GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1917, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

BUNKERING RATES RAISED, Austra'.ian-N.Z Cable Association. Sydney, J.\ii:mry !!> As the outcome o:" the late- coal strike, bunkering rate? at steam:: tuid ferry companies are beinu raised to ss. It is understood that the -hipping companies intend U .pas- this on by n'.croused passenger ¥ fares THE i'OTALISATOR IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, ,-aniiavy ll> It will probably be some month; Defore totalizators 'ivii! be established on the bigger racecourses Oheapei machines for the smaller coui-'e* are under consideration. A HEA'i vVAVE. Sydney, .miliary 10.' The heat wave continues, and.cqnditicno arc trying. FEDERAL POLITICS. Sydney, .wmuiry 10In the event nf the supporters of Messrs. Hughes and Cook endorsing theif leaders' agreement, it is considered probable that tlie Federal elections -vUi be postponed til] next year. MEXICAN. REBELLION. New York, Jan. 10. The Mexican-American Commission has permanently adjourned, having failed to recommend the withdrawal of United States troops from Mexico. ! ' NAVAL DEFALCATIONS. Melbourne. Jan. 17. As the. Result of lengthy investigaI tion? into defalcations in the Navy T)e- ---! pertinent, involving ,£.">01!9, David O'Donoghue lias been charged with converting certain moneys to his own use. COMMANDEERED HARVEST. Melbourne, Jan. 17 OflHal forecasts of the harvest in New Scntli Wales, Victoria. South Australia and Wostralia aggregate 140,099,022 bushels.