GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1916, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING. By Calile.—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, July' 22. The City Council )m. s withdrawn the club exemptions for the sale of liquor. Tlipv must now close the bars at six o'clock. RUSSO-JAP. CONVENTION. Tokio, July 21. The conclusion of the Russo-Japanese Convention was enthusiastically celebrated in the principal cities. Count Okuma says the treaty signifies the paramount position of Japan and Russia in the Orient. WHEAT OPERATIONS AND PRICES. Melbourne, July -24. Official figures of the wheat pools state that the net indebtedness to the Imperial Government and the banks to July 17 was £0,044.000. The wheat shipped was 0,742,000 bags, the local sales were G,503,000 hags, and the cash receipts were £11,094,000. A material reduction in the price of grain will probably bo announced by the Wheat Board during the current week. It is understood that circumstances have arisen which must shortly bring about a general reduction in the price of wheat, while an almost immediate fall in the price of wheat for local use is practically certain. The price may be fixed in the neighborhood of 4s. A PROSPECTING SUBSIDY. Sydney, July 24. The Government intends to allocate £20,000 to encourage metal prospecting. BEX PHYSIOLOGY. "Brisbane, July 24. The Home Secretary lias stated that there is no objection to sex physiology being taught in the secondary schools. ANARCHIST ARRESTED. San Francisco, July 2.3. Frank Joseph, an anarchist, has been arrested in connection with the bomb outrage.