GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 303, 18 December 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

KAISER REALISING ON FIVE OF 111S CASTLES. licrlin, December 10. Since the constitutional crisis the Kaiser has been living almost a recluse life. He owns fifty castles and is about to sell five of them. W. AND A. McAliTHl'R'S ESTATE. London, December Iti. The liquidator of the lirin of W. and A. Alt-Arthur and Company estimates that £130,000 will be available to meet unsecured creditors' claims. These creditors will probably receive 14s Od in the 'Jt. TIIE COMMONWEALTH MINISTRY,. London, December 16. Commenting on the fact that the new Commonwealth Ministry was not chosen by the Premier, Jir. A. Fisher, personally, the Westminster Gazette says: "The selection of Mr. Fisher's colleagues by the Party Caucus is interesting, but is scarcely likely to be taken as a model for imitation." FRENCH SAILORS DROWNED. St. John, December 1(1. In a blizzard on the coast of Newfoundland a launch belonging to tho French warship Admiral Aube was swamped. Seven men were drowned. SCARCITY OF WHEAT. Mexico, December 10. The Mexican Government has suspended two-thirds of the duty on grain until April. The country is importing from 8,000,000 to 111,000,000 bushels ol hard Canadian wheat to mix with tho soft locally-grown wheat.