GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 192, 12 February 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

♦ solution op trust By Cable—Presi Association—Copyright. New York, February 9. The Mayor (Mr. Gaynor) proposes a simple solution, of the trust question in America. He suggests the repeal of the New Jersey State law authorising the creation of holding companies, thus most of the existing trusts would be unalble to operate, and consequently there would he a reduction in the high cost of living. CABLE RATES. Capetown, {February 9. Acceding to the representations oi Mr. Graff, Postmaster-General, which were made as the result of a comparison of the South African press cable rate with the Australian deferred rate, the Eastern Extension Company has agreed to a reduction to 3%d from March for deferred messages. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. London, February 9. The Primitive Methodist Education Committee strongly censured the Government for ita abandonment of the education policy. COMPULSORY VOTING. Buenos Ayres, February 9. Congress has passed a law compelling all citizens to vote. DISORDER IN TURKEY. Constantinople, February 9. In a conflict between gendarmes and a band of eighteen. Greeks, near Salonika, five of the latter and three of the former were killed. MINERS RESCUED. New York, February 9. The entombed miners at Bunker Hill have been rescued unhurt through the main shaft. A SCHOONER ADRIFT. New York. February 9. The schooner Olympia, with a seaman named Gonzales aboard, broke her moorings at San Diego in a gale, drifted to sea, and was wrecked. Gonzales is missing. A SOLICITOR'S ESTATE. London, February 9. The estate of the late Sir George Lewis has been proved at £237,615. He left bequests to many charities. A TOWN WITHOUT WATER. Hoibart, February 10. There is a water famine at Launceston, owing to a fall in the tunnel to St. Patrick's river, the source of supply. The water is completely cut off, business is dislocated, and the sanitary system stopped.