GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 159, 5 January 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

t AMALGAMATED NIGERIA. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright j Received 3, 5-5 p.m. L Loudon, January 2. j The King, on the occasion of the imiiil- I gamalion of Northern Nigeria and South- /„ ern Nigeria, telegraphed to Sir Frederick r . •Lagard, who has been appointed Go- \. .vernor-General of Nigeria, requesting i'. illim to convoy to the Emir's people his I '' best wishes for their future happiness I ' and prosperity, and an assurance of the great interest lie takes in their welfare. I ANCIENT, ROME. | Rome, January 2. | Commission Boni has discovered in the j , centre of the Palatine are remains j 'which marked the site of Romulus' city. I The historian Varro mentions that a monument was erected on the spot. I TOWN-PLANNING. London, January 2. Mr. Davidge, an engineer, who is a I member of the Town Planning Association, has accepted the invitation of the British Association to address meetings in Melbourne and Sydney on town planning during the congress. ' TIMBER STEAMER ASHORE ' Adelaide, January 3. The steamer Our Elsie outward bound with timber for Sydney, is ashore at the southern end of the, breakwater. Her position is dangerous. The passengers and crew were landed safely by a life line. COAL FROM NEWCASTLE. - Newcastle, January 3. Five million one hundred and forty-five tons of coal were shipped in 1013, an in- ', crease of 233,30!) tons. The tonnage rates totalled £25,987. ; NEW STATE ENTERPRISE. Sydney, January 3. The Government has purchased the Monier pipe works for £30,000 and will run them as a State enterprise. PRINTING WORKS GUTTED. Melbourne. January 3. Asher and Company's printing works, the publishing ollices of Table Talk and the Richmond Guardian have been gutted. The damage is estimated at £OOOO. TASMANIAN PAPERS CRIPPLED. Hobart, January 3. The printers are on strike and higher , wage.s are, demanded. This is having a serious effect in crippling the newspapers Mercury awl Post, which are endeavoring to tiring out some sort of is- .' sues? : f QUEENSLAND FINANCES.. Brisbane, January 3. The Queensland revenue for the half year was £3,325,201, an increase of 3 £247.724. The expenditure was £3,- ; 101,114, an increase of £202,580. ! . ' '— i