GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 155, 18 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

• THE SYDNEY-AUCKLAND CABLE. ' By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 17, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, November 17. The cable steamer Silvertown started yesterday laving the Sydney-Auckland cable. The landing place of the cable is at Bondi. GAS STRIKE FEARED. Sydney, November 16. The gas employees' ballot will close on Tuesday night. Three companies are affected. It is feared that if a strike occurs it will cause a serious increase of crimes in those suburbs unprovided with electric light. CANADIAN IMMIGRATION". Ottawa, November 10. During the past seven months three hundred thousand immigrants have entered Canada, of whom 200.000 came from Europe and 100,000 from the United States, an increase of 13 per cent, on 1911. A NEW STEEL. Berlin, November 17. The Post appeals to the Government to secure for the army the new composition steel named Schaumann. The invention is 30 per cent, lighter than nickel steel, and is impervious to rifle fire at distances whereat thick plates of the strongest nickel steel are easily pierced These claims are based on official tests in Saxony. It is stated that Russia, America and Austria are endeavoring to acquire the invention. GERMAN DEFENCE. Berlin, November 16. The Taglische Randschau says that Germany's most urgent need is the introduction before 1915 of another Defence Bill on the lines of the naval and military increases of last spring. THE UNIONIST CONFERENCE. London, November 10. The Unionist Conference carried resolutions in favor of State assistance to enable agriculturists to acquire their holdings, and also endorsed the Unionist | housing policy. It condemned the payment of members.