GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 11, 1 June 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A TRIAL OF DAY BAKING. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Adelaide, May 30. I A conference resulted in the master bakers agreeing ttiof give day-ibaiking • a e trial. i a WESTRALIAN WHEAT YIELD. J i Perth, May 30. I The official preliminary estimato of ' the wheat yield is 13,496,242 bushels, an average of 12.2 bußhels per acre. CONSTABLES SENTENCED. Sydney, May 30. Two constables have been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment each for assaulting an arrested man. A meeting of the police decided on united action to appeal against the sentence. INTEK-DOMINION TRADE. Perth, May 30. At tho Chamber of Commerce Congress it was resolved that it is imperative in the best interests of the trade' of *he Oonnmonwiealtih. t&ait tlbe Government take action to bring about closer Commercial anion between Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. INCREASING STEAMER CHARGES. Melbourne, May 30. I The revised schedule of the inters' State steamship companies provides infcreases of from nine to thirteen per 'centum is fares and freights. It will come into operation on Monday. THE MOUNT LYELL CO. Melbourne, May 30. At the half-yearly meeting of the Mount Lyell Company, the chairman t said he anticipated extensive develop- - ments, and consequently improved rejresuMa. It was disappointing to 'have to ) declare a dividend of not more than a shilling, but the board concluded that ) until the comprehensive development scheme was finished it was not prudent ~ to encroach on accumulated profits. MEN REFUSE TO WORK. Sydney, May 30. 1, Ndtwitihstanding Ministera' aoffiom the '• miners in several pits refused to resume work on the afternoon shift. J . ■>! -I 1 .Jill A WONDERFUL INVENTION. >f London, May 29. 1. Dr. Low, a London scientist, invented a method for the transmission of light, enabling the production of images before the eyeg of the distant spectator.

LAN EARTHQUAKE.

Vienna, May 29. There are reports of a violent earthquake shock, whose origin' is supposed to have been in Central America. There were moderate shocks in Galicia and Northern Hungary.