GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 64, 10 April 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

AN INJURIOUS SUBSIDY. Reoeived April 9, 4.15 p.m. Melbourne, April 9. A deputation to Mr. Fisher at Cairns pointed out that baaana-growers liad to qontend aguinst Victorian aubsidii* to a line bringing bananas from Fiji to Brigliiiiic. Mr. Fisher expressed Sie doubts whether the subsidy was constitutional. If enquiries proved this, the subsidy Svould be st&pped. ARCHBIKHOI' SMITH. Received April 8, 10.50 p.m. Sydney, April 8. Archbishop .Smith suffered a slight • paralytic seizure, His advanced *ge makes the position more serious. SOUTH AFRICAN FEDERATION. Pretoria, April 7. Botli Houses of tfoe Transvaal Parliament approved of the constitution ■ without alteration. THE VALUE OF EXHIBITIONS. London, April 7. The Prince of Wales, presiding at the Royal Commission of International Exhibitions, declared that Britain'* neglect in this form of national advertising had been highly detrimental to the interests of the manufacturing country. He strongly hoped that the unprecedented facilities offered the Britishers ' to exhibit at Brussels ami Turin would orercomo their reluctance. • BRITISH ENGINEERING ENTERPRISE. London, April 7. The firm of Sir John Jackson, Ltd., has seemed the contract for the AfricaLapcz Railway , across the Andes, the work costing three million sterling. Tlio railway crosses the Amies at lin altitude of 12000 feet. Sir John Jackson, Ltd., expects to finish the work in four years. A German firm backed by the Deutsche Bank, competed for the ! contract. The English tender was four ' per cent, lower than the German, i _____ > .MR ROOSEVELT ON TOUR. J ■ Rome, April 7 King Emanuel greeted Mr Roosevelt, ex-President of the United States, at Messina. OUTRAGE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Constantinople, April 7 An editor. mimed Arbesti was shot dead by an emissary of the Committee J of I'nion and Progress at Oonstanti--1 noplc. Shakir Bey, who was accompanying the editor, was wounded, s ______ 1 MELBOURNE ART GALLERY FURf CHASE London, April 7. ' The trustees of tho Felton Bequest 'have purchased Sir Piiilip Burne-Jones 1 ■picture "Wheel of Fortune" for tho Melbourne Art Gallerv. GENERAL BOOTH AND THE QUEEN. London. April 7 Tho Queen and Empress Marie of Russia received General Booth of the . Salvation Army, at Buckingham Palace, and were greatly interested in the nar- \ native of his visit to Scandinavia and ' Russia. r 3 AN AEROPLANE FOR AUSTRALIA. London, April 7. Messrs J. and N, Tait, theatrical managers, have acquired the Australian 1 rights of Wilbur Wright's aeroplane. ' Colin Dcfries is now practising with a pair of sails. He may give an exhibition in Melbourne or Sydney. " "EMPIRE BUILDERS'" EMIGRANTS. 'Mertiourne, April 8. One of the originators of the Associa- ' tion entitled Empire Builders Limited. ! of London, formed for the purpose of set- ' tling emigrants in British dependencies, ' arrived with a batch of twelve agricul- ' turalists who will work together on the | shares plan. 1 QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS. . London, April 8. ' Cases are proceeding in the Appeal ' Court to recover huge sums upon bill* ' of exchange, It was incidentally alleged in connection therewith that a young officer named Vincent Eyre lost £BO,1 000 sterling as the result of transaelions in which Horatio Bottoniloy, M.P* ! niul Ernest Tmh Hooley had taken part.