SENERAL CABLES

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4830, 7 May 1914, Page 7

SENERAL CABLES

FAITH CURES. Electric Telegraph—Press Association Conyright. London, Last Night. The committee appointed hy a conference of clergy and doctors to investigate faith cures, affirms the efficacy of prayer and spiritual administrations in aiding recovery from functional as distinct from organic ailments. They deprecate the postponement of medical treatment and recommend the co-op-eration of the doctor and clergyman. VOLUNTEER AIR FLEET. St. Petersburg, Last Night. The Russian Aerial Congress recommends a national volunteer air fleet. A race has been arranged between an armoured aeroplane and a locomotive, from St. Petersburg to Moscow. * A LONG CHASE. London, Last Night. After being chased through England, Scotland, and Wales, Lilian Lenton, the suffragette hunger-striker, 1 who frequently adopted disguise, has been re-arrested for firing the pavilion at Kew in 1913. AUSTRALIA’S SUBMARINES. . Port Darwin, Last Night. The Australian submarines have arrived here from England. AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA. Fremantle, Last Night. Signor Edmonde Brancbi, an Italian aviator, who was a member of the Aviation corps during the Tripoli war, has arrived here. He intends landing five Bleriots, and will fly from Sydney to Melbourne. AMERICAN MEAT METHODS. - London, Last Night. Mr Cherry, the Commonwealth’s Veterinary Inspector, will proceed to America to investigate the conditions of the meat trade and the methods of handling there. STEAMERS IN TROUBLE. 1 London, Last Night. The Wbakataiie has arrived at St. Helena. She reports that a fire broke out in the forepeak on April 30th. It was extinguished after five hours, only the stores being damaged. Durban, Last Night. The Perthshire when (540 miles south of Durban sent a wireless stating she was returning owing to her machinery being defective.