GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 4 December 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

THE STATE OF IRELAND. London, December 2. The leader of the Irish Parliamentary 1 arty, Mr. John Redmond, speakiu" at -Motherwell, said Ireland was in a slate of profound peace, since cattle-driving was only an offence again the law, and not essentially a crime. He denounced the conspiracy of English newspapers to represent Ireland as almost in a *tate of anarchy. CHINESE OX THE RAND. Pretoria, December 2. Seven thousand of the Asiatics in the Transvaal have not yet complied with the ternw of the Asiatics Registration Act.

INTERESTING GUNNERY EXPERIMENTS. London, December 2. Interesting results hav c been obtained from the naval gunnery experiments. While the battleships made excellent shooting and the effect wan terribly destructive at a distance of seven and ahali miles, yet the battleship used as a target was not pierced, though its armor was old.

THE COMMONWEALTH TARIFF. London, December 2. Having lieen invited by the Hon. D. IJoyd-George, President 'of the Board of Trade, to express an opinion as to ihe effect of the new Commonwealth tariff, the Hudderstield Chamber of Commerce declares that the increase in the Australian duty on woollen goods is necessarily prejudicial to Hudderslield, but, as the Chamber recognises the absolute right of the Commonwealth to foster its own industries and to judge the amount of duties necessary for this purpose, it does not consider it desirable to offer any opinion regarding the duties.

Melbourne, December 2. In the Federal House of Representatives the duty on kerosene was discussed. This article was restored to the free list.

FANNING ISLAND. Sydney. December 3. Mr. Milward, representative of the Pacilic Cable Board, states that the sale of Fanning Island to Father Rougier has no Imperial significance whatever.. It simply relates to the Hale of the Fanning Island copra estate, which does not mean the whole island. The fact that the estate absorbs all out alvrat 40 acres of the Wand does not affect the question. British control remains the same, and the Pacific Cable Board's ]Kissession is not touched. The purchase of the instate by a French Catholic missinnarv. who ranks second to Bishop Yidal of Fiji, has no religions significance either. as it is known that the missionary h only the nominal purchaser for someone else who already possesses large trading interests in the island.