GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 101, 14 September 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A CURIOUS PHENOMENON. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Ottawa, September 13. A curious natural phenomenon-, likely to give Canada a new harbor on the Alaskan boundary, has occurred. Surveyors iind that a great glacier, situated at Glacier Bay, is receding a anile yearly, according to measurements taken. Open water and a fine natural harbor will be secured for Canada by IDIO. UNSYMPATHETIC SUFFRAGETTES. Ottawa, September 13. Canadian women suffragists opposed the threatened invasion of English suffragists. The suggestion is made that the Government should bar them from landing as undesirables under the immigration laws. CABLE RATES. Ottawa, September 13. Dissatisfied with the cable reductions, Mr. Pelletier intends to consult Australia and New Zealand, with a view to securing still lower transatlantic rates. Sir Henniker Heaton's proposed pennay-a word rate throughout the world is impracticable at present. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. London, September 13. Mr. Hamilton Wicks, in a report on Australian trade, sharply criticised British manufacturers of agricultural implements and machinery for not supplying the requirements of the market, and for lax competition with America and Canada. • LORD NELSON'S SEA CHESTS. Sydney, September 13. Collectors have hitherto been able to locate only five out of six of Lord Nelson's sea chests. Mr. Alfred Pease has handed the sixth to the Australian Historical Society. It was left Mr. Pease's father by Captain liarlow, whose widow married the Earl of Nelson, the only surviving brother here. THE MATERNITY BONUS. Melbourne, September 13. The opponents of the maternity bonus question its constitutionality. Mr. Hughes says that he knows of no law and no power to say to the Commonwealth, ''You must not spend, your money in this direction." THE MIKADO'S FUNERAL. Sydney. September 13. The memorial service at the Japanese Consulate had'a. dominating note of impressive simplicity. Flags' in the city and on warships were half-masted. SYDNEY GOVERNMENT HOUSE. Sydney. September 13. The offer nf three citizens to contribute the rent, of Government House has been withdrawn. SUBSTANTIAL FINES. Sydney, September 1.1. A baker, for a number of breaches of the pastry cooks and baking awards, including short payment, of wages, was fined, with costs, a total of £IOB. THE SUGAR COMMISTON. Sydney. September 13. The Government has withdrawn the prosecutions of directors of the Sugar Company for failing to answer questions at the Sugar Commission, except th'> prosecution of Mr. MacLaurin. A WRECK AT THE ISLANDS. Suva, September 13. The Endeavor, Captain McAlop. laden with timber from Puset Sound for Suva, struck a reef at Gail Island. She will probably break up. Lloyd's agent has left for the scene of the wreck.