and three tries— , 11 points) defeated the Australian L o aguo, [ who ecored one goal (2 points). THE PLAY OF THE HOUR. t ' . London, February t. Mr. J. C. Williamson) tho well-known Australian theatrical manage!, has secured the . Australian rights of "An Englishman's ■ Home." " [ A' CORRECTION. ~ ' s London, February 5. j Viscount Esher's estimate of the deficiency ' m the Territorial Foico is 106.000. not \ 16,000 as cabled. t =====