GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144197, 13 September 1913, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

A LOBBYIST ARRESTED, DY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. David Lamar has been arrested on a charge of impersonating members of Congress in order to influence legislation favourable to big interests as revealed in the recent lobbying investigation. He has been released on bail. PRAISE OF BOY SCOUTS. LONDON, Sept. 12. At the meeting of the British Association, Principal Griffiths, criticising education in England and Wales, eulogised the Boy Scout movement, and regretted that the political system did not allow of the appointment of General Baden-Powel! as Minister for Education. with plenary powers for tho next decade. STRIKE ON CUNARDERk LONDON, Sept. 12, Tho Cunard steamer Anconia was delayed for several hours. Tho crew complained of tho food and struck, demanding tho appointment of a new chief steward. ’ five hundred passengers were without meals owing to tho stowards joining tho strike. Tho company ultimately yielded. CHOLERA AT BUDAPEST. VIENNA, Sent. 12. _ There are numerous cases of Asiatic cholera at Budapest. The epidemic is spreading at Bucharest. Of 1000 cases of cholera in Roumama, 661 were fatal. SHIP CANAL STRIKE. LONDON; Sept. 12. The Manchester Ship Canal Company will not grant increased pay to timberworkers or others, and tho outlook is grave. THE COLOUR LINE. TIMES SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLES. (Received Sept. 13, 8.0 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Sept. 12. The appearance of negroes as eunuchs in tho play Kismet at Durban aroused colour prejudice, and tho company was compelled to engage whites to fill tho parts. IMPEACHMENT OF SULZER. TIMES—SYDNEY BUN SPECIAL CABLES. (Received: September 18, 8 a.m.) NEW YORK. September 12. Bx-Govornor Seiner pardoned Robin, a banker convict. The Supreme Court returned Robin to! prisdn, on. tho ground that Sulzer’s impeachment precluded him from exorcising executive MEAT FOR BRITISH ARMY, (Received September 13, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, September 12. The War Office is inviting tenders for a repeat order, similar to that cabled on September 6, to bo delivered in June. (Received Sept. 13, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 12. The War Office has reduced tho minimum weight of quarters of beef for the Army, thus enabling contractors to supply Australian, which has hitherto been precluded. MOTOR BOAT RACING. (Received September 13, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, September 12. Maple Loaf woh the third race and the trophy in the international contest. functions. THE VICTORIAN LOAN. (Received Sept. 13, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sopt. 13. The Victorian prospectus has been issued. It offers converters of maturing stock a cash payment of 465.