GENERAL CABLES.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT' A TANNERY. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Received August 15, 10.10 p.m. Sydney, August 1,1. •4 portion of Bayly's tannery at Botany has been destroyed by lire. The damage is estimated at £IO,OOOI INSURANCE COMPANY. AMALGAMATION. Received August 15, 10.10 p.m. Melbourne, August lft. Tlip London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company lias arranged to acquire the Amalgamated Insurance of Australia, Ltd., conditional on the transfer to the London and Lancashire of 140,000 out of 100,000 fully-paid shares on to the register of the vendor of the concern before 'September 30. DANISH WEST INDIES. Received August 15, 7 p.m. Copenhagen, August 15. The Lower House, l>y 02 to 44, resolved to take a plebiscite on the question of the sale of the West Indies. AMERICAN WHEAT GAMBLING. Received August 15, 1 p.m. London. August 14. The Daily Telegraph declares that Chicago influences are largely responsible for the rise in wheat on the English markets during the past few days. Some Mark Lane factors declare that the movement is the .result of a GermanAmerican conspiracy to force the prices. It we could increase the freightage from the Argentine and Australia it would counteract the American gambling.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1916, Page 5
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197GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1916, Page 5
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