GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1916, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

AUSTRALIAN SHELLS ACCEPTED. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Received August 10, 0.30 p.m. Melbourne, August 18. Mi'. -Pearcc Hates that the Imperial , authorities ha\c accepted, a sample; lot oi 18-pounder shell bodies. TROUBLE IN- CHINA 4 Renter Service. Received August 10, 10.50 p.m. Tokio. August 16. Fifty Ohinese were killed in the ChengChiatun affray. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN, Received August 10, 7.10 p.m. " London, August 15. The smalmcs* of publi# subscription to the New South Wales loan is not surprising, considering the bank rate and the, growing tendency of investors not to purchase till after allotment, in the hope of securing discount. SEVERE CHOLERA OUTBREAK. Renter Service. Received August 16, 11.45 p.ffl. • Vancouver, August 10. One hundred new cfises and forty deaths from cholera are reported from Nagasaki. DOMINION TELEGRAMS. SUPREME COURT. By •Te'egraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the Supreme Court, James Connor. was convicted o,f receiving £Ol worth of medicines and patent medicines, knowing them to be stolen. Sentence v.'as deferred. Joseph, Lewis, lion, secretary of the Wellington Patriotic Society, sued Stanley H. Horner, for £5Ol, damages for alleged slander. The case e.vcited considerable interest, and lengthy evidence was taken. The jury returned averdicfc for defendant. The judge remarked that the result of the trial did not cast any imputation on the plaintiff or tin Patriotic Society. PUBLIC SERVANTS WAR BQNUS. Wellington. Last Night. Questioned by a reporter as to ttic method to be adopted in regard to yayment of war bonus to public servants, a subject which is arousing a good deal of interest in public service circles just now, the Minister for Finance (Sir Joseph Ward) stated that the matter will'.eoios up for final settlement at a Cabinet meeting on Saturday next, and that an announcement will .be made as soon as possible. A SHOOTING CASE Wellington, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court, Joseph Boucher was charged with having, on July 22nd, shot at Arthur Stephen Durling, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The affair arose out of a disagreement in Boucher's house, where • Hurling boarded. Boucher was committed for trial.