YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8051, 16 February 1906, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

LIQUIDATING JAPAN'S DEBTTokio, February 11. The Japanenc Lower House has adopted a scheme for. defraying the war debt of 1,822,000,000 yen by 1929, ami for liquidating the domestic debt «jy 1932. A TRUST'S PROFITS. London, January 11. The Imperial Tobacco Company's profits for last year amounted lo £1,705,617. THE JAPANESE FAMINE. New York, February 11. Pres'ulunt Roosevelt has appealed to Americans to contribute to the relief of the famine in Japan, remarking that nations, like men, ought ever to be ready to assist those in distress. SUBMARINE COLLISION. London, February 11. While five imbmarincs were attacking the cruiser Theseus iu Plymouth Sound, a passing steamer struck and buckled the conning toner of Submarine A 9. The submarine rose to the surface and steamed to Dcvonporl. The crew of thirteen had a narrow escape.

BIG COPPER DEAL. London, February 11. The Amalgamated Copper Company lias purchased Heinze's and the United Copper Company's mines at Siiverbow, Montana., for five millions sterling, onehalf being paid in cash. OBITUARY. London, February 11. The death is announced of the Right Hon. A. F. Jeffreys, M.P. for BasiugStokc, and late Deputy Chairman of the House of Commons, aged 57, A PROFITABLE MINE.

Sydney, February 11. The Broken Hill Proprietary Co.'s jjalnnce-shect shows a net profit amounting to £l ( J(i,!)o9 The average yield per ton of gross ore treated was 12-10, the highest for eight years, due almost entirely to the heavy advance in lead. Dividends amounting to £Ht,oou B-crc P aicl out - TllD si ' ver l ,rocluetion »vas 2.5«(i,585 ounces. A DESTIirCTIVK STORM. JlnisiusK. February 11. A heavy stow at Longreaeh did great damage to the hospital and other buildings. In some eases houses were completely razed to the ground.