GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 9 November 1907, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

London, November 7. When urged by King Edward add Queen Alexandra, the Kaiserin, who feared she might carry the infection of c chicken-pox, agreed to accompany the Kaiser to England. J The Admiraly and War Office are e willing to replace Campbell, Laird and , Co. on the contractors' list if the company is re-constituted, the managing , directors removed, and the methods of ' work!tig altered. The company agrees j to these conditions, j Rome, November 7. , The Senate is trying Signor Nunzio Nasi, ex-Minister for Public Instruction, on a charge of malversation of public > funds. Nasi admits having charged to iiis travelling expenses account a large amount of money that he had spent secretly for political purposes. Amsterdam, November 7. A carriage, conveying A. van Panliuys, Dutch Minister of State, his brother, and their wives, was driven into a canal at Hoogkcry in a fog. All were • drowned. St. Petersburg, November 7. i The headquarteTf of the revolution- • ary fighting organisation at Warsaw , have been discovered. Two hundred , arrests were made. Important docu- ■ ments were seized, in addition to a s store of arms. ; Melbourne, November 8. ; The Federal House of Representatives reduced the duty on blankets to 25 per cent., with a 20 per cent, preference i duty. i Brisbane, November S. i Earth tremors have been of freqnont , occurrence at Thursday Island during the past fortnight. Sydney, November 8. During an all-night debate in the Assembly on the Government's taxation proposals, Mr John Norton was removed from the chamber for making a remark personally offensive to the chairman. THE BERLIN COURT SCANDALS. Berlin, November 7. The unexpected arrival of Prince Eulenburg, supported by his son and secretary, during the Braud trial caused il great sensation in the Court. Prince lluelow, who gave his evideuce in a strenuous manner, indignantly • repelled the aspersions contained in Braud's pamphlet. Prince Eulenburg, who was a witness for the defence, denied that he was behind Braud. He also emphatically denied the charges levelled elsewhere against himself. Both Count Hohennti and Count Yynar were called as witnesses for the defence, but failed to appear. It is stated that they are out of the country. - RICH GOLD TTOD. Melbourne, November 8. An extremely rich gold deposit has been discovered at Waterloo Wat, two miles from Maryborough. A man named Trompf, while working in a low prospecting shaft, came across a glittering mass in the quartz. Specimens taken out are estimated to contain 160 ounces of pure gold. ■ The claim has been named Apologue, as tie discovery was made on (Jap day. *