GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 280, 19 April 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

| _ j • IMMIGRANTS FOR CANADA. By CaWe—Press Association—Copyright. I Ottawa, April 17. . Canada expects 175,000 immigrant* from Creat Britain this year. There were 112,000 last year. A CHINESE LOAN. Pukin, April 17. British, German, and American bankers are participating in a £10,000,000 5 per cent, loan for the purpose of establishing currency reform and the development of Manchuria. The issue price .will be 95. HYDROPHOBIA. Madrid, April 17. An epidemic of hydrophobia is raging in the provinces of Pontevedra and Corunna. There have been several deaths. COPYRIGHT LAW. London, April 17. Mr. Longman, the publisher, in a letter to The Times, says the Copyright Bill gives the right to the Dominions to repeal or amend its application within their spheres, and raises points as to how the British authorities and artists can obtain the best terms from the Dominions. The latter may hamper copyright by compelling local manufacture. Mr. Longman urges that Britishers should enjoy the same benefits in the Dominions as in England. MINERS' PHTHISIS. Capetown, April 17. I The Government proposes to amend the Phthisis Bill, authorising employers to deduct contributions from miners' wages towards compensation. The Miners' Association demands maintentenance of the original form of the Bill.