GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 275, 29 December 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

PIERPONT MORGAN'S OPERATIONS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received 28, 1.30 p.m. New York, December 28. Pierpont Morgan has sold to a syndicate his share of the Chicago tramways realising a million sterling. ' THE FOREIGNERS' STARCH. London, December 27. foreign firms holding English patents have- expended £500,000 in purchasing land and erecting buildings and plant in England during the present year. PURE MILK SUPPLY. London, December 27. The Daily Express states that in connection with the pure milk campaign the municipalities ot Loudon are strik-1 thousands of milk shops off the' register at the N«w Year. I

BALLOONING PERILS. Berlin, December 27. A balloon with a lieutenant aboard, which left Dresden on December 18 and passed Stockholm northwards on the following day, is now missing. FIRE CONTROL MASTS. Hew York, December 27. k A board of officers at Washington is enquiring into the usefulness of the fire control masts introduced in 1008. There are some allegations about their excessive vibration. saved The situation. Paris, December £7. In consequence of the Patauda activi. ties M, Briand secretly connected all electric ligltt stations in Paris with the generators driving the tube trams. Patauda called on M. Briand on Christmas Eve and threatened to throw Paris m darkness unless the electricians were granted increased pay. M. Briand refused and Patauda was helpless. The newspapers are rejoicing at M. Briand's ingenuity.

A PHANTOM FORTUNE. London, Deecmber 27. Senator Patania, a Neapolitan, was reputed to have left a fortune of £803.800 enclosed in a safe. When the sat'e was opened it contained nothing. The ■ heir believes the money and notes were stolen and declares that Patania's jewels were recently pawned. ZELAYA'S WEALTH. _ London, December 27. Belaya is at Santa Cruz and is expected fo proceed to Europe, where he has accumulated a large fortune. His perquisites FhrougE the trusts are estimated at £BOOO monthly.