GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14347, 27 October 1910, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE ARMY CRITIC. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, Oct. 26. Lieut. Sutor is under close arrest at Tynemouth, because, when questioned regarding the newspaper interview, he intimated that ho did not desire to enter into explanations with Mr. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, or tho Army Council. PEARY’S BOOK. LONDON, Oct. 26. Ex-President Roosevelt has written a glowing introduction to Lieutenant Peary’s book on the North Polo, published by Hoddor and Stoughton yesterday, eulogising his indomitable /perseverance and tho triumphant penetration of a mind deriving lessons from every rebuff. THE ATTACK ON JOURNALISTS. BERLIN, Oct. 26. The Government, in reply to tho British and American Embassies, regrets the incident in which journalists were assaulted by tho police- in the Moabit quarter of Berlin during tho recent riots, but states it was duo to a misunderstanding, and declines to reprimand the police. LECTURES ON THE DOMINIONS. LONDON, Oct. 26. The Birmingham University has arranged for a series of lectures by Sir George Reid, Mr. Wm. Pembor Reeves, and others on commerce and industry in the chief dominions. A NEW ACTRESS. LONDON, Oct. 26. Mies Estella Stead met with a sympathetic reception, and received fairly favourable notices. There is a concensus of opinion that her voice and physique are better suited to tho part of Lady Macbeth than to that of X’ortia. CONTEMPT OF COURT. (Received Oct. 27, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 26. The Sheffield Weekly Telegraph has !>een fined £IOO for contempt of court over the Crippen trial. TROUBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. (Received Oct. 27, 10.55 a.m.) MANILA, Oot. 26. The Manaboa tribesmen are raiding the West Coast of Davao in tho Island of Mindono and announce their intention of expelling foreigners and Filipinos. Several planters have boon hilled. THE AUSTRIAN VINTAGE. (Received Oct. 27, 10,55 a.m.) VIENNA, Oct. 26. Tho Austro-Hungarian vintage is tho worst for many years. THE PORT OF LONDON. (Received Oct, 27, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 213. An influential committee of London Chamber of Commerce is privately investigating the effect of tho declaration of the Port of London upon British trade, mercantile interests and oversea food supplies with a view to securing Parliamentary and other action.