GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 12, 8 July 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CANADIAN FRUIT. By Cable. —Prees Association.—-Copyright Ottawa, July <i. The Government has appointed a commission to inquire into the present slate and future development of the fruit industry. CANADIAN RAILWAYS. New York, July <i. The Canadian Hoard of Control and the Erie Railroad Company deny the reports of amalgamation, but there was a sharp fall in both stocks on Wall street. Crop reports are unfavorable owing to the intense heat in t.he Middle West States. A GENEROUS GIFT. London, July ti. Mr. R. C. Forster lias given a further donation of £30,000 to University College, London, for chemical laboratories. INTER-DOMINION FRUIT SHOW. London, July fi. It is announced that, a New Zealand and Australian fruit show is projected for 1013. FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT. London, July C. A steamer collided with a sailing boat at Bournemouth, and the four occupants of the boat, including a lady and two children, were drowned. THREATENED MIXERS' STRIKE. London, July fi. The Northumberland miners, by a large majority, voted for a strike to secure the abolition of the three shifts system. It is doubtful if the British Federation will sanction a national strike.

HEAT WAVK. Now York, July 6. During the hot spell 075 persons died from heat in the large cities. The heat wave is now over. STRIKE IN MEXICO. Mexico, July C. During a clash between street car strikers and the police three were killed and four seriously injured. WOOL STRIKE ENDED. London, July 6. The woolcomhers' strike at Bradford has collapsed. THE BOWRON CASE. London, July 6. John Bowron and Knight were sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in connection with the leather frauds at Bermondsev. Sydney Bowron was acquitted.

THE KING AND IRELAND. London, July fi. It is announced that the Lord Mayor of Dublin will welcome the King in state. • THE CANADIAN HARVEST. Ottawa, July ti. It is estimated tliat -10,000 men will be needed for flic wheat harvest, and the hay harvest is heavy. The surplus labor in the east and west will be centred' on the prairies.