GENERAL CABLES.
COST OF AMERICAN CKUSE. | London, February 23. The New York correspondent of the Times reports that the estimated total cost of Admiral .Sperry's cruise, including ammunition, Is placed at £4,000,000. HjM.S. BELUEItOPIION. London, February 23. I The battleship Bcllerophon baa been placed in commission twenty-six months after her keel was laid at Portsmouth. WOKK. AND WAGES. Loudon, February 23. Lord St. Alwyn, arbitrator for the Welsh Conciliation Board, ha* decided on a reduction of live per cent, of the miners' wages. Lord Arihvcll, acting in a. similar capacity in respect of a Scottish Board, reduced wages six and a quarter per cent.
OLD AG'E PENSIONS AT HOME. London, February 23. The supplementary estimates presented to Parliament add £900,000 to the original estimates of £1,200,000 for the old age .pensions first quarters payments. THE CULLINAN DIAMOND. London, February 23. King Edward has directed that the Oulliiuut diamond in the Imperial crown shall be made detachable for the Queen'* uso on State occasions.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 27, 25 February 1909, Page 2
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163GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 27, 25 February 1909, Page 2
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