GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 15 March 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

TYPHOID OUTBREAK. Sydsev, March 11. A serious ouibrt'ak of typhoid has occurred at Cobar. ■ Sixty-seven eases have already occurred. Thc.Buardof Health attribute it to neglect by the local authorities to carry out the sanitary arrangements laid down by the Board duriug the outbreak al 15103.

THE SEW HEBRIDES. London, March 13. lu the House of Commons, Sir E Grey, Secretary for tfie Colonies, said it would be premature 1 to lay on the tabic a draft of the New Hebrides Convention before it had been fully considered by tlie two Governments. Mr Winston Churchill, Under-Secre-tary for the Colonies, announced in the House that the Commissioners had been informed that the New Hebrides Con-' vention must be communicated to the Governments of Australia and New Zealand, and shall not be confirmed until the Imperial Government has had an opportunity of considering those Governments' views.

GETTING THEIR DESERTS. v -' Athens, March 13. Gherafldi, who assassinated M. Delyannis, Greek Premier, was sentenced io death. Mitzcas, proprietor of a gaming house, as the instigator of the crime, received eight years;

• SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown, March 13. The South African Customs Conference sittiug in Natal is expected to - agree to a moderately increased protective tariff, giving each colony the right to impose special duties within its own borders. Representatives of the group of gold mining companies controlled by J. B. Robinson have resigned membership of the Chamber of Mines at Johannesburg.

ACCIDEXT TO MR ABQCTTK. London, Marcli 13. A <*b [conveying the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the Eight Hon. H. H. Asquith) upset, injuring him slightly, and preventing his attendance in the House yesterday.