GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 7 December 1914, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

| GIFT TO THE AURORAT"' Sydney, December 5. J. lie Government lias contributed £IOO towards providing the Aurora" with a wireiess installation. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES. Melbourne, December 5. The Commonwealth Public Service report shows that the permanent staff totals 21,056. ARBITRATION COURT DECISION. Melbourne, December 5. The Arbitration Court dismissed the Victorian stevedoring companies' application for penalties against the Waterside "Workers' Federation, for alleged breach of the award, owing to the men refusing to work in the hold of a certain steamer unless six were employed in the hold, instead of four. , 'A LEGITIMACY CASE, London, December 4. In the Slingsby legitimacy case, Dr. Fraser, of San Francisco, gave evidence that Mrs, Slingsby did not give birtli to a child, but adopted the illegitimate boy of Lilian Anderson. The doctor added that lie gave a certificate calling the child Slingsby in order to protect Miss Anderson's good name. PRICE OF BEER. Melbourne, December 5. Owing to the new tariff the Licensed Victuallers' Association has increased the price of beer. VICTORIAN SCHOOL JOURNAL. London, December 4. The King and Queen accepted copies of the Victorian school paper for grades seven and eight. Educational authorities in Britain also favorably notice it.