GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 304, 19 December 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A BIG TRANSACTION. Received IS, 10.55 p.m. London, December 18. I'he Taff Vale Railway Company, which has secured the Cardiff docks pays the Cardiff Docks Company £4,4-15.' 300, the Bute Dock Company receivino ;C1,900,000 in shares and cash.

APPOINTMENTS. Received 18, 10.55 p.m. London, December 18. Archbishop Walsh has been elected Chancellor of the new University at Dublin.

Capetown, December 18. - Dr. Carter, Bishop of Pretoria, has accepted the- Archbishopric- of Capetown. *

X.sOf. I'ABLIAIIENT Received 111, 0.47 a.m. Sydney, December 18. I'ui'liiiiiipnt has finished business anl gone into recess. MOUNT MOROA3J MINE. Iteeoived 10, 047 a.m. Brisbane, December if. A commission, appointed to inquire Mitu the late Mount Morgan diswfcr, lis made a number of recommendation* for the safer working of the sections of the mine where the accident occurred

SWELTERING HEAT IN NSW ' Received 18, 11.55 p.m. Sydney, December 18. Sweltering heat Ims been experienced for several days. Ninety-five degrees ia the shade were registered iu the city and many country places registered over 100, whilst at Bourke the readingwas 110. 6

THK ARMIDALE TRAGEDY Received 18, 11.55 p.m. Sydney, December 18. At tlie inquest on the body of Hannah' Kelly the victim of the Armidale murder, the only fresh evidence given was that by n witness who deponed hearing someone crep stealthily np the stairs ft eoupb' of hours before the tragedy was reported.