GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 13 May 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

FATAL PLAGUE CASJi. Received 13th. 1.12 a-" 1 - Sydney. May 11

A fatal ease of pla-V i* annomiml, Liu; victim being a diaper ui the city.

A BCCLUX'S MATCH. Received 12th, 0.1 p.m. Sydney, May 12. Oil the Hunter River, Fold defeated Fred. Kempton, an c\-champion, bj a length, after an excellent ace.

THE EDALJI CASE. London, May 10. It is reported th.it the committee of inquiry's report is favourable to Jidalji in connection with the Wryly maiming case. MONO-RAILWAY. London, May 10. A model of Mr Louis Brennan'S mo-no-railway at the Royal Society s conversazione attracted much attention. The cars maintain their equilibrium by the use of the gyroscope. , A CRICKET TESTIMONIAL. ] London, May 10. Somersetshire cricketers and Oeir friends presented Mr S. J. M. with all address, a portrait, and A.lO-JJ on relinquishing the captaincy. VICTORIAN BUTTER. London, May 10. The shipping companies have agreed to continue tiie present freights on \ <ctoria.ii butter. COMMONWEAL'!' 11 AG EXCY.

London, May 10. Mr Bent and Mr Dcakin ale mves igating with a view to the Common'wealth States uniting m maintaining one good building in the Strand foi agency purposes.

I TRANSVAAL MINES. < Pretoria, May 10. . Geidenliitis and Ferricra and the , Crown Department, and other Huge . Rand mines have refused to join the 1 strike. The Goveninie.it. is trwng to ] effect a reconciliation. ■ TRADE UNION MURDERS. New York, May 10. Mover and Pettibonc, ollicial- of the Miners' Federation, are being tried with Havward in connection with the Stuenenberg murder. Many threatening letters have been sent to jurors and miners. STRANDED AUSTRALIANS. Capetown, May 10Seven hundred stranded Ai.->trahans .embarked at Capetown on their return to Yustralia. Only the destitute and those who married coloured women now remain. CONGREGATIONAL UNION. L'onuoii, Max lu. - The Ki'V. ttulph AVanilaw Thompson, Foreign Secretary lo the London Missionary Society, has been elected chairman of the Congregational I. lion. THE PRIVY COUNCIL, j London, May 10. | The Times declares t hat the perils to the -htdical Committee of the Privy Council wold V fewer and slighter H its composi ion corresponded more eloj ,sely with the variety oi its tasks. j AUSTRALIAN COMMERCE ACT. ! London, May 10. Sir W. Lyne received a deputation chiefly representing tile Australian section of the London Chamber of Cominerce, asking conce-sions and clearer explanations of the Commerce Act The Chairman of the Australasian section admitted that many initial dif I liculties were disappearing, though some 1 were still found. Declarations as to the >' country of origin eon-titutcd one griev-

f~ir \V. Lvne, without yielding anything material, allayed the grievance liy courageous explanation. He said the Government's object was not to harry traders, but to protect the consumers and for tlxe benefit of honest traders. He was willing to meet the British expor ters ill every way consistent with the protection of the consumer and revenue, and was desirous of simp'lifyng the declarations as much ns possible. Sir W, Lyne particularly emphasised the intention to impede importations of spurious jewellery, especially i'Otle-4 gold.

LA7.EST, TELEGKBAMB.