GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 207, 22 August 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. Received 21, 9.50 p.m. London, August 21. The New Zealand Snipping Company has ordered from Dumbarton a longer and finer sister ship to the Otaki. SOUTH AFRHOAN MAIL iSUATS. Receved 21, 9.50 p.m. London, August 21. The South African colonies unitedly invite mail tenders, one for thirteen and a-half days from Southampton to Capetown. The subsidy has been in : creaged. The Admiralty is entitled to purchase or hire the liners. BRITON AND BOER. bloemfontem, August 20. The Orangia Legislative Council has read a second time a Bill to place the English and Dutch languages on an equal footing a, media of instruction in the State schools.

DINIZULU. Durban, August 20. The Zulu chief Diuizulu lias burst a blood vessel. His condition is serious but not critical.' j QUEENSLAND NATIONAL BANK. Brisbane, August 21. The annual report of the Queensland National Bank states that the profits for the half year amount to £43,481.,; Of tlhis amount £23,481 is to be transferred to fhe contingency account, £15,000 to the depositors' repayment fund, and £SOOO to the reserve.

THE LATE CAPIAIN COLQUHOc.N. The funeral of Captain Colqulioim, commander of the Queensland gunboat (iayundah, was a full naval ceremony. A large procession followed the officer's remains. STATE AND' COMMON WEALTH. Hobart, August 21. The State Government has issued a writ against the Commonwealth Government claiming recovery of the funds withheld by the Commonwealth under the Surplus Revenue Act.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN I'OLITICS. Adelaide, August 21. In the Legislative Assembly the Labor Party succeeded in altering the Constitution Amendment Bill against the Government's wish, so that the Cabinet should consist of six Ministers with a salary of £IOOO each. DEATH OF A MISSIONARY. Suva, August 21. The missionary schooner John Williams brings a report of Olio death of the Rev. Mr. Jones, which occurred at Peru, in the Gilbert Group, on the Bth inst.