GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 168, 25 October 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

IRRIGATION IMMIGRANTS. Received 24, 9.50 p.m. New York, October 24. The tour of the Victorian agricultural delegates attracted keen interest in the irrigation States. They expect to Secure a considerable number of experienced irrigationists with capital for Victoria. SWISS NATIONAL COUNCIL. Received 24, 9.50 p.m. Berne, October 24. 1 A referendum of the whole Confederation, by 262,066 to 238,928 votes, rejected the proposed system of proportional representation in connection with the elections of the National Council. NEW ZEALANDER DROWNEp. Received 25, 12.5 a.m. Sydney, October 24. John MacMillan. a New Zealander, was accidentally drowned in the Whangpoo river, Shanghai. MORE GOOD GIFTS. Auckland, Last Night. The executors of the late J. M. McLachlan to-day conveyed to the City of Auckland the Cornwallis estate of 1800 acres on Manukau Harbor as a public park. The site was,the scene of the set-tlement-of immigrants by the ship Brilliant in 1841, among whom was Mr. McLachlan's father. FIRE BRIGADE DEMONSTRATION. Auckland, Last Night. The secretary of the New Zealand Fire Brigades' Association states that the executive has decided to hold the next conference and tournament at Hokitika. AUSTRALASIAN PRESS CONFERENCE. Received 24, 9.10 p.m. Sydney, October 24. The' fourth annual conference of tht Australasian Provincial Press Association, which was to have been held in Auckland on November 22, has been postponed to March, on a day fixed. ■STRIKE AT MARSEILLES. Received 24, 9.50 li.m. Marseilles, October 24. The carters and dockers have struck. THE TURKISH LOAN. Received 24, 9.50 p.m. Paris, October 24. The loan negotiations have collapsed, Turkey not agreeing to the appoint ment of Frenchmen as Director of the Public Accounts Department and President of the Court of Accounts respectively. WATCHMAKI-RS' LOCK-OUT. Received 24, 9.50 p.m. Geneva, October 24. Thirty-two tliou«an ( l watchmakers in Western Switzerland have been locked out till November 5 on a wages question. AUSTRALASIAN TRUST AND AGENCY. Received 24, 9.50 p.m. London, October 24.' The Trust and Agency Company oi Australasia has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. - MURDERED THEIR MISTRESS. Received 24, 9.50 p.m. Teheran. October 24. Mail advices state that two men, Oulma Homed and Dustea, are being tried at Tatta, India, for murdering their mistress. Dost Mahomed, who was a West Australian. Seventeen wounds were inflicted.