GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 170, 4 January 1915, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

BRITISH REVENUE. London, January 1. The quarter's revenue totalled £13,323,000, and stamps £17,757,000. A "DRY" STATE. New Yorl<_, January !. 5 Arizona ofliciallv 'became■ drv on New Year's Eve. Funeral levees were held in six hundred saloons at Phoenix, tin. capital town. Collins were placed in the middle of the room, and toasts Were drunk to them. A CST UAI JAN STAT ISTICS. Adelaide, ijanuary 2. The half-yearly revenue was £1.709,831), a decrease'of €391,148 compared with last year. Tim expenditure was £2,715,190, an increase of £357,271. The defiicit is £431,903. Perth, January 2. The revenue for the last half-year was £2,21)3.227, an increase of £90,423 compared with the. corresponding period of last year. The expenditure was I £2,715,190. UNITED [STATES IMMIGRANTS. Washington, January 1. Congress is discussing the Immigration Bill, with h literary test designed largely to exclude undesirable immigrants. Senator Reed proposed the exclusion of all immigrants except Caucasians. Great opposition immediately developed and the amendment was finally defeated by an overwhelming majority. Tl<e exclusion of Turks and East Indiana was also defeated. Africans were excluded by a small majority. YUAN-SHIH-KAI. London, January 1. The Daily Telegraph's Pekin correspondent states that Yuan-Shih-Kai has carried legislation securing himself the presidency for life, also the right to nominate his successor. BANKRUPTCIES IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, January 2. There were 104 insolvencies in Victoria in 1914, representing liabilities of £111,29S and assets £02.147, the deficicr»"ies amounting to £54,285 and surpluses to £01,436. A DOUBLE TRIAGEDY. Melbourne, January 2. A double tragedy has occurred at Toolera. Miss Wynne, aged 17, was shot by an Italian who was camping near the girl's home. Miss Wynne aril her sister were standing outside the house when the Italian approached with Ms gun and pointed it at the younger sister. She fled and escaped unhurt, but the man turned his gun on the elder girl and blew off the top of her head and then committed suicide. A TRAIN ACCIDENT. London, January I. An express train ran through a local train while it was crossing the points it Ilford station and overturned over an embankment. A number of carriages were smashed, seven persons killed and

I many injured.