GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143769, 18 April 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A NEW JUNIOR LORD. By Electric Telegraph-—Copyright (Received April 18, 9,15 a.m.) LONDON, April 17. Mr. Henry Webb succeeds Sir A. •Harworth as Junior Lord of the Treasury. THE TRADE COMMISSION. LONDON, April 17. Mr. Harcourt, replying to a question in the House of Commons as to why the Crown colonics and India were omitted from the Empire Trade Commission, said that the inquiry was into the Dominions’ •resources, not into those of the Empire. NEW BRITISH RIFLE. LONDON, April 16. The Morning Post states that Britain’s now rifle is 2J inches longer than the last and the calibre is .276 larger. The chamber is stronger, and the breach mechanism will permit of higher explosion, enabling it to secure a muzzle velocity of three thousand feet. A PROMISING PIANIST. (Received April 18, 12.5 p.m.) LONpON, April 17. The newspapers publish favourable notices of Miss Winifred Purnell’s recital. The Telegraph says that she seems destined to go far. THE ISHTIB MASSACRE. (Received April 18, 11.40 a.m.) • CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17. An Irade dissolved the court-martial which was investigating the Ishtib massacre, before a single sentence was imposed. The Bulgarians are incensed. FUNDS FOR AMUNDSEN. (Received April 18, 12.5 p.m.) CHRISTIANIA April 17. The Storthing unanimously voted 136,365 kronen towards Captain Amundsen’s expedition to the North Pole. ECLIPSE OF THE SUN., (Received April 18, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 17. The British Astronomical Association made successful observations of the eclipse of the sun at Penafiel, Portugal. '