GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 321, 7 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

A LUMBER TRUST. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received 6, 11 p.m. New York, May 11. A Federal enquiry has opened into the alleged existence of a United States lumber trust. The grand jury seek to establish that an organisation for restraint of trade exists.

CANADA'S TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND. Received 6, 11 p.m. Ottawa, June fl. The result of Canada's fiscal year, just concluded, uliows that the trade with New Zealand amounted to £300,000, an increase of £Bu,ooo in the year. The automobile trade is developing. THE BATTLESHIP NEW ZEALAND. Received 0, 11 p.m. London, June fl. The battleship New Zealand will be launched on July 1. A GIANT CUNARDER. Received 6, 11 p.m. London, June C. The k«el plate was laid at Clydebank to-day of the giant Cunarder Aquitania, which will be Britain's biggest boat. HOLIDAY CROWDS. Received 6, 11 p.m. London, June 6. Five hundred and sixty thousand people attended the White City yesterday, 157,000 visited Kew, 150,000 Hampstead Heath, and 63,116 Earl's Court. STRIKERS' LIABILITY. Received 7, 1 a.m. Capetown, June 6. In a test case, one of the members of the Typographical Society who proclaimed the strike was fined £3O and costs for breach of contract. RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Received 7, 1 a.m. London, June 0. Reuter's St. Petersburg correspondent states that the Council of Empire has adopted the twelve-mile limit in connection with the Amuri coast, operating half a year after notifying Japan. "PETER THE PAINTER." Received 7, 1 a.m. Manila, June 0. A stowaway from Singapore has been arrested on suspicion of being "Peter the Painter." The Consulate is investigating.