GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 176, 4 November 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

PHYSIOLOGY. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. London, November 2. The Drapers Company has given Cambridge University £22,000 to establish a physiological laboratory. AN OLD CRIME. London, November 2. Mrs. Carew, sentenced at Yokohama in 1807 for poisoning her husband, has been released from Aylesbury Gaol.

QUEENSLAND'S IMMIGRATION. London, November 2. Immigrants numbering 6003 were sent to Queensland during the last ten months. A MORBID DECISION. London, November 2. It is now stated that Florence Nightingale bequeathed her body for dissection. | THE WELSH CHURCHES. London, November 2. Churchmen's views on the Welsh Church Commissioners' report are that if the church is making such progress it destroys the argument for disestablishment. Non-conformists consider that if the church is making such amazing progress it can do without its endowments. A DANGEROUS IMPULSE. Berlin, November 2. Weindler, an eminent German scholar, has been arrested for a sensational theft of books and pictures of enormous historical, armorial and scientific value, from the Royal library and Albertihium, at Dresden. Weindler declares that he acted from an uncontrollable impulse to possess the articles. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. London, November 2. Mr. Lloyd-George assured the Manchester Unity in reference to State assurance of invalids, that the Government would assist friendly societies to its utmost, and that they would receive the same benefits in the way of State contributions as other agencies.

A ROYAL BIOGRAPHER. Berlin, November 2. The Kaiser is writing a biography of Frederick the Great.