GENERAL CABLES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

SOUTH AFRICA. REMARKS OF HIGH COMMISSiUN £K QUJis'ii'ONKD. (Received Last Night, 5.5. o'clock.)! CAPETOWN, February 7. Mr Vanniekiro has given notice to question whether the Hon Sir Richard bolomou's remarks, aboard the battleship New Zealand, were made* with the Premier'a knowledge. MARCONI COMPANY. REPLY TO MR HERBERT SAMUEL. (Received Last Night, 5.5. LONDON, February 7. The Marconi Company, in reply to* Mr Herbert Samuel request r;u'tication by March Ist, otherwise tho contract will be terminated. BOXING. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) SYDNEY, February 8. In a light-weight boxing contest, Bradley defeated Andany in the seventeenth round. VESSEL CAPSIZED. TEN PERSONS DROWNED. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, February S. A scow capsized during a gale in the river Mersey, and the crew of teit wero drowned. BRITAIN AND CHINA. FRONTIER. TOWN OCCUPIED. (Received Last Night, 5.5. RANGOON. February 8. The British military police haveoccupied Pienma, on the BorneoChinese frontier, which has been the* subject of a dispute with China. BOARD OF TRADE. RETURNS FOR JANUARY. (Received Februarv 8, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, ••Ferbuary 7. Tho Board of Trade returns for Jan'uarv show that imports increased by £4,278,541, exports by £5,028,887, and re-exports by £1,111,335. MR ROCKEFELLER. IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. (Received Februarv 8, 1.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, February 7. Whilst being examined at Jekyl Is*land, Georgia, by the Money TrustInvestigation Committee. Mr Rockefeller became ill, and was hurriedly placed under a doctor's care. His condition is serious