GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 9 March 1907, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE METIUC SYSTEM. London, March s. Keceived 8, 0.38 p.m. the Associated Chamber of Com- «*«*. I'y 40 to 38, adopted a resoiu |on urging th.-OovcnuS.nt 0 Ske tiw metric system compulsory FIUiNITUKE FACTOKY DESTKOYED Keceived 8, 11.15 p.m. Sydney, March 8. -v lire at Darlington destroyed Har- > »s furniture factory and Haedwig's storo adjoining, containing a larire , quantity of wickerwork. The total damage amounts to about £4OOO. PAPUAN LAAD SETTLEMENT. Keceived 8, 11.15 p.m. Melbourne, MarcE 8. Under the new Papuan Handl to«H iiauce, Mr Ivitchenson, of Melbourne! has applied for a leuso of 5000 acres in Aew Guinea for plantation purposes. A KOYAL VISITOR. London, March 8. Keceived 8, 11.15 p.m. The Dowager Empress of Kussia received a popular ovation on her arrival m England.

Mlt CUAJIUUiLAIK'S health. Keeeived 8, 9.38 p.m. London, March 8. I™Ut Wat ,ilr Uhambeiy. o' I- t,S f rt duily > and his wealth ih satisfactory. AXULO-i'llKKcil CAl'lT U- IN TUitKliY. Keeeived 8, 11.10 j Uu . Tl London, March 8. . , , mcJ Constantinople corresrespondent reports that an Antr.',, J rcncli syndicate, consisting of the Hank of England and Ottoman Bank and its group, bought the majority of the Constantinople Quays' Company* shares ihe company, which was heretofore exclusively French, la being organised under tho aegis of Brltarn and. jb'raijce, TROUBLE EXPECTED IN ZULULAND,

Keceived 8, 0.38 p.m. , , . ' Cape town, Marcli 8. Advices liorn Durban state tliat border natives predict difficulties in tho collection of the poll tax in Zululani and expect further trouble. ! JOHANNESBURG UNEMPLOYED Received 8, 9.38 p.m. Pretoria, March 8. hundred unemployed processioned in Johannesburg carrying a - a wf the it>oluiu, Mr Louis liotlw, inscribed, "Our only hope." ' " A GERMAN JJIiMAXD. Berlin, Afurc/i 7. < .friimny ilumands CfIUOO comiwiusa- ! <J 'i ,ul ' ,m "'ilor of a German missionary m Persia, otherwise vigorous measures will be taken. A IiIIODKSIAN FAILURE. „„ . Ji«»Jon,.March 7. Hie Rhodesia Goldlields Corporation l»ot half a million ordinary aud prel'Toiicc capital. * FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

Tension, Marsh 7. An explosion at the Genwcrn ColI;y entombed four men, and fire-damp killed two ivlio went to their rosciie. JAPA.Y AND CALIFORNIA. Tokio, March 7. VVluist deeply resoutiug California's land legislation, Japaue.se newspapers advise the nation to remain calm. JiAKOM less ISI 'Um:'j;TC'OlJT'L'S' JiSTATJS. _ bondo*. March 7. iiie Jute Baron>'bb BurdettCoutts' personality has been worn at £«»,- ( the estate, valued at Home millions, was 'transferred to the late Baroness' husband, some time before her demise.] AKG 11 AX I.N'DI AX FRIENDSI nr. Calcutta, March 7. The Ameer, on leaving Pesliaivnr/ declared Iluit he is now convinced that the Indian Government are real, not paper, friends.

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