GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 42, 12 October 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

THE PYRMONT FIRE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Sydney, October 11. The damage by the Pyrmont fire was £20,000. The insurance on the factory was £15,500 in the Mercantile Office. AUSTRALIAN TRADE. _ .Si.' New York, October 11. Sir Cco. Reid, before returning to London, stated that he intended to recommend the Australian Government to appoint two permanent commissioners, to be stationed respectively at San Francisco, and Now York, in;order ftoi develop trade. , Vi.s. 1 , !1 ■■ i ■.. CONCILIATION BOARD; : ‘ 1 ! , , . . r,,r:: . ■ r .*; i: i■: •: i: 1 London, October 11. Thp, Coal '.Conciliation; Boardi in Eng-; land lias agreed to c an increase * of wages of 5 per cent. This gives four hundred thousand one shilling weekly, involving a million pounds sterling annually. THE TRUST AGENCY. London, October 11. The, Trust Agency. ; of Australasia has; declared .anl interimdividend of 7i. per cent, t , yap ;■ «J ALLSOPS LIMITED. London,. October 11. \ iAillsops proposed to reduce thencapitalisation, including, liabilities to creditors from £5,500,000 to £786,000, by the issue of half a million debentures in order to clear prior charges and' furnish working capital. THE NICARAGUA REBELLION. New York, October 11. Reports received from Nicaragua state that the Government forces have complete control, and the insurrection has been suppressed. The American troops will remain in the meantime.