GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14016, 22 September 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

RIGHTS OF JOURNALISTS. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. (Received Sept. 22, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 21. Five hundred delegates, representing twenty countries, attended the International Press Conference in London and discussed the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge the source of his information, and other professional matters. CLAIMANT TO A PEERAGE. (Received Sent. 22, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, ,Sept. 21. ' William Tumour, an organ grinder and a claimant to the Poulett peerage, died in the Holburn Workhouse. H.M.S. CLIO MISSING. (Received Sept. 22. 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 21. The wmf sloop Clio, which was reported yesterday as being five days overdue at Shanghai, was seen anchored in the Hartan Straits. AN EX-SULTAN'S RICHES. (Received Sept, 22, 8.35 a.m.) ' CONSTANTINOPLE, Seftt. „. Abd-ul Ham id, ex-Sultan of Turkey, has given up a second million sterling. THE LATE SIR THOMAS BENT. MELBOURNE, Sept. 21. Both Houses of the Stitto Parliament adjourned out of respect to the lato Sir Thomas Bent's memory