GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81877, 30 October 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

ESCAPED PRISONERS. t London, October 28. c The convicts who escaped from i Gloucester gaol wore recaptured at j Lydney, hiding in hay in a barn. They did not resist. t (Five convicts overpowered the j warders and escaped in a boat across the river Severn.) c ZINC CORPORATION. J London, October 28. [ The zinc corporation is raising ks capital to by the issues of t 113,333 shares at 25/. ' The subscrip- ] tion has been guaranteed by Bailleu and Bewick, Moreing and Co., Goyett, j Lionel Robinson, Clarke and Co.. , and the London and West Australian Exploration Company. They re- . ceiving an option over 46,667 of ;he ' remaining shares. MINERS' WANTS.

Sydney, October 2<> A mass meeting of Broken Hill miners resolved to take a ballot on . the question of demanding a conference with the Managers' Association regarding increased wages and shorted ly>urs. The speakfTs! declared the mai.';."s'' r s made tin- recent advance in wage» m ul der to avoid a conference. TRAIN COLLISION. Sydney, October 29. A mixed train collided with a mail tram standing at the Molong station. Ten persons were slightly injured. SCULLING MATCH. Sydney, October 29. Stanlmry, the; sculler, is a passenger by the Wimmera t „ fulfil his engagement with Webb, the Wanganui sculler. STRIKE IN HUH.DING TRADES. Melbourne, October 28. A strike in u„: building trades is considered inevitable. Both M dca are firm. The non-unionists are

supporting die unioniMs' demands. SYDNEY SOCIALISTS. Melbourne, Ouiober 2I) Despite polite warnings Socialists persisted in a street meeting at l»rahran. The police dispersed il, om and arrested eight, including Tom Mann and two women. All wore, released cm bail. RAILWAY RATES. Melbourne. Oelober 20 Reductions have been made in railway rates on agricultural product's totalling .£BO,OOO, additional to the previous reductions of £50.000. THE COMMONWEALTH REVENUE. Melbourne, October 20. The. Commonwealth Quarter's revenue showed an increase 000 over that of the last correspondMDgflU4jjjjjL^^^ggMHJHß|