GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 36, 12 February 1916, Page 6

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

RECORD PRICES.

SYDNEY, February 10. Scoured wool touched 32d, the highest price recorded for many years. SYDNEY, February 10. The Sydney wool sales closed with spirited and well distributed bidding. Values were firmly maintained. A DETERMINED DESERTER. CHOPS FOOT OFF TO AVOID SERVICE. HOBART, February 10. When the police arrested a deserting soldier he seized an axe and deliberately chopped- off a portion of a foot. A BARQUE ASHORE. MELBOURNE, February 10. The barquentine Seporita, bound from Auckland to Melbourne, timber laden, grounded during rough weather on a reef half a mile inside Point Lonsdale. The crew remain aboard awaiting tugs. FEDERAL WAR LOAN. MELBOURNE, February 10. New South Wales' share in the war loan is £10,376,000. Victoria's share is £7,192,000. HOMES FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS. SYDNEY, February 10. The Governor presided over an influential gathering which decided to form a voluntary worker's' association with the object of preparing homes for disabled soldiers or widows SUBMARINE STUDENTS. MELBOURNE, February 10. A committee is appointing six engineers to proceed to England to le'arn submarine construction. There were 560 applicants. A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT. \ TORPEDO ACCIDENTALLY DIS- ! CHARGED. ———— LONDON, February 10. A sensational incident occurred afternoon. A submarine anchored in Flushing harbour accidentally discharged 'a torpedo, which exploded against" a pontoon on' which there were a number of people, including a party of Dutch naval men. Several were wounded, and the pontoon sank. One of the submarine's crew was killed.

RIDER HAGGARD'S MISSION.

"THE TIMES" PESSIMISTIC

(Times and Sydney Sun Cables) LONDON, February 10

The "Times," in a leader, says: Sir Rider Haggard's mission to secure the settlement of soldiers on the land bristle with difficulties. It is an Imperial problem, and any investigation should be a matter of cooperation between the Imperial and Dominions' Governments. Other measures 'are palliative which could easily do more harm than good. We are inclined to be sceptical of the value of Sir Rider Haggard's mission. It is a danger to the Empire. Governments may be encouraged to leave all work to self-sacrificing, eager enthusiasts of his type, when they should be getting to grips with the whole sub. jects themselves.