GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1916, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CONDENSED MILK. Australkm-N.Z. Cable Association. Melbourne, July 25. The customs are blocking shipments of condensed milk from America. COLLIERY CONFERENCE. Melbourne, July 25. Several abortive colliery conferences have been held during the past few days, and constant adjournments are causing further uneasiness. The Unionists demand an immediate decision in view of pending developments in the coal trade. OVERSEAS PARLIAMENTARIANS. London, July 24. The Overseas Parliamentarians, visited Glasgow. The Lord Provost extended a welcome. They visited the Clyde shipyard, and munition factories, members of the Corporation and of the Clyde Trust accompanying them. With the Hon. T. Mackenzie they visited the New Zealand wounded in the hospital. In the northern counties they visited some of the biggest munition works and conferred with the wool spinners and manufacturers. HELP FOR A BLIND HOSPITAL. London, July 24. The brokers attended a concert at Ilndderslield. resulting in .CIOOO being raised for the Saint Dnnstan's blind hospital. Sydney, July 25. Kilboy, the New Zealand racehorse, landed in good condition. Melbourne, July 25. Jack Boots established a world's motor-cycling record' for a road mile, covering the distance in .18 3-5 seconds. Sydney, July 25. Private O'Connor, son of the late Justice O'Connor, has been killed in France. Deceased joined a troopship and obtained bis discharge in New Zealand, where he enlisted. GALE OF A BARQUE. Sydney, July 2(1. Rosenfeld and Company have purchased the barque Senorita, LABOR MINISTRY DEFEATED. Perth, July 2(1. A no-confidence motion resulted in the defeat of the Scaddan Ministrv by 2.'! votes to 20. To save repetition of the previous censure debutes the vote was taken without a debate on a motion for adjournment. FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. New York, July 25. Twenty-four men are dead from a gas explosion in the waterworks under Lake Kric. Rescuers are seeking for survivors. SHACKLETON RELIEF EXPEDITION London, July 25. The vote for the Civil Sendee .Supplementary Estimates includes £2(1,000 for the Shackleton relief expedition.