GENERAL GABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 322, 11 July 1912, Page 2

GENERAL GABLES.

THE RUBBER ATROCITIES. By Cable—Prese Association—Copyright, New York, July 9. A. United States agent has been dispatched to inquire into the conditions in the Upper Amazon in connection; with outrages on natives engaged in the rubber trade. Dispatches received by the State Department confirm reports of the atrocities published in England. VIA WIRELESS. Melbourne, July 10. The recommendation of the International Wireless Congress will probably be endorsed by the Commonwealth. TENDERS FOR LOCOMOTIVES. • Adelaide, July 10. The Government is calling tenders for 75 locomotives, to be delivered within five years. ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. Melbourne, July 10. At the annual meeting of the associated chambers of commerce of Australasia, the chairman, referring to the increase of seven million pounds in the value of imports last year, said that much of this was due to luxuries and extravagant living. Financial stringency would ensue if the imports were not promptly decreased. He expressed the hope that the Federal Government would do its utmost to settle the question of direct service with Canada.

CLERICAL STIPENDS. Sydney, July 10. The Sydney Presbytery was discussing .1 proposal to appoint a minister with a salary of £2OO, when it learned that the least rent he would have to pay would be £1 a week. The Rev. Mr. Ferguson remarked that this would bring the pay down to 10s a day, the same as the Government paid a firstclass laborer engaged in mud-chopping. LICENSING LEGISLATION. Adelaide, July 10. A deputation of temperance reformers asked the Premier to give the electors power to vote for license or nolicense. Mr. Peake said that the travelling public'had to be considered, and he could hold out no hope that the Government would introduce such a measure. ALLEGED GRAFT. Sydney, July 10. An investigation of alleged graft amongst the city police led to the arrest of two constables who were charged with having received 'bribes from touts for business houses. " VICTORIAN RAILWAYS. Melbourne, July 10. The railway revenue for the financial year showed an increase of £322,713.