GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 26 January 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

FREE CHURCH MODERATOR.. Received 25th, 9.40 p.m. Loudon, January 2-1. Dr. Morice, of Ayr, lias been chosen Moderator-Elect of tiie United Free Church, the Rev. Mr llemler.son being unable to accept t,lje position. FINDER IyEEI'S! Received 25th, 0.40 p.m. Sofia, January 2-T. Bulgaria has claimed, ou behalf of » Bulgarian consignee., the cargo of arms aboard the wreck of the steamer Sulina. Rouuiania refuses to give the cargo up, believing it was intended for revolutionaries. ' ADULTERATED AUSTRALIAN' LEATHER. London, .January .Mr Coghlau, New South Wales Agent-Ccneral, interviewed tiie Commissioners of Customs, wiio arranged that Australian leather shall no longer be stopped for analysis, the Customs charging duty on the. quantities of sugar stated on the export certificates. [Australian leather has been stopped by the Customs because il contained adulterants, including sugar.] OIL WELLS DRY UP. New York, January 2-1. Many oil we'lls in Texas and Louisania, in the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico, were dried up, it is supposed as the result of an earthquake. AMALGAMATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES. London, January 24. The Union Assurance Company. "Having been heavily hit over ilie San Francisco disaster, has been amalgamated with the Commercial Insurance Company. TIIE MUSK! I [ALL STRIKES. London, January 24. Laily orchestras are being utilised in sonic of the music halls where the strike prevails. THE RUSSIAN NAVY. St. Petersburg, January 2-1. Admiral Dikoll' lias rep'aced Admini! Birilelf at the Ministry 'of Mnr.no. liirfleff resigned because the Court party, without consultation, -expected him 'to support a complete plan lor transforming tin; Russian Navy. THE P LAC UK OUTBREAK.

Brisbane. January 25. There ale thirty plague piticnti in the Port Douglas Hospital, mostly drawn from cane cutters' camps. A TEACH SOCIETY. "iivisbnue, January 25. The following. Jfewr Zcalaiulers have been added to the Queensland Peace Commission: —Messrs Batesou and Lakin, Wellington; Can' and Ivirkei, Auckland; and Croxton, Uiristchuieh. AUSTRALIAN BLACKS' MELEE. Adelaide, January 25. Then- was ii fierce fight anions blacks near Milan?. One had his skull smashed in and is dead. His assailant was -arrested.