GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 307, 2 January 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

♦ London, December 30. The Loudon County Council insists on a higher price than the. Commonwealth is willing to pay for a site in the Strand desired for the Australian High Commissioner's office. There is also a dispute as to area. /The wheat and "flour alloat for the United Kingdom is 2,200,000 quarters; for the Continent, 945,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments 204,000 quarters; Pacific' Islfipmonts, 30,000 quarters. Jjhe Pall Mall Gazette states that Sir Antony MacDonnell's resignation of the I'ndcr-Necretaryship for Ireland has been refused, wishing him to attempt a ni'\v scheme of devolution. Sir An tony and Mr Birrell disagree over the ] details of the Irish University Bill. Mr. i BirrclJ is proceeding with the Bill unaided.

Sydney, December 31. The year his been one of phenomenal activity in tlu* building trade. A total of U3,fi2li,of)() has been expended in the Metropolitan area on buildings and works. There have been heavy snowstorms in the Australian Alps. Two parties, one from New South Wales and the other troni ictoria, are snowed-up. lielief has been nent. A number of horses have been frozen to death. Tbe sbnuuer TCfcsa, from (Shanghai, lias been quarantined. There is a supposed case of smallpox on boartf. Brisbane, December .11. The State elections will be held on February stb. Melbourne, December 31. A train travelling to Orion# nt a level crossing run down n trap, killing' Wilhun Palmer and his daughter, and injuring three others of Palmers children. The body of ,a man named Lane lias been found in the ruins of Wallace's prenvses, which were burned in the big (ire here on December Ist. It is supi>osed that the man was buried when Ihe wall of the building collapsed on ■fixing Day. t, In cnmieefioii with the 4 per cent j (>itn falling due at London in April, lie S'alo (ioverument will borrow from ihc Savings Hank Cominssioners for eon version purposes.

wi'l lie used to pay nil' the remaining £.->00,11(10. An ofliei:i] i!;i 1 \-si-. of' tin l prcfereii-P" jrivon unilr-r (ho new tariff shows that Hie items iiiioii which tlio United Kin.;.' (linn smvi's lc« tli-m ],") prv cent nf tinMM ilnty Irive decreased in number from 0? to :t7: those (.11 which tli- s-.v----iti"s :iit- over is i'cr coiil have increased I'viini IST (o '»44 items:- those "ivinjr a •-;i vintr of in per cent of over have increased from 111-I to Kili'mid those <>iYiiiL' n Siiviii" of 3:1 per emit or over have Increased liv Hi. I •;

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