GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 60, 20 June 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE OVERDUE INDRADEVL By Gable —Press Association—Copyright Received June 20, 1.20 a.m. Sydney, June 19. A steamer just arrived reports heavy fogs and thick weather in the Southern Ocean, which may account for the delay of the Indradevi. NATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY. Received June 19, 5 p.m. London, June 18. The National Mortgage Agency Company of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 7% per cent, for the year. THE JAPANESE TARIFF. Received June 19, 5 p.m. London, June 18. The Bradford Chambers of Commerce are strongly protesting against the Japanese increased tariff on textiles, and demand that the Government make great endeavors on behalf of British manufactures. ILLUSTRATING CADET MOVEMENT. Received June 10, 5 p.m. London, June 18. ■A cinematograph exhibition at the Palace Theatre, London, illustrates the cadet movement in Canada. TO COMBAT SOCIALISM. Received June 19. .1.15 p.m. New York, June 18. A league has been organised to combat socialism, as an outcome of President Taft's attack and denouncement of Gompers, the .president of the Federation of Labor. ANTI-COMBINE MEASURE. Received June 19, 5.15 p.m. Singapore, June 18.

The Government of the Straits Settlement (propose to impose 20 per cent, on freight in all bills of lading, returning the duty onlv to shippers outside the ring. An ordinance gives .power to recover deferred rebates. The public strongly supports the Government's intentions.

PAYMENT OF DOCKERS. London, June 17. Houlder Bros, has written to the Premier protesting against the action of fte Board of Trade firstly, in forcing thm to submit to arbitration their claim to pay dockers at Newport by the day instead of by piecework, and, secondly, declining to protect imported free laborers when the dockers repudiated the umpire's award in the Houlders' favor. The Premier merely acknowledged the letter.

BOMB OUTRAGE. St. Petereburg, June 17. A youth threw a bomb at Alexandroff," Chief of Police at Grodzoik. near Warsaw. Two policemen were killed. When pursued, the youth committed suicide.