GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 15 November 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

London, November 17. I The London Tribune reports that the Chief Justice o,f British Columbia has I •riven a judgment practically rendering illegal all divorces granted there for the past thirty-six years. Pari*, November 13. The new etliergraph enabled the cruiser Refmbli<|ne at flolfe de Joijan to communicate easily with the warships 470 miles away, and also with Uic EiUVI Tower, Paris. Constantinople. November 13. There are serious fears of a. famine in Armenia. Sydney, November 14. The issue at Sydney of £(>00,000 Funded stock, carrying V/ 2 per cent interest, has been authorised. A Bill to legalise the use of the totalisator was Tead "the first time by the Assembly. I Melbourne. November 14. The Mount Lvell Mine Company declares a dividend of Is 3d and a bonus | <>f Od per share, payable on December ]fUh. The Foreign Mission Committee of the Presbyterian Church adopted n resoliilion protesting against the statement of the High Commissioner of- flu 1 Western Pacific that missionaries repented the secular government of the Islands and were apparently anxious to control the Islands themselves. Perth, November 14. Several New Zealanders are visiting Western Australia and inspecting laud, "•ith a view to settling here. A pearler found a pearl n hundred and fifty Grains. He refused ->n ofTer of ,€4OOO for it. Brisbane. November 14. Heavy rains are falling. The northrrn di-irie! railway is flooded.

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