GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 282, 23 November 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A XEW STEAMER. Received 22, 4.25 p.m. London, November 22. The Orient steamer Otwuy has becii launched (in the Clyde. A XKW ZEALAND OPERA. ' Loudon, November 20. Hi' Cunningham ilridgemiui has completed arrangements with Ascherbergs for tlie early production of the opera "A Moorish .Maid,'' composed by Alfred Hill, of Wellington, New Zoala;id. A PAYING SHUTIXti COMPANY. London, X'ovember 20. The Peninsular and Oriental Shipping Company has declared a dividend of li V-lH'r cent, on deferred shares aud u bonus of 3 per cent. TRADE EXPAXSIOX IX AUSTRALIA. London, November 20. Speaking at a meeting of shareholders of Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Mr E. T. Doxat said trade in Australia had shown such an expansion that the resources of the company were fully ■:nploycd. The Board of' Directors is considering the desirability of tile ca])ital of the company.

A HI XT FOR XEW ZEALAND. London, Xovcmlu-r 2ft. The Premier, Mr 11. 11. As.|iiith, li is announced that he will shortly intrndues a ISill to prohibit the use" of substitutes for hops i.i the manufacture o; beer A HUGE ESTATE. Loudon, November 20. Mr Blundell Maple's estate lias been re valued at £2,13.1,202. LOXDOX'S KLECTIUC SYSh'M. I,oiulon, November 20. The Standing Committee ol .I? House of Commons lias unanimously ,e----jeeted the London ami Distreit Electricity Supply Hill. The committee is linw Considering a Bill providing for the connection of the existing sup, IV*.

A 810 DEAL. Lon liu, Xcveiut.fiThe Tall A ale Railway Company iias arranged to purchase Iho RhvmneyCnrilifT Railway and the Bulo Docks at Cardiff. Twenty million pounds will elianffc hands in the deal. The vendors arc giving a combined guarantee of « diect shipping trade of 17,000,000 tons of cargo, including the Penarth trad\ OUTBREAK OF CATTLE DISEASE. :u " York, November 20. lac cattle disease known as foot-and-niout I disease has broken ou t n t Easi liullalo I'he stockyards thero hav« been closed pending an investigation. 1, of Pennsylvania and New }oik liave been quarantined for cattl?.