GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14139, 19 February 1910, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

GARRISON IN TIBET. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright., PEKIN, Feb. 18. Tho Chinese have reinforced the Lhasa garrison in Tibet. THE ORIENT COMPANY. LONDON, Fee. 18. The Orient Steam Ship Company’s issue has been covered. CELEBRATION OF EMPIRE DAY. LONDON, Feb. 18. Tho City Corporation has decided to hold an assembly at the Guildhall on .tho morning of Empire Day of children belonging to tho elementary schools. FEDERAL HIGH COMMISSIONER. LONDON, Feb. ’lB. The Colonial Institute banquets Sir George Reid, Federal High Commissioner, on tho loth inst. The Earl of Crowe will preside. A TACTICAL CRUISE. LONDON, Feb. 18. Admiral Wilson has ordered the second division of the Home Fleet on a six weeks’ tactical cruise. THE KAISER INDISPOSED. BERLIN, Feb. 18; The Kaiser is suffering from a slight; chill, and is confined to his room. He has cancelled all engagements. A SEARCH ABANDONED. , (Received Feb. 19, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18. Tho search by the American war ships for the naval tug Nina, bound from Norfolk to Boston, has been abandoned. THE LATE SIR ALFRED JONES. (Received Feb. 19, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18. Lord Pirrie has purchased tho late Sir Alfred Jones’ various businesses. [Deceased was senior partner in tho firm of Elder, Dempster and Co., shipowners,] OIL FOR FUEL. (Received Feb. 19, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18. The Admiralty has offered ; to purchase 20,000 tons of Scottish oil. THE EX-SULTAN OP TURKEY. (Received Feb. 19, 11 a.m.) BERLIN, Feb. 18. The newspaper Lokal Anzoiger states that Abd-ul Hamid’s seal, which was lost during tho Yildiz-Kiosk revolution, was found, and that thereupon the Deutsche Dank settled the action for tho recovery of Abd-ul’s deposit. THE WATERLOO CUP. (Received Feb. 19, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18. In the race for tho Waterloo Cup Heavy Weapon heat Full Steam. MINING IN CHINA. ‘ . (Received Fob. 19, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18. Tho British Foreign Office has arranged for China to pay a LondonChina syndicate £52,000 compensation and to cancel the: Anhui mines concession! When working 'was commenced there was "six and a half million tons of iron ore in sight. The Chinese thereupon prohibited tho export of ore for four years. A RELIGIOUS'"FANATIC. (Received Feb. 19, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18. The Chronicle reports that a woodcutter named Ogay, a religious fanatic, built and lighted a pyre and iucerated himself under a rude wooden cross at Moudon. in the Department of Vard, in Switzerland. A BANDIT CHIEF HANGED. (Received Feb. 19, 12.5 p.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb, 18. Dinga, the Bulgarian bandit chief, who, was sentenced to death at Salonika, wasliangcd. > ’ ATHENS, Feb. 18. It is stated in Athens that the courtmartial was held in secret in accordance witli a Bill which has not yet become law and that the proceedings were illegal. FORGED BANK NOTES. (Received Fob. 19, 11 a.m.) BERLIN, Feb. 18. The police are tracing fabrications of nianv false five-pound notes, purporting to belong to the National Bank of South Africa, that aro circulating in Johannesburg. They are excellent forgdries.