GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 1 August 1907, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

POLICE ON STRIKE. London, July 29. Sis. hundred Belfast policemen left their beats while on* duty and demand ed higher wages and better pensions. The Commissioner of l'olicc promised to give a decision on Saturday. THE SOAP TRUST LIBEL ACTIONS. Loudon, July 29. All the Soap Trust libel litigation against the" llannsworths at London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Leeds, has been settled. It is understood Messrs Joseph Watson and Sous obtained not less than £50,000 damages. THE FEDERAL TARIFF. Sydney, July 30. In anticipation of the Federal tariff, duty payments at .Sydney have largely increased. They totalled .€150,000 for the last seven days. THE NEW COMET. Sydney, July :>». Hood views of the comet whose discovery was reported l>y cable yc-tenlay have been obtained by local astronomers, though only one tail is observable. This is probably due to the fact that it is viewed from an angle in southern latitudes. The comet is visible with the naked eye early in the mornings as a hazy star of the third magnitude.

THE PACIFIC CABLE BOARD. Sir Henry Primrosp lias been appointed Chairman of the Pacific Cable Board in succession to the late Sir Spencer Walpole. BIG FIRE AT COXEY ISLAND. New York. July 21). Fire has devastated Coney Island, the popular Xew York resort. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million sterling. A sudden change of wind prevented the destruction of two million pounds' worth of property. Two thousand people have been rendered homeless Twenty-seven firemen sull'cred injuries. AX INSTITUTE FOR SINGERS. New York, July 2U. Madame Lilian Xordica is establishing at Harlem River an institution enabling naturally gifted English-speak-ing singers to obtain at a very small cost u training in ■ ratorio, opera, concert, and stage singing, on the lines of instruction given at the Wagner School at Bayreuth.