GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 165, 18 December 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

HOME RULE, | iiy Cubic Press Association—Copyright, j New York, December l(i. \ The United Irish Lea gue repudiate Sir Roger Casement's statements during his visit to Berlin. He was not authorised to speak for anybody. STATE HOSPITALS FOR AUSTRALIA Sydney, December 17. Mr Thrower told a committer in the Dubbo district that State hospitals were only a question of time. Then the whole of tin' hospital finance would be met by legislation. 'They would soon have to face a direct tax for the upkeep of the hospitals in their district. AUSTRALIAN SUCAR. Sydney, December IT. The Governor, replying to the West Indian Committee's inquiry as to the extending Britain's sources of sugar supply, stated that many years must elapse before the possible expansion of the industry in New (South Wales would be likely to all'ect the outside market in the manner contemplated. LIBEL ON PREMIER'S LOYALTY. Sydney, December 17. Mr Fisher's claim against the secretary of the New South Wales' Liberal Association for £IO,OOO for alleged libel, contained in a leaflet reporting a supposed interview with the late Mr Stead on loyalty to the Empire, has been settled out of Court, defendant retracting the allegations of disloyalty. MAD HAWKER'S CRIME. Sydney, December 17. Mrs Pugeley, a farmer's wife, and two children have been shot dead and a third child seriously wounded. Her husband left home early and when lie returned found the tragedy had been committed. The police arrested an Indian hawker who had served in the Indian Army and had recently been under a delusion that people were trying to poison him.