GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 146, 29 September 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, September 27. Among members of the House otf Commons on the Conservative side, Mr. F. E. Smith supports the payment of .members and Mr. Artlhur Lee opposes ii: - BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. London, September 271 The half-yearly report of the Bank of Australasia shows the deposits were £17,000,503, cash and securities £8,435,057, and (bills £15,021,436. THE VON-DER-TANN. Berlin, September 27. The Von«der-Tann has sailed for South America. "GRAFT" AT SEATTLE. New York, September 27. An enquiry is to be held at Seattle into changes of "graft" against municipal officers. , CANADIAN ARMY REMOUNTS. , Ottawa, September 27. A site ds being located for an army remount station in British Columbia. A .COURT-MARTIAL. London, September 27. A court-martial dismissed Lieut. Sutor from the service -.for writing criticisms of the Anmy, but .the -Secretary of State for War has commuted the punishment to a severe reprimand, THE EGYPTIAN NATIONALISTS. Cairo, September 27. Mohammed: Bey Wahid, leader of the Egyptian Liberals, has sent a letter to •the French Charge id' Affaires, thanking France for prohibiting the National Congress meeting at Paris. AN OVERDUE STEAMER. - ! London, September 27. The Pharos, which is overdue from Sydney, was spoken in the Atlantic on 'August 26. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS DEATH. Ottawa, September 27. [The death is reported of his Honor •Duncan Cameron Fra.ser, LieutenantGovernor of Nova Scotia. ENGLAND, THE WORLD'S RAG-BAu. New York, September 27. Mr. J. Ellis Barker, the English tariff expert, interviewed here, says that free trade has made England tihe world's ragbag. MORE DREADNOUGHTS WANTED. London, September 27. Lord Charles Bereaford, in an open letter to the Premier, urges that a loan should be raised to start seven Dreadnoughts in addition to the fiv-e arranged in 19111.