GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 25 May 1907, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

U.S. PRESIDENCY. * London, May 23. . o Reuter reports that the Senate .of ; New York State passed a Publio Utilities Bill creating two commissioners for , the regulation of corporations conducting public services—railroads, lighting, etc. Mr Hughes, Governor of the State, is closely identified with the measure,— the adoption ol which has enhanced his chances of nomination as Republican candidate for the Presidency in. the c event of Mr Roosevelt not standing s again. »

A NEW KNIGHT. London, May 23. A knighthood has been- conferred on Mr John Kirk, who for 40 years has filled the position of secretary to the Ragged Schools' Union. ,1?i WOULD-BE ASSASSINATORS. , Gautemala, May 21. Four men, who attempted to assassinate the President of Guatemala, took refuge in an empty house. When the surrounded it the conspirators . fired, killing and wounding three officers j of high rank. They then committed '*• suicide. ' , & CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. London, May 23. Sir W. Lyne met the Hon. W. S. Fielding (Canadian Minister of Finance) and discussed the question of a reciprocal treaty between Canada and Australia. TROOPS AND WOMEN IN CONFLICT. : ' ' ■' Home, May 23. A mob of infuriated women stormed > factories at Terni, Italy, in order to expel those displacing their husbands, ■ who are on strike. Troops chained , the women. , COBAR MINES STRIKE. . Sydney, May 24, An agreement has practically been arranged between the mine-owners and strikers nt Cobar, the strikers under- ( taking to provide men to keep the mines . dry meantime. i g SCULLING. '*•' '/ Sydney, May 24. i George Towns declines to visit England tliis year because he desires to supervise his brother's training for the race with Webb. QUEENSLAND ELECTION RETURNS. Brisbane, May 24, I The latest figures make Mr Hirey's de- ; feat certain. | SWINE FEVER. Sydney, May 24. Swine fever is causing heavy losses in a portion of the South Coast. PURCHASE OF OLD ART. New York, May 23. Mr Piprpont Morgan has purchased in Paris £200,000 worth of Hoentsehel's collection '.if carvings, statutary, and furniture. It is one of the finest in the world. He presents the Rcnaiaeanoo portion to the New York Metropojitan •Museum. THE NEW MAIL CONTRACT. Melbourne, May 24. There is considerable anxiety regarding the mail contract. It is considered unlikely that the Federal Government will nrove further in the matter, ud that the subject will be dealt with at the Premier's Conference, which opens in Brisbane next week, A renewal Of. Mr Bent's proposal that the State Governments should guarantee the Ausi tralian Bection of debenture-holders £125,000 annually for 10 years is likely 1 to meet with considerable opposition, Mr Carruthers (N.S.W. Premier) ({ML ■ dines to say anything and Mr KldatQwT (Queensland) has declared against the proposal. The South Australian, Wastralian and Tasmanian Premiers are. believed to be sympathetic. VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF NEW ZEALAND. , /, Sydney, M«y 24. \ Mr J. Reid, of Adelaide, President of Ihe Federal Chamber of Manufacturers, addressing a meeting of members, gave a a impression of a recent visit to New Zealand. He said New Zealand was t, colony for New Zealand ere; that was to say, they wished to be independent of Australia. It was a protectionist' i»•) lony, and in the present revision of the t•) riff Australian products would practi- , « cally be excluded. The Labor element appeared dominant in the colony. It appeared to be in a prosperous state, but Australian workmen were returning to the Commonwealth, although they had been earning higher wages in New Zealand. Other conditions existing mailsliving dearer. When all was summedii)), Australian workmen were better off in Australia than in New Zealand, .-n reply to a question with reference to coal' mines, Mr Reid said the mines under the control of the Government had the effect of keeping down the price of coal.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERS' CONFER. ENCE. ,gj Melbourne, May 24. Other principal questions to be diseased at the Premiers' Conference will, lie the Braddon clause and appointment K of State Governors. , INFECTED FRUIT. -fM —" if# 'Adelaide, May 24. • jxjJ A shipment of New South Wales orniiftes affocted with the fruit flv tea* ? 1 " destroyed. The Act for the prohibition . of Hie importation of fruits likely ' lilt reduce the pest will be put

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