GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 May 1915, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

SUCAIt FAMiJf-R THBEATI'.XED. i'y (.'a h]c —IVcss Association—Copyright, 'jtt-isb»ie, .May 7. There are indications of a threatened sn.uar laminc. The .\ii;l:i<|uin Company notified that, to the backwardness of the crop, tlie usual supplies Co c:is tomers must be nut down one-half. viiTOKiax Lici':xsixt:' <s;asriox. Melbourne:, Via v 7. lAt the anmiiil meeting „f the Licrnseu \ ieiuallers' Association, it- v.vm annomiced that the Coveninieiit had entered into a compact that there lie no iti* el lel euee with the trade on the' li-irt of Parliament till 1!)17. r.xiMi.w day sriiscmi'Ti<)\"i\ Sydney, Mav 7.. In connection with Day on .May Id, whiclt is boiii# organised throughout the State, the actor, [Tvi«ll Ward, offered if nineteen ' others would do similarly, and already eleven have been reported.

HEAVY IIAIXS OX THE COAST. .Sydney, May 7. There have been a still' southerly gale and seas and heavy moilsoonal rains cn tiie coast of the table hind. Sneddon's Hack Creek collieries at Newcastle were flooded and put out of order. N T UW (iriXRA. Sydney, May 7. Murray, Governor of w-ipua. is visitinir Sydney. lie is with tlie (levelopuieiit of the territory. The area, under cultivation last year increased by 7o"0 acres, and is now -lH'fflH). The old idea that Japanese lal'mr was required to cultivate rubber lias ln"(n exploded, as the Papuans have proved very apt in learning the busiISWiR.

rREMIKHS' COX I' IvREXC R. Sydney, May 7. The Premiers' Conferi'nce is sitting in cinm.ra. Mr. Kisher attended and dis-:-;!ss<-if matters of interest to the Commonwealth, including a strategic railway covering a distance of "ililS miles from Pertli to T'risbane. The conference ag' wd' that the railway was a necessity iiiid" decided to get the expert opinion of tlifi railway commissioners. The States interested obtained various points invoiced; ihelmfirrg a "New South WaUs si lienie for utilising to a greater extent the existing lines than tr.« Commonwealtli proposer provides for. This will result' in a sitting ot' £-1.000.000 of the estimated cost of £12,<100.000. It is uiiderst'ood' the Commonwealth will constrret' die want* rtrxi pay for the line.