GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 1, 20 May 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

tug E.\U'!i:i; Ti!.\i)ii mark. Timcß and >■'• iin : 'v iS:ui Scr/ecs. ..VI a V IS. Tli(» Ohaiubc.-- ..; < lia* withdrawn iU suppuj i <>i i.'liu Empire trademark, desiring to rumiin nomtral. YENEiU'.AL DISEASES. By Cable—Pies; Association—Copyright Ijomdon, May 18. Giving evidence before, Uie Venereal Diteases Commission, Dr. Francos Ivens, of the liverponl WomenV Hospital, urged that married W'omcn t)n;ihi, to be Uoild the nature of their dLteasos, and thus ••void Ilia risks ™f re-infection without their consent. NEW SOUTH WALKS LOAN. Lortdion, May 18. New South Wales fa underwriting a, £3,000,000 4 per cent loan at 99. London, May 18. The underwriting of the New South Wales loan has Wn e-omiplotcd- It is repayable ra 1942-82. A quarter's interest is repayable on July 1, and the final payment on July 23. EXPLORER SAKE. Berlin, Kay 18. Advices foloim Bolivia state that Baroa Erianid Nordenskjolkl in safe, but Indians murdered his companion. SHEEPMEN'S VENTURE. 'Montreal, May 18. Mr Janies E. Buckley, a wealthy New Zealand live attack raiser, lias purchased 10,000 acres at Edmonton, Alberto, for tto purpose of ffitabUwlung a slhcep ranch. Other New; Zealand capitalists are interested in the. venture, which, is 'the ftrat otf the kinid out the prairies. Carding, weaving", and dycinff plants «we eontemipPated. .Tilie Provincial Government promises to support the new industry. BTG HAUL OF OPIUM. Tr«m*ntlc, May 19. A reeoi'3 seizure of opium was made by tUe Customs offieiailis (an bawd the steamer Ashburton, from London, via the Cape. Five hundred pounds, valued at over £SOOO, were discovered among the coal. The captain, officers' and crew, a number of whom are Chinese, deny any krt<wl«df;c of the industry.