MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 252, 25 October 1901, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

m PBEBB ASSOCIATION. Lokwb, October 23. The Daily Express states that Lord Roberts has origidated a plan for a reeerve of pensioners to the number of 30,000, with an age limit of 55, to be utilised in the Home garrisons. The Agents-General will present congratulatory addresses to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall on the happy termination of their memorable tour. They will express the gratitude of the communities visited for the considera- j tion shown by the Royal guests and the unceasing interest they took in the Bocial, industrial and commercial wel- j fare and progress of the colonies. -The Ophir has arrived at Newfoundland. The newspapers suggest that the Australasian contingents now in South Africa will be represented at the Coronation.

Lord Cromer has married Lady s .Katharine Tbynn<*, sister of the Mar- j, quia of Bath. The wedding was a great society function. The King sent the bridegroom an inscribed silver inkStand with oak case. I Inlan Gaulr, charged with robbing v the Marqnis of Anglesey, was sen- ♦ tenced to five years' pecal servitude. B The South African Cold Storaee c Company show* a profit of 41,109,581 of which £737.000 is carried to the re- r serve, and a dividend of 55 per cent' t is declared, as well as a bnnusof 10s per share. ( The Jersey States, by 34 to 4, , adopted a Bill excluding members of e French religious associations from i settling in the Channel Inlands. ' Washington, October 23. ) A sensation has been caused in ] America by Mis. Roosevelt, wife nf the i President, declaring that she is Me to j dress on .£6O a year. Paris, October 23. j ]f, Jtousseau opposed the minimum Wage. He was ready to study super- ( annuation as apart of a general scheme of workmen's pensions. He favoured , uniformity of hours if the output was unimpaired. The Socialist Deputies threatened to side frith the miners when the time for action arrive^. The Montceaux miners are indignant at the postponement of the strike. They declare they will strike on November Is 1 , even if they do so alone. BeceWed 25, 0.45 ».m. London, October 24. Lord Salisbury is in excellent health, and has returned to London. Mr Oarmgie has made a gift of .£37,000 to the Dundee Library.