GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 43, 12 August 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

SETTLING A DISPUTED JUDGMENT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 10. Mr. Kottomley announces a settleincut in connection with the judgment for £50,000 obtained by Mrs. Curtis. The terms are not disclosed. DROUGHT IN AMERICA. New York, August 10. Tho drought and the intense heat are seriously affecting the wheat-growing areas, according to the Department of Agriculture, which reports that a shortago in the yield is feared. LAND VALUATIONS. London, August 10. During the debate in the House of Commons on the second reading of the Finance Bill, Mr, Lloyd-George stated that 800,000 properties had been value v d and only 25 appeals received. AMERICAN WHEAT HARVEST. London, August 10. Mr, Seinze estimates the winter harvest of wheat in the United States at 155,149,000 bushels and the spring crops at 209,045,000 bushels. DEATHS FROM CHOLERA. Paris, August 10. There were sixteen deaths from cholera in one night at the Marseilles asylum. ARBITRATION TREATY. , Copenhagen, August 10. A Franco-Danish arbitration treaty has been signed. A MUTINEER SHOT. Madrid, August 10. The ringleader in the mutiny on board the cruiser Numancia has been executed at Cadiz.

THE CARLTON HOTEL FIRE. London, August 10. Miss Bcllie Burke, actress, and Herr Dcrnberg, ex-German Colonial Secretary, were among those who escaped from tie Carlton Hotel fire,

SHIPPING AGREEMENT TERMINATED. London. August 10. Tho pooling agreement between AngloGerman lines trading to South Africa has terminated, and further negotiations so far have had a negative result, the Germans reserving the right to breakaway at any moment. THE STEEL TRUST. New York, August 10. Mr. Perkins, of the Steel Trust, will not be committed for contempt, as the committee of enquiry decided not to enforce its demand for information on trust contributions to the campaign funds, which Mr. Perkins agreed to answer, stating that he knew £2OOO was contributed to the campaign in 1904. ALLEGED ESPIONAGE. Berlin, August 10. The Englishman who has been arrested as a spy i» named Bertrand Stewart. He is a member of the firm of Markby, Stewart & Co., well-known solicitors. Stewart is eo-editor of the Cavalry Journal, and served in the South African War.