GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 29, 27 February 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

KING EDWARD. Received 20, 10.25 p.m. London, February 20. King Edward journeys to Biarritz on March 4th, aud makes a short stay in Paris, CARNEGIE STUDENTS. London, February 25. The Carnegie trust has paid the fees for 8203 Soots University students during the past seven years, the fees amounting to £298,086. AMERICAN STEEL TRADE DEMORALISED. New York, February 25. A Supreme Court action has caused a serious reaction in regard to American rails at Wall Street. The steel trade is demoralised owing to the steel trusts reducing the price of steel shapes and' plates by a dollar a ton and steel bars by four dollars, followed by an announcement in the open market in regard to the rail industry.

THE LONDON TERRITORIALS. London, February 25. Eleven thousand men have been recruited for the London Territorials. THE TRANSVAAL DEBT. Pretoria, February 25. -Mr. Louis Botha states that the consolidated debt amounts to £107,000,000, of which £00,000,000 is reproductive. LORD ROSEBERY SUED FOR LIBEL. London, February 25. Drysdalc, a former factor of the. Dalmeny Estate, is suing Lord Rosebcry for CIO,OOO for alleged libel. CANADIAN DEBENTURES. Ottawa, February 25. The Canadian-Pacfie Raliway' IC'om. pany, lias purchased a million sterling of; the recently-issued Dominion debentures.