GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 124, 3 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

'COTTON.FAMINE THREATENED. By Cfl'nip.—Press Received September 3, 12.30 a.m. New York, September 2. It is considered that if the Cotton Exchange's estimate of the cotton crop at 10,500,000 bales is correct, the world will be faced with a. cotton famine. ROOSEVELT RAMPANT. Received September 2. 10.30 p.m. New York, September 2. Colonel Roosevelt's .speech depressed stocks on the ExcHange. UNCLE SAM'S EMPTY SPACES. Received September 2, 10.30 p.m. New York, September 2. An area comprising one millionn seven hundred thousand acres will be opened for settlement in California and Nevada in November: SEVERE EARTHQUAKES. Received September 2, 10.30 p.m. London, September 2. Violent earthquake shocks, extending over an hour; have been recorded. British seismographs show that the seat of the disturbance is probably 5800 miles distant. GREAT MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Received September 3, ■, 12.30 a.m. New York, September 2. A German musical festival will be held at San Francisco, a thousand singers competing. A ten thousand dollar gold cup will be given by the Kaiser. Tyrolean singers will compete for the Emperor of Austria's cup. MACHINERY EXHIBIT. Received September 2* 10.40 p.m. London, September 2. A naval, mercantile marine and general machinery exhibition has been opened at Olympia.