GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 365, 16 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

WORKERS GET A RISE.

Bjf-CXlble —Press Association—Copyright. Received April 15. 10.10 p.m. New York, April 15. The United States Steel Corporation is granting 205,000 employees a rise in wages which adds to the corporation's! pay roll nine million dollars annually. POLITICAL ROGUERY. Received April 15, 10.10 p.m. •New York, April 15. The Senate of New York State has appointed a committee to report as to what measures are expedient to prevent legislative corruption.

NEW STEAMER LAUNCHED. London, April 14. Messrs. Archibald Curate aad Co. have launched the vessel Janus -.it Jarrow. FI'RE ON A GERMAN STEAMER. Aden, April 14. The German steamer Sonnenberg, homeward ■bound from Adelaide, has arvived at Aden with her No. 3 hold on ;Sre. There is difficulty in reaching the fire, and the discharge of cargo in No. 2 hold has commenced.

A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN. Loudon, April 14. It is reported in the city that a South Australian loan of £700,000 will shortly be issued, carrying 3% per cent, interest at 101. WIRELESS TELEPHONY. London, April 14. Mr. Gundell Matthews has',, been successful with his experiments in wireless telephones from various rooms of a large building in, London to eight miles seaward.

STOKERS KILLED AND INJURED; Berlin, April 14. •• During night manoeuvres the German cruiser Muenchen rammed a torpedoer. Two stokers were killed and several were injured), the remainder being rescued before the torpedoer Bank. A PHILANTHROPIC BEQUEST. ,

■ London, April 14. Mrs. Kate Russell, of Kent, has be*quCathed £35,000 for homeless and lonely ladies deserted by their husbands. LADY ATMEE CLARKE. London, April 14. Lady Aimee Clarke, who some time ns:o obtained a divorce from Sir Rupert Clarke, is to he married to Sir Philip Grey-Egerton on April 20. The wedding. which will take place in London, will be a quiet one. GIRL SHOOTS HER MOTHER. Paris, April 14. A srirl named Gusto Vache fatally shot her mother, who was worth four million francs, because she re«ented her marriage to a stockbroker. The girl has been arrested.

WOOL BUYERS' ASSOCIATION. London. Anril 14. Representatives of the wool trade from all parts' of Yorkshire met at Bradford, and resolved to broaden the bust's of the TTome Wool Bnvers' Association, so as to include tho«e engaged itt the colonial wool t''ade. thus forming one organisation of the whole wool Ira do of the country. COMPELLTNO MANUFACTURE. Ottawa, April 14. Sir Loraer fiouin, Premier, announced 'that the Quebec Legislature intended to prohibit the export of pulp wood, cut on Crown lands, tlnis compelling nianu facture in the province.

A BRITISH PRIZE. St. Petersburg, April 14. The Supreme Court at St. Petersburg confirmed the decision respecting '.'.'.e claim of the British owners of the Ilipsiang.