GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5372, 3 September 1904, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE LIGURIA. SYDNEY, September 2. Tho Italian cruiser Liguria, commanded by the 'Duke of Abruzzi, has arrived here. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. MELBOURNE, September 2. The State Schools Board advises that it has been resolved to abolish tho cane, and substitute tho strap, in schools. DEFENCE MATTERS. MELBOURNE, September 2. Major-General Sir "Edward Hutton, Commandant of tho Military Forces in Australia, has again impressed upon the Federal Government tho necessity of establishing a small arms factory. THE MISSION TO THIBET. BOMBAY, September 1. Colonel Younghusband has distributed thousands of silver coins amongst the Lhassa poor in acknowledgment of the Thibetan Government’s gift to the British troops. September 2. Colonel Younghusband’s mission loaves Lhassa on the loth. CANADA’S GOVERNOR-GENERAL. (Received September 2, 11.35 p.m.) LONDON, September 1. Earl Grey succeeds Lord Minto as Governon-Geueral of Canada. (MR REDMOND IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, September 1. Mr Redmond, member of the House of Commons, who is at present visiting America, has appealed for £IO,OOO. H© raised £2OOO at the first meeting here. At the second mooting there were many noisy interruptions, coming from members of Olan-na-gael (an Irish secret oath-bound society, originating out of the Fenian brotherhood in 1870, which became tho heart of tho Irish National League in the United States) and Orangemen alike.