GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THU HORAHORA PURCHASE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Aug. 28. The price for which the Waihi Goldmining Company sold the Horahora hydro-electric undertaking to the New Zealand Government is £212,500.

AMMUNITION BARGE EXPLOSION. Paris, Aug. ",&. An ammunition barge alongside the British monitor Glowworm at Archangel exploded; 60 are killed or missing.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

A SOUTH POLAR EXPEDITION. Received Aug. 29, 7.30 p.ro. London, Aug. 27. John L. D. Cope leads the British South Polar expedition in June, 1920, sailing from Wellington, New Zealand, for Macquarie, Scott, and 'new islands, thence to the Pole.—Times Service.

RICH GOLD FIND. Received Aug. 29, 8.10 p.m. Ottawa, Aug. 28. Reports from Manitoba state that a gold claim was struck near Copper Lake —a six feet wide vein, a four inch streak of quartz and gold showing. The determined volume is 60 per cent, of gold. Thousands are rushing to Copper Lake.

POTASH FOR BRITISH FARMERS. Received Aug. 30, 12.5 a.m. London, Aug. 28. Forty thousand tons of German potash salts, acquired by the Government for British farmers, will arrive during the next fortnight, and will relieve the wartime shortage of fertilisers, which appreciably affected the harvester.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE ARMY CHAMPIONSHIPa Received Aug. 30, 12.30 a.m. London, Aug. 28. All the Home and Empire Units are competing in the Army Championships at Alderahot.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

DOCKERS STRIKE AT MARSEILLES. ; Received Aug. 30, 12.15 a.m. Paris, Aug. 28. A strike of Marseilles dockers prevents the handling of cargoes, except fruit, vegetables, and similar perishables. The extension of the strike to other workers threatens to paralyse tlis port.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

TROOPS FOR ULSTER. Received Aug. 30, 1.55 a.nt. London, Aug. 29. Eighteen hundred troops have arrived in Ulster from England.

THE WIDNES CONTEST. Received Aug. 30, 1.55 a.m. London, Aug. 29. The contest for the Widnes bye-election continues to attract the utmost attention. It is considered that Mr. Henderson's prospects have improved. His supporters ask why the Unionist leaders are not assisting Mr. F. M. B. Fisher's campaign.

WORK AT DOCKYARDS, Received Aug. 30, 1.55 a.m. London,, Aug. 29. The Royal Dockyards are shortly undertaking a large programme of repair 'of merchantment and restoring of commandeered steamers before returning them, for merchant trade.

SALE OF STANDARD SHE'S. Received Aug. 30, 2 a.m. London, Aug. 29. All Lord Tnehcape's standard steamers have been sold.