GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 788, 11 April 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Bγ TclecraDh-Preas Asßocitttiou-OoDyriebt, .bookmakers survive by one .. .. ~ : .■ vote.. : ;•■■■.. ' ~ . (Rec. April 10, 5 p.m.): ■ ■■;, Ottawa, April 9. ■After, a, two .daya' debate,. the Provincial Legislative Assembly at Ottawa defeated, by 78 votes to 77, a Bill for making bookmaking illegal.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN,

,„ . ' London, April 8. ; n ?cnp"m the New Zealand loan (£1,850,000 of convertible' debentures with a currency of five years in 3i per cents., at £93 10s) is quoted at half per cent, premium.

SCOTTISH TRAWLING METHODS. ' London, April 8. As a result of investigations by' the Commonwealth authorities with regard to trawling, Mr M'Call, the Tasmanian Agent-General, has persuaded Mr. John Forbes (chairman of'the Scottish Fish,' Oil,,and Guano Company) to visit Australia in the summer, with v a view to the formation of a company to introduce Scottish methods into the Commonwealth fishing industry.

. "IDEAL HOME" EXHIBITION. _ London, April 8. -The Pnnoess Christian opened the Daily Mail's" ideal home exhibition at Olympia; The Commonwealth's display of products, and photographs of homesteads and'scenery of the AustraStates,; is , attracting much attention. ' ' GERMAN SHIPPING FREIGHTS. -," ■ . Berlin, April 8. German shipping' lines have reduced the surtax freights to Australia by 5s per cubic metre in Class 1, and by 2s. 6d. in the other classes. HALLEY'S COMET. Cape Town ' A P ril 8 - _ ine Observatory at Cape Town lias sighted Halley's Comet for the first time since it passed the sun. \ SECOND SEARCH FOR THE WARATAH. .■_ ' Melbourne, April 9. . The steamer Wakofield, now searching for the Wnratah, is timed to arrive here about May 25. • FATAL STREET COLLISION. a . „•; i ■'■' s y dne y. April 9. A cart collided with a tramcar and tlio shaft of the cart impaled and killed a passenger named Power. Two others wore injured. ;