GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 300, 28 May 1915, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

BOY KIIXS IITS FATHER. By Cubic —Press. Association—Copyright. Sydney, May 27. At the inquest 011 John llenry .Tones, (litiry farmer, of Lismore, Leslie .Tones, aged seventeen, a son of deceased, was Committed for trial for nmnler. The noil gave evidence that liis father returned homo drmik anil quarrelsome, and continued drinking for two days. Me threatened his, wife anil son, and chased them with a gun. His son ran to a, neighbor's house and obtained a double-barrelled gun. His father rushed threateningly towards him, and Leslie fired at his father, who fell. Leslie then rang up the police and gave himself in charge. A BARQUE WRECKED. London, May 20. The barque Tiedart, from New Caledonia to Olasgow, was wrecked at Taga Grand, in the Azores. Nine were drowned. PILFERING CARGO. Sydney, May 27. As a result of shipowners' representations regarding the shipowners' great losses of cargo from pillaging, Mr. Hall has undertaken to amend the law of evidence, providing that the bill of lading mo taken as prima facie evidence, of Hie shipment of goods, RECORD WHEAT CROP EXPECTED. Sydney, May 27. The (lovernmcnt anticipates a. record H'hcat harvest next season, probably' sixty million bushels. The question of freight is already occupying tlieir attention. DISEASE AMONO HORSES. Sydney, May 27. Of four Immlml remounts shipped from Sydney by the steamer Upada, 183 died .from a mysterious epidemic en route to Madras. FEDERAL PAPER MONEY. Melbourne. Mav 27. The Federal note issue lias reached thirty million, against which the gold reserve is £10.421.000. NISW SOUTH WALES FINANCE. Sydney, May 27. Mr. Ilolman stated thai;'the financial situation of New South "Wales was perfectly satisfactory. Despite the war and tlie drought the situation was better than they had forecasted. SEIZURE' OF CTTAFF STOCKS. Sydney, May 27. I lie f ommoditics Commission has recommended the seizure of chaff supplies in tlie State, owing to the alleged withholding of stocks and the 'placing of inferior ehafl' on tlie market.