GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 12 January 1907, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A NATAL LOAN. ;; s;j. |j Received lltli, 10.45 p.m. || l'ieterinaritzburg, January, 11. By Natal is issuing a thrccquarter mil-A] lion 3'/ 2 per cent loan. ®! CAI'H COLONY LOAN. ' "''"l London, January 10. If The Cape- loan lias been largely® oversubscribed. it is quoted at premium of live-eighths. [| Received lllh, 10.45 p.m. B Capetown, January 11. E Big applicants for the Cape loanjl were allotted one-lifth of their! subscriptions. \ ,^1 OBITUARY. ' London, January 10. | It was the Duke of Cumberland's] mother, not his wife, who was oper-j ated upon'at Gmudcn, Austria. She! succumbed, having suffered intensely' during the operation, which was per-| formed without anaesthetics, owing toj her advanced age. Q [The Dowager Duchess of Cumber-E land and ex-Queen of llanover, was a| Princess of the House of Snxe Alten-jj berg, and was born in 1818. Herl husband, who died in 1878, reigned.!] over llanover until its with Prussia in 1800.] |

GERMAN COLONISATION!•''" Berlin, January 10. Tien- Dcrnburg (in charge of the German Colonial Ollicc) is seeking to interest the intellectuals in the future of the colonies. He assures the WJHIf iug classes that they will benefit largely beyond their contribution to the cost of the colonics. He admitsi that Germany must at present forego occupancy of the Ovambs country in the south-west of Africa, owing to tlie warlike attitude of the tribcftaen. 13AliOXESS BUIIDHTT-COUITS' ESTATE. London, January 10.' The! late Baroness Burdett-Coutts left all tlio disposal of her. property to Mr Burdett-Coutts, while her trust estate, chiefly derivable from Coutts'i Bank, passes to her nephew.

ROMANCE OF A WILL. " London, January 10. > Mrs J. P. Wagstalf, wife of a Bedfordshire landowner, who admitted bigamy, was sentenced to three days' imprisonment. | [The woman declared that Wagstuffl knew she was a married woman whenl the seeond marriage was contracted.! lie left lier all his property, and his relatives contested the will. Worried by the litigation, the woman went to a police station and confessed to the bigamous marriage.] MELBOURNE BUILDING STRIKE SETTLED. Melbourne, January 10. The building strike has ended, and the men resume work this morning. A conference between the. musters and men will shortly settle points itt dispute. Work estimated of the valim of ;£200,000 was at a standstill owing to the strike, while it is estimated that the men lost £38,000 in wages. The union paid about '£ll,ooo strike pay. 1 '• .3 . Vi.J SECTARIANISM IN POLITICS. Adelaide, January 10. , Rl & llt Hon. U. H. Jieid, i„ a speech, regretted the introduction of sectarianism in politics. Ho blamed the Roman Catholic Church for being the instigator, and said the Cardinal's action in making bitt.-r partisan speeches was without parallel. , ffllE LATE DR. RA'INY. Melbourne, Januurv 11 I lire remains of the late Rev T)r D luuny will be 11,.a11y interred in Mini burgh early in March. " " E

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