GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 221, 6 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE PSYCHE. j By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. • > Received 5, 9.25 p.ui, Sydney, Feo.-iuiry 3. The cruiser Psyche, which .vas mint- cj ly docked and overhauled, his teen recalled 'from liobart. It is rutted that fl ' she sprang a leak and needs docking. 4 f UXDKIWROUND RAILWAY FOR SYDNEY. s 1 Sydney J'eoruary 5. The Cabinet has approved of the con- ,. struetion of the first section of the city .underground electric railway ''''om Red--5 fern to Wynyard Square. The gcheme ' includes a trans-harbor bridge. DOCKING AT NOUMEA. Sydney, February o. Noumea advices slate that a commission lias been appointed to enquire into th '* question of increasing docking accommodation with a view to the Pan(im a Canal opening. A WHALING VENTURE. Sydney. February 3. Captain Ring, formerly operating in New Zealand waters, is promoting a syndicate with a capital of £20.000 to undertake whaling near New Caledonia. AN AHA N OON KD LECTURING TOUR, Received 3. 10,40 p.m. Sydney, February n. A resident of Sydnev while in America negotiated with Mr.' Roosevelt for lecturing tour of Australia. After consideration he has now replied that the time required is an insuperable obstacle. THE MT. MORGAN MINE. Brisbane, February 3. At Mt. Morgan in .Tanaurv the copper reduction works treated 20,149 tons and produced (123 tons of pure copper, and 9403 ounces of gold of a total value of x f / ,329. THE MADGERURG FIRE. __ London. February 3. The fire on the Magdeburg at Corima has been extinguished. The fourth hold was flooded . AN UNNECESSARY PROTEST. London-, February' 3. Mr. T\eir Hardie has received a cablegram from the Labor Party in New Zealand repudiating Mr. Allen's offer t f an expeditionary force. AUSTRALIAN DIAMONDS. Received 0,-12.43 a.m. . ■ The Hague. February 3. A number of Belgian and Dutch capitalists have founded an Australian diamond syndicate in Amsterdam tofinance prospecting in New South Wales where options have been acquired. ' A RADICAL PROTEST. Received 8, 12.45 a.m. London, February 5. The Reform Club blackballed Baron de Forrest on his applying for membership. Prominent Radicals demand that the rejection shall he rescinded; otherwise they will form a new club. Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Churchill have already resigned, and Sir Edward Grey and Mr. Harcourt threaten also to do so.