GENERAL CABLES.
.». A COOKS' STRIKE, 'By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London. March 1-1. Fifty cooks at the Criterion Restaurant struck when the place was full of customers. The strikers accuse the management of disregarding the Shops Act, A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE. Received Hi, 5.5 p.m. London. March 16. The seismometer at West Bromwieh has registered a severe earthquake 71100 miles distant, it is supposed in the direction of the Sunda Islands. ., A HUGE RESERVOIR. London, March IG. The opening of the Chilford reservoir will take place to-day. Tt is bigger than Hyde Park and capable of lloating a Dreadnought. Messrs. 11. and A. Humphreys, the engineers, have devised five pumps, each raising 40,000 gallons -25 feet from the River Lea daily. The power is derived from explosions of gas, replacing centrifugal pumps. THE NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. London. March 10. The Financial News says that the form of the New South Wales new security is expected to be particularly attractive to the insurance companies. Tt is believed i that the underwriters will not upset the loan-, and have left a good proportion of the issue.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 254, 17 March 1913, Page 5
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182GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 254, 17 March 1913, Page 5
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