GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 14 October 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

CHINESE ON THE RAND. 1 1 Pretoria, Octol.tr 11. ' Referring to the cablegram of Octot er 1 4th, Sir Alfred f?pei'«--r, J-' l *™. l "J r ' Hackner Central, deel ires he i- st.ll utterly lit tlu- iinmigra- | tion to th' 1 i ran^.i.il. [Sir Albert Speiwr, alter a recent ' •nsit to the compounds, declared that 1 the Chinese were the spoiled children «-f 1 the Band.] THE DEAR LOAF CUV. London, October 11. 1 Mr Andrew Bonar Law, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, «peiiii!g at Newcastle, said that within a fewimonths the price of corn has increased eightfold, :is much as the whole eorn-tax suggested, without much affecting the price of bread. This, he said, showed the "dear loaf to be & bogey. CANADIAN LABOR BUREAU. London, Octlio?r 11. A Canadian Labor Bureau has leen established in England to recruit skilled labor for Canadian manufacturer*. Operatives numbering 1 >3O have already been sent out and many more are needed. LABOR IX POLITICS. London, October 11. The Miners' Federation has resolved to take a ballot on the question of joining the Labor representation Committee. FALL IN AUSTRIAN SECURITIES. | Vienna, October 11. There has been a heavy fall in stocks on the Vienna Bourse owing to the Emperor's ill-health. An official bulletin ascrts that, though his Majesty is fatigued land feverish, his cold is ■ubeiding. AUTOMOBILE ROADS. Paris, October 11. French authorities are init : tinj» a movement for the holding of an international confrre" in 1008 to .lis u-- th" problem of rendering roads su table !■ r automobile traffic. PTOMAINE POISONING. Adelaide, October 11. Between thirty and forty people have been found to be iraffering from ptomaine poisoning as the result of eating etutard in a city restaurant. CORRUPTION IN UNITED f>TA'i hS. New York, October 11. In connection uith the New York railways enquiry, l)"|:>n and P. Widener ami the trustee* „f Elkin's cfl'->te deny that they profile,l I t Bradv'i =-r>l" of the Pulton nnd street Fi rrir-s Railway rights to the fnter-Bororpli Metropolitan Company. They deelnre that each lent William P. Whitney £20.<0(l an 1 til t tin jtheqnes they rr r <-1 w ,. r ,. j, t ] ment of loan am! interest. ENGLISH KM.TATIOX ! [[,!.. London, Oet .b r 11. The Ifon. I). r.loyd-Oenrg'. int. i viewed in AVnles. ili-clared th;i* 'li - lie Edncation BiH wis the pre ! an jaost dra«lie niea-v.re for th-" .'! r-<t' iwhrnent an.l fli-'ndetvmen' or »|i State Chrcb ever prnjyi-er). " v., n' have disest.iM ;< !irit 1.t.n00 Reinaries, daih* n"<ii<le.| by two awl half million chiMr n.

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