GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81907, 19 December 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

GAMING BILL ANOMALY. Melbourne, December IS. A" peculiar position has arisen in connection with the Gaming Hill. The Legislative Council struck out the clause prohibiting newspapers from Ipublishing odds prior to a race, but in a subsequent clause, in the efforts to suppress professional tipsters, ins scrtcil a proviso which it is now held prohibits newspapers from publishing odds.

NAVAL LAUNCH FATALITIES. London. December 17. Naval cutters folded o buoy in Portsmouth Harbour and capsized. Seven bluejackets are missing, and it is feared they have been drowned. TURKISH TROOPS AND HACK PAY Constantinople, December 17. Two hundred time expired Turkish soldiers and marines noisily demonstrated in Constantinople until the Sultan promised their immediate discharge and payment of arrears of pay. BATHING FATALITIES. London, December 17, I The hot weather brings the usual

quota, of 'bathing fatalities. The drowning of five boys was recorded j yesterday, including two at Black- j heath while one was trviug to rescue I the other. ' j . ' I THAT DlSGlVl'El) IMMIGBAXT. ! Sv.ln-v, December IS. Thrt Director of the Intelligence Detriment stat,- that mwci-.il offers were made to Taylor, which he .'id not consider good euongli. but which have since been accepted by other immigrants. END OF THE BUILDING STRIKE. Melbourne, December IS. The building strike has practically ended. as the ie>ult of mediatory if-, forts by the Hon. T. lient ll'rcmici-l and Mr Maekay. A conference ~f employers and employees will lie held with the .Supreme Court Judge as chairman to lix hours and wages.

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