GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 292, 13 May 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

PURGING THjK ROLLS. By CaWe—tress .Lssoeiation— i npyright Sydney, May 12. Astonishing evidence as to the state ot the Federal rolls was given before tho Royal Commission. It was stated that there were thirty thousand names on the Queensland rolls which should not have been on. Seven thousand appeared in from two to five different rolls, also the names of about two thousand dead people were on the rolls in Queensland alone. Many married women appeared aa spinsters. The New South Wales rolls were also described aB shocking. DEARTH OF YOUNG DOCTORS. London, May 11. Britain is experiencing a dearth of young doctors. Students entering the universities have decreased remarkably, and the local authorities are finding difficulty in filling appointments.

ADVERTISING A LOTTERY. Sfaadoa, May 11. Bottomley and Eliaß were fined £25 apiece for publishing aa articla ia John Bull re lottery tickets.

STALE BREAD. Sydney, May 12. :' _ There is a large surplus of bread, ow- ) ing to the bakers resuming work earlier ; than wag expected. The State works baked twenty thousand loaves in a day.

NEWSPAPER PROFITS. Sydney, May 12. The Sun newspaper shorn a profit for the year of £9569, and a dividend of 8 per cent, has been declare!

PREVALENCE OF LOCKJAW. London, May 11. An inquest was held at Hacknew on * "»■ who had kia feet penetrated by a fork while gardeaiag aad subsequently died of lockjaw. A doctor gave evidence that the mortality rate from lockjaw was 94 per aent. Th« antitetanic serum was fairly safe with care. Jrmt death was •ertaia irhea spasms follow within a week of the injury.

DIVORCE LEGISLATION. Times and Sydney Bun Services. London, May 11. Mr Asquith is mot introducing legislation during the recent session dealing with the recommendations of the Divorce Commission.

FORGED POSTAL ORDERS. Times and Sydney Sun Bervices. turn, May 11. Forged postal orders to the value of £20,000 have been cashed at French post offices. The error wag not discovered till the stock-taking.