GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8087, 18 April 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

M\V HEBRIDES QUESTION. Mstnoi'BNE, April 17. Mr Deakin has received a eonlidcntial despatch relating to the settlement off the 3Tcw Hebrides question. MURRAY WATERS AGREEMENT. Svri.xEi, April 17. An unanimous agreement lias been , Arrived at by the representatives of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia for the settlement of the Murray waters difficulty. The limitation placed on New South Wales, pending the establishment of a system of water conservation works, lias been fixed at 220,000 cubic feet per minute, and Victoria 130,000 cubic feet. During the dry months of the year these amounts will be reduced. The volume in the river channel at the eastern boundary of South Australia must not be reduced below 70,000 cubic feet per minute, LIXCHINGS IX AMERICA. New York, April lti. A mob at Springfield, Missouri, entered the gaol and secured two negroes who were charged with attacking a white girl, and hanged them on the statue of the Goddess of Libcrtyjin * the public squar;. Afterwards they burned the btdies in the presence of 3000 people. The negroes protested their innocence. A third negro, charged with murder, was lynched. SOCIALISTIC COUNTESS. London', April lii. "The<CeiU.'tess of Warwick declares that she .-spiel every jewel she possessed before the general election in or-1 •der to enable her to help Socialists to Jje elected. JABEZ BALFOUR. London, April 16. Mr Jabez Balfour has bcea released. He is in excellent health, aud intends to devote htm«lf to literature as a means of livelihood.