GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 9 February 1915, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

HRITISII TRADE RETURNS. fly Telegraph.—Per Press Association. London, February 7. Imports for .Tairarv decreased £(101,00;!, exports £ l!),»."iTand reexports £2,701,-ITS, compared with the previous January. Till: PANAMA EXPOSITION'. Sydney, February S. Tile Californian Hoard oi' Agriculture has prohibited the importation of Australian fruit to compete at the Panama Exhibition, owing to the; presence of the; Mediterranean fruit ily. Mr. Nielsen. Australian ropres"ntative, belie'Ves that the; < mbargo will be utilised to prevent (o.iipctition with Californian fruit. THE MISSING- ENDEAVOUR. Melbourne, February S. Although the main search for the Endeavour lias been abandoned, Mr. | Fisher states that the west coast of Tasmania will be finally examined. Mr. Fisher states that every consideration Will be give'll to the- claims of tle'pe'iidents of the Endeavour's olliesrs and crev.'. | TIIE LONGREACH FIRE. ! Brisbane, February S. The damage in the Longrcach fire is 1 estimated at £1)1,000. ! 'AX IXTEIiE.STIXO ANNIVERSARY. ! Sydney, February ? A large congregation ■ attended, the [ annual commemoration of the first Christ an service in Australia. 1 "A SCRAP OF PAPER." , DISREGARD OK AGREEMENTS. i Sydney, February Si. The political true:' i>etween the Labor and Liberal parties has ended. Air. Ilolman protests that it is a breach of tile agreement for a Liberal candidate to contest the Castlcreagh scat. He states that there will be; no future truce or . understanding with a party which does not respect agreements. f VIRGINIAN MIXING DISASTER. ' New York, February 7'. Twenty-thm- miners were killed by an e explosion in the Carlisle' mine, Fayetteville, We'st Virginia. One hundred and sixty were rescued after tlicy bail been entombed. Many bodies have been recovered.