GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 41, 28 May 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

BUILDING OF AUSTRALIA'S NAVY. By Cable—Press Association—CopyrightLondon, May 2G. The keel of the Australian armoured cruiser will be laid on June 23. Sir George Reid is arranging for a ceremony oa the occasion. The steam and gun trials of the Parramatta will' 'be completed on Ju*e 18. A NEW TRACTION ENGINE. London, May 26. -Successful trials have been made by the War Office at Aldershot of a traction engine of the caterpillar type. It drew a load of eight tons and a "Long Tom" gun along a road, also across loose sand, a four foot ditch, and a bog. JEWELLERY BURGLARISED. (London, May 26. Burglars ransacked Lawrence's jeweller's shop in Cheapside and stole several thousand of pounds' worth of diamond rings and brooches. EMIGRATION SOCIETIES. London, May 26. One hundred and thirty-two delegates represent 44 emigration societies at the Colonial Institute's 1 Conference. The chief object is to establish a permanent standing committee whereon all societies shall be represented. THE AMERICAN SUGAR FRAUDS. New York, May 27. Spitzer's testified confession in connection with the sugar frauds was delayed until now through not wishing to involve one Hofmeyer, who is' now dead. MONORAIL LINE. London, May 26. Mr. Brennan is laying 110 miles of monorail in mountainous country in Alaska in extension of an existing railway. VALUE OF SUBMARINES. Paris, May 26. During the first part of the French naval manoeuvres' the submarines entrusted with the defence of Corsica had remarkable .success. They pursued six battle ships for three hours and were considered to have torpedoed four.