GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14345, 25 October 1910, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE ARGENTINE EXHIBITION. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. BUENOS AYRES, Oct. 24. Tho grand prize has been awarded to the Government of New Zealand for hops. STRIKE AT MARSEILLES. MARSEILLES, Oot. 24. Tho carters and dockers have struck. A LAND COMPANY. LONDON, Oct. 24. The Trust and Agency Company of Australasia has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. LOOKING FOR IMMIGRANTS. NEW YORK, Oct. 24. The tour of tho Victorian agricultural delegates attracted keen interest in tho irrigation States. They expect to secure a considerable number of experienced ifrlgationists with capital for Victoria. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. BERNE,' Oct. 24, A referendum of the whole Confederation, by 262,066 to 238,928 votes, rejected the proposed system of proportional representation in connection with tho elections of the National Council. WATCHMAKERS’, LOCK-OUT. GENEVA, Oct. 24. Thirty-two thousand watchmakers in Western Switzerland have been locked out till November 5 on a wages question. A military” CRITIC. (Received Oct. 25, 8.0 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. Lieut. Sutor has been ordered to barracks and deprived of his sword. LORD KITCHENER. LONDON, Oot. 24. Tho Daily Mail states that Lord Kitchener will visit Egypt and the Soudan in the winter." A NEW ACTRESS. • LONDON, Oct. 14. Mr. Stead’s daughter Estoila makes her debut in the Merchant of Venice at a London theatre to-morrow. MR. WALLER’S COMPANY. (Received Oot. 25, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. Lewis Waller and his. full company will appear in Australia under the management of Messrs. Olnrko and Meynoll in 1912. ■ .•. • , CHARING GROSS BANK. ’ LONDON, Oct. 24. The Official Receiver estimates the liabilities of Charing Cross Bank roughly ot £2,500,000, and tho assets £360,000. THE STORES MURDER. (Received Oct. 26, 10.60 a.m.) LONDON, Oot. 24. Tho trial of Wilde for the murder of Stone at Gorso Hall has begun. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. MADRID, Oct. 24., Government denies seeking concessions in Morocco and states that the amount of the indemnity is exaggerated. a lineeTwrecked. CAPETOWN, Oct. 24. The Portuguese diner Lisbon, with 250 passengers, . was , wrecked near Paternoster Point. Three English passengers were drowned. Tho rest wore all saved. * A WOMAN FORGER. LONDON, Oct. . 24. Captain Hugh Willyams, charged with forgery of promissory notes to the value of £II,OOO, has been acquitted and his wife sentenced to three years. She pleaded in defence that she was addicted to tho morphia habit. - ’ THE JAPANESE NAVY. TOKIO, Oct, 24. Tho next Budget will appropriate seventy’million yen for the Navy, spread over six years. A NEW TORPEDO. . LONDON, Oct. 24. A torpedo invented by Mr. Hazlchurst, ex-Mayor of Birkenhead, pierces by means of a powerful explosive acts surrounding battle ships to protect them. A TOWN ABLAZE. (Received Oot. 25, 1.30 p.m.) NEW YORK. Oct. 24. The town of Warren, Minnesota, is on fire, and the neighbouring towns have been appealed to for help.