GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 296, 24 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

CANADA'S RESOURCES. By Telegraph.—Press' Association. Ottawa, January 21. Mr. Sefton, Qx-MinisfSpr for the Inerior, is advocating a thorough inveuory of Canada's natural resources. BIG GAME .SHOOTING. London, January 21. The Duke and Duchess of Conn aught., ?rinee Arthur and Princess Patricia have sailed for Nairobi on a big game expedi;ion. Their Royal Highnesses' return to Jngland in May. CANADIAN BONDS. Jjondon, January 21. •Mr. E. R. Wood, >of the Dominion Securities Corporation, states that Canada's xmd issues in 190!) amounted "to fij5.031,650. Great Britain took 74 per ;ent. of the bonds, Canada 22% per cent, and the United States' the remainder. GERMANY SEEKING TRADE. j Berlin, January 21. The reporter for the Reichstag Commission urges the acceptance of a Portuguese treaty, because the wounds to German trade, owing to the tariff war with Canada, had discouraged new ventures of the same sort. THE JOHANNESBURG COMET. London, January 21. The "Johannesburg", comet, has been seen with the naked eve in. many parts of England. Its' tail is four times the diameter of the full moon. DR. COOK'S POLAR " PROOFS." Copenhagen, January 21. The council of the Royal Geographical Society of Denmark at Copenhagen examined Dr. Cook's original diaries, tout did not find any evidence of alterations being due to Captain Loose. There was no proof that Dr. Cook reached the Pole, and no decisive proof to the contrary. The council determined not to j take any steps at present regarding the j honorary degree it conferred on Dr.) Cook. | a I {