GENERAL CABLES.
I ENDOWING A THEATRE. Sew I'ork, December 7. Millionaires have subscribed £UOO,000 to found a national theatre at Central Park, New York. It is to be com uletcd in a year, and is to seat 2000. SEALS DEMIMATED. Sew York, December 7. An official report from Washington declares that the seals on Pribyloff Islands are being- decimated. There are now only 180,000 instead of from four to seven millions. WHISKY IN A WOKKHOUSE, London, December 7. The consumption of alcohol last November in West 11am workhouse totalled £6 Is, while in the previous .November, before investigation was made, the total was £2O worth. L'XEMPLOVED IX RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, December 7. Owing to strikes, bankruptcies and industrial stagnation, there are 20,000 unemployed in Odessa swelling the criminal ranks. . COST OF GERMAN COLONIES. Berlin, December 7. Herr Dernburg (Director German Colonial Atlairs) estimates the annual cost of 82WJ troops in South-West Africa at £4BO per Head. Protection of settlers is limited to certain districts.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 10 December 1906, Page 3
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164GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 10 December 1906, Page 3
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