GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 186, 5 February 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

.MOTOKS IX JJKJTAIX. I iiy Cable—Press Association—Copyright London. Fcbruar) :j. .Motors of nil kinds running in liritniu total 440,000, valued at lifty-liw millions. Twenty millions wa- spent in tint purchase, of new cars in JUKI. UNEMPLOYED HEX K FIT. London, February 3. 'i'lii! Court of Referees upheld the decision to disallow the claims fur unemployment bcnelils made by the builders' laborers. There are no signs of a settlement. A BANK FAILURE. London, February 3. The bank of t'oulon I'crthoud and Company, in .Moorgatc street, has silsl pendi'il payment. The liabilities are roughly estimated at a million. RAID UY CHINESE PIRATES. Peking, February 3. Chinese pirates raided a wedding feast at Nanking, killing 22 guests and capturing 20. AN ARTIST'S FXIIIIIITIDN. London, February ,'i. ! Tom Roberts has a successful cxliibi- ! Hon in Uond street, chielly Italian lake scenes.

KEEP TO THE LEFT. Sydney, February 4. A new street regulation has been adopted prescribing that pedestrians shall keep to the left and the old -keep to the right" signs have been removed. CLOSER SETTLEMENT A FAILURE. Melbourne. February 4. The -State Parliament is appointing a Royal Commission to inquire into the ill success jf the closer settlement policy. WOMEN VOTERS. Melbourne, February 4. The Full Court of Appeal decided tha., the. Anglican Synod had no power to allow women to vote for its lay representatives. MEN DROWNED. Brisbane, February 4. Two men, M'Meekin and Moore, were drowned .it Ma'ckay, while crossing . ( Hooded,creek. BRITISH MF.DICAL ASSOCIATION. Sydney. February 4. Dr. Mac Donald, chairman of the council of the British Medical Association, after inquiring into the branches of the association in Australasia, will depart to-day specially (o represent the association at the Auckland Congress. PIRATED PLAY. London, February 3. In the hearing of the claim of Misi Rosemary Recs against Melville.s' for ; pirating her play, experts, including Mr. E. Temple Thurston and Miss Cecily I Hamilton, gave evidence that Miss Tiers' I plot was practically identical with thai j of the Melvilles' play. j HATTIAN REYOH'TfON. Port-au-Prince, February .">. One hundred were killed in a' fight around Conives. General Zamor has proclaimed himself President.