GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 218, 3 February 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE JAPANESE INSURANCE. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Tokio, January blowing to the new insurance regulations the Equitable Society of New York and the Sun Life of Canada are withdrawing from business. MR. CARNEGIE ON THE NAVY. New York, January 31. " Mr. Carnegie, in denouncing wasteful expenditure in a speech at a meeting of the Peace Society, attacked the three battleship programme of the United States as wholly unnecessary. What enemy, he asked, had the United States at present? TIUC LAT IN-AIIE Rl CAN REPUBLIC. New York,, January 31. Mr. Barrett, Director-General of the Pan-American Union, asks for a less patronising tone towards the LatinAmerican Republics on the part of the American press and people, thus tending to avoid any friction. THE CHINESE IN CANADA. Ottawa, January 31. The Government is contemplating the introduction of a scheme for the identification of Chinese, by using photographs and the Bertillon system. It is estimated that there are 50,000 Chinese in the | Dominion. It has not been stated whe- ) ther the system will include Hindoos. A FATAL PALL. London, January 31. By a fall from a cliff at Rottingdean seven workmen were buried, two being killed. NEW ZEALAND EGGS. London, January 31. The New Zealand Government's experimental shipments of eggs, per l:!o----torira, arrived in good condition and sold at 9 1 /»d a dozen in a dull market. A CUTTER MISSING. ] London, January 31. A cutter belonging to IT.M.S. PerJ sous has been missing in the Persian j Gulf since January 18. She had an officer and eight bluejackets kboard, with 14 days' provisions. , A LIVE SHELL. Berlin, .January 31. During the demolition of a fort at Koenigsberg, a shell exploded, killing j four men. . | MR. STUART SAMUEL'S SEAT. 1 London,, January 31. 1 I The House of Commons has referred ! 1 Mr. Stuart 'Samuel's position as a memI her to the Judicial Committee of the : ' Privy Council. ; 1 ' A ROYAL PIPER. ' j London, February 1. ! ) The Pall Mall Gazette says that the ' i Prince of Wales is learning the bagpipes. ' J Other undergraduates are forming prac--3 J tisinj; parties. 1| 5 A BANK MESSENGER ROBBED. ;! London. February 1. -) Thieves attacked a bank messenger in ■ the Rue Dauphine and robbed him of £2200.