Various Cabled Items.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7707, 9 January 1905, Page 3

Various Cabled Items.

— THE PLAGUE. SYDNEY, Jan. 6. Vessels from Clarence Hiver are not allowed at the wharf, but are compelled to discharge in the stream. (Received Jan. 8, 6.18 p.m.). SYDNEY, Jan. B|. A doctor sent by the Board of Health to the Clarence River diagnosed the case of a patient as one t of true plague, t (The public health authorities -in New Zealand do not consider it necessary to take any special precautions following the outbreak of plague on the Clarence River, New South Wales. Incoming passengers and crews from Australia will undergo the ordinary examination.) COLLIERS AND THEIR WAGES. ( SYDNEY, Jan. 8, The Newcastle wheelers, at a mass meeting, decided, despite the Arbitration Court's order, to continue the strike. Other pits will be rcn- 1 de-red idle on Monday, and more still when the fouj-teeni days' notico given is worked out. (Received Jan. 9. 0.54 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 8. On a fballot being taken of the c Pelaw main miners it was decided t to resume work. r THE PLANET JUPITER. (Received Jan. 8, 6.4 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 7. The LicE Observatory has discovered, by means of the Ciossloy reflector, a sixth satellite ol Jupiter/ THE MEAT TRADE. LONDON, Jan. 7. Weddell's Review, dealing with the frozen meat trade, anticipates an im- 1 proved consumption and demand in J 190.). It says that Britain will have to depend more than ever on Australia and the River Plate and prices are likely { 0 be somewhat higher than in 1904.