GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1917, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

PURIFYING SEWERAGE. Australian-N.Z, Cable Association. Sydney, Feb. 2. The Metropolitan Sewerage Board hai adopted a new activated sludge process for purifying sewerage, the cost of which was £30,000. SOLDIER DIES IN HOSPITAIi. Sydney, Feb. 2. William Ruka, one of the members of the Raratonga detachment recently arrived from New Zealand, en route for the front, hut was left behind sick, died in hospital. s 6IX O'CLOCK CLOSING. Melbourne, Feb. 2. At a meeting of Fitzgerald's Brewery Company, the chairman stated that the six o'clock closing.has resulted in .1 reduced output of beu\ AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. *' Sydney, Feb. 2. The no-eonfider.ee motion was defeated by 39 votes to 19. CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN RECIPROCITY. Vancouver, Jan. 31. Mr. Miles Nielson, the Australian Trade Commissioner, lias approached the British Columbian Government with the object of securing iis assistance toward* reciprocity between Canada, and Australia, especially, in regard to lumber. Premier Brewster has promised to use his influence with the Federal Government in the direction desired. CHINA-JAPAN TROUBLE ENDED. London, Feb'. 1. The Tientsin correspondent of tli* Morning Post says the controversy between China and Japan has been settled. Japan insists on policing Manchuria whenever necessity arises. There are likely to be later complications. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Sydney, Feb. 2. A fire at Chippendale destroyed three bc-ors of Eastaway's wire factory and de.maged seven other business' houses ap.d two private dwellings. The daraVge is estimated at £50,000. A LABOR THREAT. Sydney, Feb. 2. The Labor Council passed a. motion calling on the Senate to refuse to allow the Hughes Government to conduct the business ,of the Commonwealth, unless immediate steps were taken to relieve unemployment. STATE PURCHASE OF WHEAT. < Perth, Feb. 2. The Assembly passed a motion for the purchase at a minimum of 3s per bushel the 1917-18 wheat harvest.