CABLE NEWS. MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1750, 13 July 1895, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO.

Melbourne, July 10.. In a report on tobacco culture in the United States, Mr Sinclair makes a recommendation that the Government, of Victoria, shpuld,.as in France aii<l Italy, haveabsolute control of the rpaufacture of . tobacco. The manufacture of tobacco in those countries is an absolute monopoly, controlled wholly by the Government, who, at certain seasons, invite contracts for the supply of raw material.

LIVE STOCK TRADE.

. v ' Sydney, July 1(L ' The steamer Southern Cross, with live cattle for the English market, will calf,at either,Lyctletoa or Wellington for coal. A meeting of pastoralists interested in the live stock trade affirmed the desirability of an alteration in the Diseases in Animals Meat Act, which would do away with the liability of, stock-owners after cattle had been passed by the Government inspector.

SEVERE WEATHER.

v'.. Sydney, July 10, Severe ‘cold weather has been experienced throughout the colony. The thermometer recorded within a sixteenth, of a degree of the lowest temperature recorded. A logoon in Hyde Park was frozen, which is almost unprecedental for Sydney, Eain is badly needed.

RAILWAY COLLISION IN CANADA

SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE Ottawa, July 9. The trains conveying Catholic pilgrims came into collision near Quebec. Thirteen persons wore killed and 29 injured. Ottawa, July 10. It is believed that 25 were killed, and 40 injured in the railway collision.