GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 265, 18 March 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

AGENTS-GENERAL IN LONDON. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London. March 10. Mr. Harcourt, Secretary for the Colonies, has arranged for regular meetings of the various Agents-General with a view to closer relations. ILLEGAL REBATES. New York, March 16. I The Central and Pennsylvania rail-1 roads have been fined respectively £7OOO and £4OOO for having illegally granted rebates to the Standard Oil Company. The litigation began in 1007. THE PLAGUE IN CHINA. Thursday Island, March 16. Eastern flies contain Pekiu official reports which state that 19,000,000 died of plague in Manchuria, but the disease is now completely suppressed in Southern Manchuria and Harbin.

DUTCH SHIPPING ACTIVITY. Hague, March 16. A Bill has passed the first reading in the Chamber granting a subsidy to the Dutch Royal Steam Packet Company of £12,500 annually for ten years from May for a monthly service between Java and Australia. RAILWAY MATERIAL FOR JAPAN. v Berlin, March 16. German steel firms are vigorously competing for the supply of railway material to Japan for widening gauge of the Tokio-Shimonoseki railway and for various new lines involving an expenditure of £23,000,000 spread over a period of 13 years.

A YOUNG CHESS CHAMPION.. Madrid, March 16. Casablanca, a youthful Cuban, was the hero of the chess tournament.' He won 9% games and defeated Vidmar and all other eminent players, except Dr. Lasker, who was not competing.

BURIED BY A WALL. New York, March 10. By the collapse of the walls of a hardware store at Nashville after a fire, 30 negro workmen were buried in the ruins. Twelve dead bodies were recovered. The accident was caused by a strong wind.

SMALL DIAMOND DISCOVERY. Ottawa, March 10. The geological survey reports the discovery of diamonds of small size in the Oliyiene Mountains, British Columbia. It is not thought they have any commercial value.

THE BAHAMAS. J Ottawa, March 10. ; Mr. Fielding asserts that Canada is 1 not favorable to the annexation of the ' Bahamas. i

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Buenos Aires, March 10. The importation of English cattle is prohibited, owing to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease at Chobham.

HUGE HARVESTER WORKS. London, March 16. The Sunshine Harvester Company oi Victoria has decided to erect a foundry in England covering fifteen acres. "PAY, PAY, PAY." London, Marcli IG. A movement is on foot to pay members of the London County Council, ths action being justified on the ground of the contemplated payment of members of Parliament. CORONATION FESTIVITIES. London, March 10. The Australasian Chamber of Commerce will give a banquet to the overseas Ministers on May 19.