GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 107, 26 October 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

' INCREASE IX I!AII.WAY WAGES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Ottawa, October 24. The Conciliation Board. ;ifter inquir- ' ing into the discontent of employees of I the ft rami Trunk Railway, has ordered an all-round increase in wages, hollding that the increased cost of living in Canada since 1907 justifies the recommendation. SETTLING SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown, October 24. ' Mr. Botha, who is touring the Midlands and North-west, urged farmers to I co-operate, and announced that the Government was entering upon important i irrigation works and placing a large population on the land. A UNIQUE PRESENT. Lonidon, October 24. Captain Scott's wife has sent him a series of living pictures of a son, who was born after the Antarctic expedition sailed. A QUESTION OF NATIONALITY. St. Petersburg, October 24. Miss Maleeka, the Englishwoman who was imprisoned in Poland on the ground j that she was engaged in conspiracy and I was a Russian subject, has been released on bail subscribed in England. 1 WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. Ottawa, October 24. The Women's Christian Temperance Union is planning a campaign against the slave traffic throughout Canada. At a convention held at Shcrbrooke it was statell that 1500 girls disappear every year in the Dominion and fall victims to the traffic. COUNCIL FOR THE SOUDAN. Cairo, October 24. A Council of State for the Soudan has been created consisting of the Gov-ernor-Generals and the secretaries of finance, the interior and justice.