GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 140, 22 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

STATISTICAL CONFERENCE. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received September 22, 12.30 a.m. Brussels, September 21. The International Statistical Conference, comprising representatives of 26 countries, including the Australian Commonwealth, agreed upon five great categories to be adopted by all countries. THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY. London, September 20. The dockers have initiated a conference of. unions connected with the transport industry, with a view to amalgamation. BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT IN LONDON. London, September 20. Senor Ponseca, iPresident of Brazil, is visiting London, The King sent him a message of welcome. MANUFACTURERS' ' CONVENTION. Vancouver, September 20, Three hundred Canadian manufacturers are assembled here for theii annual convention. It.is the first time it has been held on this coast. SENDING COALS TO NEWCASTLE. Vancouver, September 20. The initial shipment for the season, 4000 cases of apples, has been sent from Seattle to Australia in the effort to promote trade with that country . FIRE IN WINNIPEG. . Vancouver, September 20. A large ' section of the fashionable residential quarter of Winnipeg has been swept by fire. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Lisbon, September 20. A train with 420 excursionists was derailed near Oporto, and 15 injured. A MOTOR FATALITY. London, September 20. Mr. Leslie Colldngwood, theatre proprietor of Birmingham, was killed while motoring inear Sheffield. THEFT OF SACCHARINE. London, September 20. Four arrests have been made in connection with the theft of half a ton ol saccharine on Sept. 13. ' A DISHONEST MAYOR. Rome, September 20. Oavaliere Tulumelio, Mayor of Girgenti, in Sicily, has been sentenced to 21 years' imprisonment for forgery and misappropriation of £25,000 of public money.

SHIPPING COMBINES. Singapore, September 20. The Malay States are passing legislation similar to that of the Straits Settlements with regard to shipping freights. , EVIL PICTURES. Borne, September 20. The Italian Premier's cmisade against obscene art in Italy has resulted in the destruction in three months of several tons of indecent photographs, postcards, films, and pictures. FL.OODS IN INDIA. Calcutta, September 20. The Commissioner at Mooltan is appealing for the relief of persons affected Iby the floods. Three thousand are homeless and 12,000 are in temporary shelter. The Indus has swallowed up three-quarters of Deraghuzithan. THE TURKISH LOAN. Paris, September 20. Le Temps says that the Turkish loan has been concluded in London, with Sir Ei Cassel's group of financiers.