GENERAL CABLES.
SMALLPOX IN LONDON. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 27, 10.10 p.m. London, February 27. Thirteen additional cases of smallpox arc reported, including one at Bethnal Green.' BEQUESTS TO SCIENCE. Received 27, 10.10 p.m. Paris, February 27. Leatreuil, a French contractor in Russia, and a peasant's son, has bequeathed £IOO,OOO to the Academy of Science, £4OOO to the Pasteur Institute, and £40,000 for scientific research. KILLING THE CATS. Received 27, 10.10 p.m. London, February 27. A curious influenza epidemic has broken out among cats in the South of England. They recover under veterinary surgeons' treatment, but otherwise succumb wholesale. Sixteen died on one farm in Kent. CHAIRMAKERS' STRIKE SETTLED. Received 27, 10.10 p.m. London, February 27.
The chairmakers have obtained a 25 per cent, increase of wages, and a protracted dispute has thus been ended.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RUSSIANS. Received 27, 10.10 p.m.' Tlic Hague, February 27. The authorities at Oldenzool allowed 300 Austrian* returning from New York freely to proceed, but stopped sixty Russians because the shipping agent declined to deposit £SOO security.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 250, 28 February 1911, Page 5
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