GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 175, 2 January 1915, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

HEAVY RAIN IN TASMANIA. Hobart, December 31. There has been unpruccdentedly heavy ins. Eh/lit inches of rain have fala on pari of the east coast. COMMONWEALTH LIGHT DUES. Melbourne, December 31. The council has approved the. Comonwealth light dues and will charge 1 per ton on the net tonnage per quarr on inter-State and oversea trading jssels from April 1. STOPPAGE OF WHEAT EXPORT. Sydney, December 31. The trouble arising from the stoppage) ! wheat crossing into Victoria from g le southwestern Riverina is becoming li ttensilied. Victorian buyers have noti- | ed sellers to complete their part of a le contracts. 1 PROPOSED MINING CONFERENCE. | Sydney, December 31. The northern miners are seeking a onference with the colliery proprietors n connection with, the afternoon shift, md the request lias been submitted to ;hc Proprietors' Association. THE NORTON DIVORCE CASE. Sydney, December 31. I A remarkable charge was preferred in the Police Court against Grant Hervey, the well-known author, that Hervey falsely pretended to John Norton that lie had misconducted himself on two occasions with Mrs Norton, and then made a wilful false promise that he would supply information which would enable Norton to discover Mrs Norton misconducting herself with Hervey, by means of which false promise Hervey attempted j which false promise, Hervey aketmpted I to obtain from Norton £2OO with intent to defraud. Hervey was remanded *2OO bail. j .FORGED PAPER MONEY. Melbourne, December 31. The Treasury has received evidence that an attempt has been made-to forge Commonwealth ten-shilling notes and that some of the forgeries are already in circulation. Although the minutest details of the printing are reproduced with accuracy, the crudeness of the coloring, and the different quality of paper is pronounced. The Treasury does not , anticipate that the fraud will prove extensive. It offers a reward ot £IOO for information leading to the conviction of the forger and utterer. GOVERNOR-GENERAL ON NATIONAL EDUCATION. Sydney, December 31. Speaking at Presbyterian orphan homes at Parramatta, the GovernorGeneral said he had always been a strong supporter of national education and an opponent of sectarianism in edution of the churches cation. He would welcome the co-op-eration of the churches, even in the form of church schools, because of the flexibility and variety imparted. BILLIARDS. London, December 31. The first two matches in the London tournament resulted: Stevenson 4000, Gray 3578. DEVELOPMENT OF PAPUA. Brisbane, December 39. Mr. Metcalfe, director of the British New Guinea .Development Company, has returned from a trip to Papua. He severely criticises the present suicidal policy of the Government in not encouraging the. construction of the Port Moresby to Sapphire Creek line and the failure to develop the copper mines and mine-fields, which should make Papua self-supporting. Regarding the labour question, Mr Metcalfe denied cruelty towards the natives.