GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 158, 21 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

NEW YORK HORSE SHOW. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 20, 8.55 p.m. New York. November HI. At the International Horse Show jumping contests, open to officers of the world, the United States was first and second. The other competitors included England, Canada, Holland and Belgium. A RUSSO-AMERICAN AGREEMENT. Washington. November 19. President; Taft and M. Bakhmetiev have reached an agreement for a continuance of the I'usso-Americun trade relations after the present expires. It is understood that the necessary steps will then he taken to enforce the maximum tariffs that both countries have withheld.

A MISSING- BARQUE. Received 21, 1.25 a.m. Sydney, November 20. It is feared that the German barque Nomai has foundered. She is 133 days out from Newcastle to Autofagasta. with 3000 tons of coal ar.4 a crew of thirty. THEFT OF GOLD. London. November 20. Ton thousand sovereigns were stolen and replaced bv lead in a consignment of 200.000 sent'to Egypt. THE JAMAICAN HURRICANE. Kingston. November 20. The hurricane blew at the rate of a hundred miles an hour. Bridges and houses were wrecked, and numerous wharves destroyed. No lives were lost. A Rlf IT GOLD FTXD. Sydney, November 20. An exceptionally rich gold find is reported from Rolforino. in the vicinity of the old Solferino nvd Band of Hope reefs, at Ljonsville. V---;i a band three feet wide, earvving r:> : ; iiuartz. a prospector dollied gold worth £IOO in four days. THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY. Sydney, November 20. Veitch, who took lysol poison with his sweetheart, is dead. ROWERS' VISIT ABANDONED. Sydney, November 20. Advices have been received that the proposed visit of an English amateur eight-oared crew to Australia has been abandoned. CONGESTED SHIPPING. Sydney, November 20. The congestion on the Sydney wharves is daily more pronounced. Heavy classes of cargo are stacked open in all directions. Both inward and outward shippers are seriously inconvenienced. PLOUGHING BY NIGHT. Sydney, November 20. In order to avoid the extreme heat in the daytime on some large estates in the. Forbes district steam ploughing is being conducted by night, powerful headlights being fixed to the engines.