GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 19 April 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

PROPOSED IMPKRJAFJ POSTAL ORDERS. Lomln, April ]7. The Postmaster-General (the Hon. S. Buxton) is iu communication wit!) Australia and Canada with a view to inducing them to accept au Imperial postal order scheme. ADARIXC Til EFT. New York. April 17. A inau entered the railway station at •Saint Paul, Minnesota, ami compelled the clerk to opeu the safe, from which he took 25.000 dollars, lie escaped. RECIPROCITY ItETWEEX HOME AND CO LUX lAh BAR. London, April 17. „ The Attorney-<»eHeral (the Right Don. Lawson Walton), presiding over a general meeting of the Bar, declared that reciprocity between the English and colonial Bars would be diilicult until colonials adopted the same qualifications as those necessary in England.

Mr. C. M. Warmington, the wellknown Chancery lawyer, referred to the difficulty arising owing to the New Zealand Act permitting women to practise, lie stated that the Bar Council has resolved that it might agree with regard to reciprocity when the training in the colonies has been assiinilat'.".! with that of England. INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. London. April 17. -the Italian Ambassador in London lias asked Mr. Deakin (Federal I'lemier) to support luug Emmanuel's scheme for international agricultural colleges. AUSTRALIAN" SU( I Alt TRADE. Melbourne, April IS. The Colonial Sugar Company has purchased the business of l'ooiman and Company and l'ooiman ]!ros„ Melbourne and Sydney; With these purchases nearly the whole of the sugar trade of Australa is now in the hands of the company. AX ADVENTUROUS CYCLIST. Adelaide. April 18. A cyclist named Birtles has arrived from Eremantle, which he left on Boxing Day. He travelled ;>18;> miles, and experienced considerable hardships, including want of water in the early part of the journey, when lie attempted tile coastal route, hut was driven lack.

-UOKUCCAX AEFAIRS. London. April 17. Tli<> Times' Tiiiifiii'i* eonvspondiuit reports th;ii indignation and astunislinuiit :nv in dipfoni:; 1 i<- cm-Its o\vr Mohannm-d IWisivros. Connnw<ioner ( .|" ForHjrn Affairs, in (Minim' of tln* AlTreaty. sij;nij,jr :i i nnti;n l wit li •i <ier;n,in linn fur {]\» cojM rui'tinn el' a 1>« nl<\ ju «l in 1 !»<• I'-r.nt a I Tui-i<T iul t*.r a. M->ti-«n of <!ra;iiai_ r ''. iiiwii rxivr.nsrrv kill I.oj|«loii, April IT. 'ill;' ( 'at !i<-lie ISMiops accept tlii lli«j!«t Mon. I'vvit'- fflii-uii' a> com pirltdy sali.-factoiT and linal. The Hon. A. Hirroll (Chief Srcivtary for jiv land) siatcd in tin- lions; 1 of ('uimiinn thai- tin* (iovci'iiiui'iit will follow t!i main oiii lines, subject to any iic<c>sar modifications TEACHERS' SALARIES IN" AMI'.RIf.

New York. April 17. The Senate of New York State liiik passed a Bill fixing female 1 c:it-ln-r-" minimum salaries ill public schools at €144. bringing them on all equality with those of males. The approval o! the Assembly in assured. This means mi ;w<rn.i.;i}f* increase of a million sterhiv.:. Fni'-ii'ii Affair-. in dcfene