GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 271, 26 April 1915, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

A TOURING BELGIAN BAND. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, April 24. Messrs .J. and iV. Tait have arranged for a band of twenty-four Belgians, from Antwerp, Brussels, and Ost'end, under conductor Philippe Mony, to tour Australia and New Zealand,'also the leading Belgian operatic artists. They will sail by the Medina. ST. GEORGE'S DAY SERVICE. London, April 23. On St. George's Day services were held m the chapels of St. Michael and St George and St. Paul's Cathedral. The members included Lord Islington ami Sir George Reid. Many attended in khaki. ABORIGINES cIuSE TROUBLE. Perth, April 24. The aborigines who escaped from Wy ndham Gaol are creating trouble by raiding Afghan camps, Chinese gardens, and killing residents. They have developed a marked contempt for whites. j ARBITRATION A FAILURE. 1 ~ Sydney, April 24. I lie president of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, in his annual address, said the past year had forced upon them the conclusion that industrial arbitration as a means of securing even a semblance of industrial peace had proved a lamentable failure. FORT MORESBY SETTLERS. , ~. Sydney, April 24. A public meeting at Port Moresby resolved to demand that the constitution be altered to admit elective representstion, non-oflicial members to be elected by the people, instead of the Governor, in July, rights inum .-Iy to be granted the white set'krs in civil and criminal jurisdiction. The Government attitude towards the whites and natives is a mistake. The growing disrespect of natives towards whites and contempt of the administration, led to the recent niurders. MOUNT LYELL RETURNS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, April 25. Mount Lyell returns for the month ending April 14th were:—27,l2!) tons ore treated, producing 028 tons blister >° 0 P£ er ' containing tons of copper, 33,015 ounces of silver, and 043 ounces gold.