GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1915, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

INCREASE IN TRADES UNIONISTS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, July 5. At the end of 1914 .the trade unionist* in New iSouth Wales numbered 240,023, compared wit'll 230,077 in the previous year. BFFEOT OF DKOOUIIT ON SUGAR. (Brisbane, July 5. Tlie superintendent of the sugar experiment stations states that the drought severely affected the sugar in.certain districts, where four-liftlis of the crop perished. PRICES IN WESTRALIA. Perth, July 5. The Control of Trade Commission has .fixed the prices of bran at £lO and pollard at £l2 per ton. LOSSES BY BROUGHT. Sydney, July 4. The annual meeting of the Sheep Brokers' Association discussed the sheep loses, owing to drought. It is believed the loses equal those of 'IOO2. PRICES OF IWDSTCWS. Brisbane, July 4. A proclamation lias fixed the prices of wheat as follow:—Darling Downs district 7s 2d, Brisbane-Maryborough 7s (id; hour £ls 15s and £lO 5s per ton respectively; brain and pollard £lO 10s and £ll. RUSSIAN CABINET CHANGES. 'London, July 2. The Times' correspondent at I'' i»"o----prad says that other' Cab'net cbangiS are foreshadowed, assuring a distintly j Liberal tendency, which will probably ] be strongly supported by tie union, j COST OF CARRYING TROOPS. ' Melbourne, July 8. • ; The Government has authorised the ' payment of £54,000 to the Union Com- ; paiiy for the conveyance of 1200 troops ; to Rabaul. ! THE £50,000 WILL. j London, July 2. : Sir William Mannin, giving evidence on commission, said that Curran must have been upset by his ,son marrying a j pantomimo girl. He wrote him that "Tom has cost me over £IO,OOO since he went to Oxford. He will not get another shilling. I paid him £lO a month while he was in the House ot Commons. He also received 80s weekly | from the party funds, of which I am tne , treasurer." fieorgc Curran gave evidence that .lis I father was very strange after 1908, but ; he never saw him put his coat on ins , l"gs and trousers on his back. He was j not aware that his father imagined himself a Solon or a Demosthenes.