GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 27 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

0 FRANCE'S RAILWAY STOCK. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received January 27, 10 a.m. PARIS, Jan. 26. The French Government las ordered 70 large locomotives from Glasgow. CHOLERA AMONG TROOPS. Received January 27, 10 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 26. Cholera is prevalent among the troops at Hodeida, Yemen (on the Arabian littoral of the Red Sea, where they are operating against the Arabian tribesmen). THE ROYAL SHOW. LONDON, Jan. 26. His Majesty the King, writing to Mr . Ailwyn Fellowes (ex-President of" the j Board of Agriculture), calls attention to the invitation to the overseas Minis- '. ters of Agriculture to attend the Royal | Show at Norwich, and he expresses the hope that many of them will be able to accept it. FEEDING POOR CHILDREN. LONDON, Jan. 26. The London County Council is supplying 9,500,000 meals to school children per year. The cost has increased from l|d to 2d per meal. MURDER OF LONG AGO. j LONDON, Jan. 26. The remains of Major Gordon Long, j who was murdered by natives in 1826, have been discovered near Timbuctoo.