GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 July 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

♦ , DANGEROUS BALLOON ASCENTS. c London, July I. Several balloons ascended for a race during a heavy thunderstorm. The ; course was from Ranelagh to London. | They narrowly escaped accident. One , aeronaut sustained an electric shock. ] BRITISH REVENUE. ,! Loudon, July 1. The British revenue for the June'quarter was t:i2.li.jil,ti(Ml. Customs contributed £8,259.000, excise £7.029.000. and stamps £1.020,000. . T TIIF UNWRITTEN LAW. " New York. July 1. l ' A Virginian jury acquitted ex-Judge '' Loving for killing Theodore Estcs in " April, when his daughter declared that Estes had drugged and assaulted her. I 1 BIG FIRE IN SYDNEY. v . t Sydney, July 2. 1' A fire occurred at Gordon and Sons, '' sliirlmakers. The damage is estimated v at £7OOO. ' a IRISH .MAGISTRATE COMMITTED '' FOR TRIAL. London. July 1. v Mr Kelly, the Galway magistrate, has " been committed for trial. Bail was al- l! lowed. e |p.; "■•■•■ m. 1: HOTELS CLOSED. Sydney, July 2. ( Five lintels have liven closed in Ifath , u.:st owing to uou .renewal of licenses. JAPANESE SEA POACHERS CAPTURED. TSevr Y'crk July 1. A Unite J Stales cutter captured 20 Japanese seal poachers at Pribyloff Is- ' lands. ] I FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. I Melbourne, July 2. The Federal Parliament will be opened ; to-morrow. i TASMANIA'S REVENUE. Hobart, July 2. ; The revenue was £970.000, an increase of r.70,000, and £79,000 above the csli- . mate. QUEENSLAND REVENUE Brisbane. July 2. The year's revenue was .C4.305.ii00, an increase of £451.000, and £390.000 in excess of expenditure. LONG DISTANCE TKLHI'HONE. Sydney. Julv 1. Telephone lines between Sydney and Melbourne are complete, and Will be opened next week.