GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8119, 25 May 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

AN INSOLVENT BREWERY. London, May 23. It is understood the bondholders have rejected the terms offered by McCracken's brewery, Melbourne, owing to a provision made for overdue interest. A receiver will probably be appointed.

ABYSSINIAN HAIDER KILLED. London, May 23.

An Abyssinian chief slew Mariam and released forty prisoners which Mariam had captured in raids in the Soudan.

KUBELIK'S TOUK. London, May 23. Kubelik's one hundred and seven concerts in America realised £40,000. WAR STORES SCANDLES. •London, May 23. Before the War Stores Commission of Inquiry, Colonel G. E. Hamnctt, of the Army Service Corps, admitted receiving £2OO from James Morgan, army contractor. He explained that he was at the time temporarily demoralised bv the South African l'fe.

LARGE BUTTER COMPANY. London, May 22,

Messrs Lovell and Christmas, the large butter importers, of London, have arranged to amalgamate with the Wall Company, Liverpool and Manchester. The capital will be about a million. AN INDIGNANT DENIAL. New Yobk, May 23. Senators in New York indignantly deny Congressman Gouldeu's allegations, and declare they only receive a salary of £3OO and a railway pass. BRITISH POLITICS. London', May 23. In the House of Lords, Lord Rcay's Juvenile Smoking Bill, based on the Physical Deterioration Committee's report, to prevent the s-.ile of tobacco to persons under sixteen, was read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee.