GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 191, 3 August 1908, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

board of trade commissioner.

Received ■>, 4.15 p.m. ijondon, August 1. itr. lvolles'ion, the Hoard of Tr-ule Commissioner for New Zealand, sails ill tlie Athenic. llis headquarters will b" at Wellington, •SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" At .'EXT. ti UN'KIiAI.. Received 2, 4.1 p.m. London. -Mi'. Jriikin.-. Agent-<ieneral Tor Son;}) Australia, denies the rumor of strained relations between hinivelf and p n .., mier, mill thai Mr. Price induced lii'ii ' (Mr. Jenkins) to go to Lisbon, and thai Mr. Price meantime arranged tlie Joan with Lloyd * Hank. .Mr. Jenkins .declares their relations were most lirirnionious. especially on limim-e, as shown by the letLer from .Mr. Price at Florence referring to Mr. Price'* ollicial telegrams to the Treasurer. SMIC<;I,IXC AUMK Full AI'CUAXS. London, duly 31. The Times* -Simla correspondent emphasises the prevalence 01' the smuggling of breechloaders into Afghanistan, l.'llimately. he says, this will mean a formidable increase in the Afghans' offensive strength and the. encouragement of tribal insurrection. PACIFIC CAULK COMPANY. Loudon, July 31. Mr. Millward. chief electrician to th" Pacific ('able Company, has been appointed the Cable Hoard's manager, \vi!,h headquarters at Sydney. OLYMPIC 11KCATTA. London, -Inly IH. The Tnilcd Kingdom won all four events «i( Ihe Olympic Kmving Kegatlrt at Henley. The L«'aiidrr team beat 'Belgium in the liuat of I lie- eighl-oared race. A l!KCOlti)L\i; TAUOKT. London, duly 01. "'Hose's Kecording Target Compim/," with a capital of X-o,nui>, has hern registered. The company was forim-d to acquire the righU of Hie recording target invention from Sydney Uose. if Melbourne. Kleelncal wigiiieering paper.-, have favorable notices of the invention, -I A PAX CKAJiIIIXL TJIK PACIFIC THAI)!:. Xew York. .'lnly M. Tie- Chicago Chamber of Commerce declares that the Japanese will soon completely absorb the trans-Pacific eavrviug trade unless the American railways arc; allowed to grant rebates for commerce destined for the Orient.