GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 303, 19 June 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

WESTRALIA'S MINERAL WEALTH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 18, 9.40 p.m. London, June 18. The mineral output for 1011 from Westralia was valued at £6,105,853, a decease of £416,410 on the previous year. APPEAL FOR A MEDICAL MISSION. Received! 18, 10.:.'o p.m. London, June 18. The Bishop of London, in opening a missionary exhibition at Westminster, appealed for funds to found a medical mission in New Guinea. THE MICRO-THERMOMETER. Received 19, 12.25 a.m. London, June 18 Trans-Atlantic tests of the microthermometer, invented by Professor Barnes, of McG-ill University, successfully showed the pressure of ice bergs miles distant. A RUBBER SUBSTITUTE. Received 19, 12.2;" a.m. London, June 18. Professor Perkin, of Manchester, has announced the discovery of synthetic rubber on a commercial scale, manufacturable at half-a-crown a pound, which may be reduced to a shilling. Fusel oil produced from starch in maize is then converted into isoprene, whence the rubber is extracted by contact with sodium. AN ABORIGINAL MURDER. Received 19, 12.25 a.m. Perth, June 18. Three aboriginals have been sentenced to death for murdering another aborigine through resentment at him claiming overlordship over them and their gins. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Received 19, 12.25 a.m. Sydney, June 18. The Hon. A. Griffiths, Secretary for Public Works, has signed a contract between the Commonwealth and the State Governments for building a warship at Cockatoo Island.