GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 110, 30 April 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

Keccivcd ouin, li.u a.m. fjyuucv, -JA lifeboat has been p.u;cu up a* a'"" bicpncus uuoi.gmg lu the uai'nuc uuhie, winch sailed on Monday iur ftouin American ports. i I'llli LAXJi 1-INAiNOUL GillSlS. New \oric, Aproil fi.

i'orty-fivo million dollars of Government deposits which were placed ju the national banks to relieve the recent crisis are about to be withdrawn by the Secretary to the Treasury, Jlr. J. ii, Cortclyon. Half the amount will be Uken out on May 9, and the remainder

on May 23. JAPAN'S FINANCES. ! Toldo, April 28. The revenue of Japan lor the year just ended was £7,1)1)0,(101) above the estimate. In the expenditure the Government saved .CI.OUU.UOO on Uie estimate. KINU AND QUEEN UN XOl'ii. London, April 2S. A message from Stockholm slates that King Edward and Queen Alexandra have left Stockholm for (Jliristi-

ana. REGULATING SALE OF CIGARETTES Ottawa, April 28. In the Canadian House of Representatives Mr. W. S. Feilding, Minister ol Finance, introduced a Bill to restrict the manufacture and sale of cigarettes. TEARL FISHERS IN A STORM. Fremantle, April 2!). Advice lias been received from Broome that a storm scattered Hie pearling fleet at Lcgrange Bay. Several luggers sank and others were driven ashore. Others are still missing. Three colored fishers were drowned, and it is feared that others have also perished.

ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A FORT. Thursday Island, April 29. A box containing thirty plugs of dyn'amite, with a partially burned fuse attached, was found under a big gun at the fort here. It is believed that an svtempt was made to up the fort, where a large number of live shells are stored.

A CLERICAL SCANDAL. Fremantle, April 20. Canon Nash has returned from England, fie claims that his visit, to England has resulted in his obtaining evidence which completely vindicates his innocence of the charges made against him.