GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 94, 29 July 1910, Page 4

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A CABLE REPAIRED. V 3y Tciegra"!".— ,J r-jr .^--ocuiVOi. Wellington, Last Night. Shipping people and the mercantile community will he interested to learn that the Cape Maria cable connecting th« lighthouse with the mainland, which has been for some time out of use. bad weather interfering with the operations, has now been repaired, and cominnuication was restored this morning. AN LXTER-TOWN DEBATE. Palmerston North, Last Night. An inter-town debate between a Wanganui representative team and the Palmerston North Debating Society, represented by Messrs. Fleming, Hoberteop, Billens and Moore respectively, was held in the presence of a large audience tonight. Wanganui took the affirmative for the House of Lords in rejecting the Budget. The result was a tie, the casting vote being given for Wanganui. IMPORTATION OF CATTLE. Dunedin, Last 'Night. At a meeting of the committee of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society to-day, a communication was read from the secretary of the South Island Dairy Association with reference to the Government's proposal to import Jersey cattle. It was decided to protest against the Government spending £ISOO on the importation of cattle, especially Jerseys, members being of opinion that the matter might well be left to private enterprise,

t A QUESTION OF COMMISSION. - ' Wellington, Thursday. Mr. Bailey, S.M., in giving judgment in a case concerning commission on a sale of property, held that the mere introduction of a purchaser to ;he vas not "sufficient to establish i ciaim for commission. The agent r. sun-tea in such a claim must prove that he had reallv land substantially orouarnt about the sale. In the case under notice plaintiff had introduced a client, but the sale had been made by another agent.