GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14836, 13 November 1911, Page 8

GENERAL CABLE NEW S .

FHOM THE AUSTRALIAN . \ — ' 1 VANCOUVER M4JL . | Advices received in Van™ -■™TW&fi§B I the new steamer «* I Vancouver service will be 0 %&*!*' I She is to be 522 ft long, wtthT?? *°».. | 66ft, and will burn both oil L^ <* ' conveniences for passeng 8 a »* co ' J I , the new ship is to b(J pS*^ MARCONI COMPANY SUED J Messrs. Siemens Bros -.r» . • com Company to recover oW? 5I *' • alleged infringement of „ ama es for «* plaintiffs charge the £4K nt "S '■ with having illerrallv n $ Col »Panv j switches. S gally u «ed Brio?, GRAY AND STEVE I , of the world, have beenmaffi°? CUe « of 18,000 up^of?-* £1000. The games will take * $** of- 1 Burroughs- tables with ft** °" balls, probably in December T b ° M *»« February. ' December, January,'^.;,■■;. EARL GRAY'S SERVICES * j Earl Grey, lately Governor r„-' , ■ Canada, is to be given the fr«? "* * i City of London, in recognition ' tha l vices to the Empire ° niUon ° his 8 «. —L_ TARIFF REFORM LEAGUE. ' The Tariff Reform Association, in ■ it. annual report, claims part of the Z£ i; 1 due to those who brought about th* _. 1 feat of the Canadian reciprocity proposals ' Ihe report declares that the progress d„ ' ing the past year was the greatest th» 1 association has made since it was estak' ;;i I lished. "" I PAPER TREATIES USELESS. In a signed article in a recent number '■■' of the Outlook, the New York weekly, of which he is associate-editor, Colonel Roosevelt, writing against the proposed international arbitration treaties, points out that the Turkish-Italian war. has proved the utter inefficiency of . paper treaties where national honour is concerned. ' Treaties, declares the ex-President, are'-' useless unless the power of arms is behind them. , - DEATH OF LADY COLIN CAMPBELL. Lady Colin Campbell, the well-known authoress, died in London last week, after a long illness. ARNST AND DURNAN. Durnan, the sculler, says he is likely to come to terms with Arnst for a 'race on Toronto Bay next summer for the scull-" ing championship of the world. '''Myf§|f offer to Arnst, which, it is reported, he refused, was more than double what I received to go to Australia," said Durnon. "Hut as Arnst cabled me in the, first place for terms, it is up to him to state what he does want." THE MOROCCAN AGREEMENT. The downfall of the German Imperial Chancellor (D.. vop Bethmann-Hollwegj and the Foreign Minister (Herr von Kider-lin-Waechter) is predicted as a result of the signing of the Franco-German agreement concerning Morocco. German papers ' declare that the agreement is all i_ favor of France and against the concessions granted in Morocco the cesv.on of Congo territory is regarded as worth nothing. Ihe Kaiser is severely criticised ~for not having gone to war over the Moroccan question rather than allow France and England to secure a diplomatic victory. ' AEROPLANE RECORD. Advices from Pasadena, California, state that the long-distance aviator, Rodgers, who is making a flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific, covered 133 ''mileiwl in 125 minutes, thus creating a world's record. AMERICA'S NAVAL STRENGTH. President Taft's recent tour of the United Mates has ended, and the President is now resting at the hot springs of Virginia, preparing his address to Con gress. During the tour 13,000 miles were covered. It is announced that Mr. Taft wit urge upon Congress the necessitv of building two super-Dreadnoughts yearly until such time as the Panama Canal has« actually proved of benefit to the navy. ' -v ■ ■' '■; '■" 1 'V;;:-;4v: WORLD'S PENNY ARCADES. Mr. F- W. Woolworth, a wealthy American, announces the formation of a combine for merging practically all-the penny arcades in-Great Britain, the colo- • nies, and tho United States into one huge business concern; with a capital of. 15 millions. The combine will have 700 shares, and a controlling interest in the Woohvorth Co., England ; Messrs.. Gold« man, Sachs and Co., and Lehmann Bros., of America also Messrs. Kleinworth and . I eons, of London. . 4 t o, '[ • _____

NO HUMBLE PIE .TOR PEBSIA.

The Russian Minister in Teheran has presented air ultimatum threatening that unless the Persian Minister . for Foreign • Affairs apologises for the alleged insult to the Russian Vice-Consul on the occasion of the seizure of Sultanich Russia will occupy the provinces of Ghilan and Maeanderan. The Persian Government has" decided not to comply with the' demand. • ■ .' ■ ". ' , i KNOCK-OUT BLOW ILLEGAL. The Home Secretary (Mr. M'Kenna) has , made a regulation that boxing matches which are decided on a knock-out " are illegal. He further savs the proprietors of the combatants to subdue each other "&»s\ by violent blows until one cannot further endure the punishment the contest is llelgal. • He further says that proprietors of boxing halls must take care to protect themselves, as an ordinary boxing exhibition can easily develop illegally. Mr. ' McKenna denies that he has "been influenced by Mr Winston Churchill, who' is notably opposed to ring encounters -' ~~ ''