GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 1 November 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

CHANNEL FERB.Y COMPANY. Beceived Oct. 31, 11.50 pjn. Paris, October 31. 2L Ckmenceau has promised the British Channel Perry Company cordial anpport.

London, October 30. j The Hon. D. Lloyd-George, President ol the Board of Trade, hopes that a 1 " peaceful settlement may be arrived at *-' m the dispute between the Amalgamated s ' Soaetj ol Railway Servants and the J companies. 1 An attempt to set are to the famous fi Patcham Church, near Brighton, by means of paraffin rags failed. X Capetown, October 30. h Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at a C banquet at Mombasa, paid a high tribute ° to Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's services to - Britain's tropical possessions. ' Bombay, October 30. d A goods train at Lahore collided with '' ft passenger train. The drivers of both trains were killed. Eleven persons were Injured. Sydney, October 31. Commander Shackleton, of the Ximrod [Antarctic Expedition, has cabled to the " secretary of the Geographical Society i that be will lecture at Sydney on 6th 3 December. His ship will be in Sydney - again during 1908, when he will deliver $ another lecture and present a full set 1 of specimens to the museum. ' Out of a mob of 635 cattle that was ' travelling through Walcha 585 died in ' one night. The supposed cause was the ' eating of thistles after rain. ' The Labor League proposes to run Candidates for the municipal elections. At a conference between the Xorthern toUiery-owners and the miners' representatives, the owners firmly refused to Concede an advance above 4 per ton in the hewing rate. The situation is regarded as critical. Brisbane, October 31. At the half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Sugar. Refining Company the net profits were stated at £118,053, .which with £91,829 brought forward made a total of £"209,882 available for distribution. A ten per cent, dividend was declared, and £99382 was carried forward. The chairman said the abolition of the duty in Xew Zealand, excepting that it might possibly create a larger demand, would not alter the position, as sugar-refining had never been protected in X'ew Zealand. The present Wop, he added, was heavy, but the drought both in Australia and Fiji was likely to. have a bad effect on the next year's output.

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