GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 44, 11 February 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

9 TOBACCO KING'S PEWITS. Received 10th, ll.ss p.ui. Loudon, February 10' Tim Imperial Tobacco Company's net trading profits for the .year were two million pounds. THE KIAU'S MOVEMENTS. Received 10th, 11.38 p.m. London, February 10. The King is spending a. few days at the Duke of Fife's residence at Brighton. A FEUD SIDE-ISSUE. New York, February 0. The notorious Judge Hargis was shot dead at Jackson, Kentucky, by a reprobate son. Tile Judge wits the leader of the Hargis feud against the (Jockrill family, the outcome of a land dispute which led to several murders. The assassins were never punished. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS. London, Fcbruarv !). The Board of Trade returns for* January show that imports decreased by £4,000,448, and exports by £002,840 as compared with those of January, 1907. * BILLIARDS MATCH.

I London, February ». In a billiards match, 14,000 up, Reecc, receiving a thousand, defeated Weiss; The scores were:—Reeec 14,000, Weiss 11,102. AMERICAN FLYING MACHINES'. New York, February 9.. The Hon. W. H. Taft, Secretary for War, .on behalf of the American Board of Ordnance, accepted three offers of "heavier-air" flying machines, including one from Wright Brothers . The machine is to be delivered in two hundred days at a cost of r £sooo. CANADA'S MEAT SUPPLIES. Ottawa, February t( The Hon. S>. Fisher, Canadian Minister of Agriculture, at a meeting of stockraisers held at Ottawa, said he did not favor the provision of cold storage facilities on Liverpool steamers. He w-is convinced Canada was not in a position to conduct a meat trade with Britain since there were not sufficient cattle to maintain a steady supply. NATIONAtTmoRTG'AGE CO. London, February fl. The annual statement of accounts of the National Mortgage Company, of New Zealand, shows a profit of £42,746. The reserve fund amounts to £15,000, and £7/40 lum been carried forward, ' ■ ,'TSrja