GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 790, 13 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

ill Te'.eßraDh—Press Aasociatlon-Oobitlerlil ■ \/il\?- : :,™'. \l' : ,■■■.''•' '■':■ TAX '•'■ON, TTNBAENED INCREMENT. •", (Bee. April 12, 11.1 p.m.) ';,;/,,!' 'Berlin, April 12. An Unearned'. Increment Bill ■ has been 1 ; introduced in;the'Reichstag.; It.: proposes that municipalities levying an unearned increment tax on the sale'of real estate shall.baud .the Imperial Treasury: 6 per cent. EOYALTTS MOVEMENTS. ']'■ London, April 12/ ; The Queen and Princess Victoria tiaid a. two-hours' Visit to the House of Commons, :and listened .to Mr. Asquith. moving -the second veto resolution, .and'to '■Mr. •.'Long's reply. -Their Eoyal High-, nesses took tea: with Mrs. Lowther, the Speaker's wife. They will ■■ start forGenoa ,bn. Thursday to '. begin a.Mediterranean cruise. - ■' LADY.DTOLEY. - , : ' April 11. \ The condition of Lady.. Dudley (wife of the Governor-General of Australia), who recently, underwent a, serious operation, has greatly improved. : She. is now able to go out of doors, and hopes to sail for Australia at an early date.. ,'•(■.: "V HALLEY'S COMET.':. ; ''}.::., Vienna, April 12. Halle/s Comet, was seen with a 2£inch telescope at', the university observatory, Vienna,, at 5 o'clock in the morning. The/body alone was'for a short time visible, owing to cloudbanks on the east-. ern horizon. ' ' : MOEOCCAU PEEMIEE POISONED BY : ..WIVES.. ../.;.■;./.'. . Morocco, April 11. The Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) of Morocco, Sid el Madani Glowi, was poisoned by three of his wives/ His recovery is doubtful.. ;: ..'■■■:' ; SV ; ; SUICIDE WITH DYNAMITE. ' Melbourne, April' 12 >_ A man named Williams .committed suicide by blowing his Head: off with dynamite. CEETOTCATES FOE STALLIONS. , Melbourne, April 12. the three seasons the Government control with-respect to stallions for public service in Victoria has'been in operation, 2664 animals were examined, whereof .1973 were granted certificates, and C9l (or. 25.93 per cent.) rejected, 412 on the ground of hereditary unsoundness, 269 as being below the standard. for Government certification. -The chief veterinary officer states that unsoundness of an hereditary character still exists to a considerable extent, and that there is a considerable proportion o£ sires unfit for tlioir purpose On account "of their mongrel characteristics. During the past season New Zealand Government certificates were accepts in connection with 33 stallions imported from tho Dominion.