GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144250, 14 November 1913, Page 4

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

DISABILITIES OF JEWS. BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT. ST. PETERSBURG, Nor. 13. The Duma, by 102 votes to 92. rejected a motion, that a committee he appointed to draft a Bill to confer equal civil rights on Jews. POISONOUS CREAM. PARIS, Nov. 13. The general opinion is that the cooks at Cholet unwittingly conveyed typhoid germs into a dish of cream. The. ‘■whites” of eggs and gelatine are ideal ground for their culture. MUSIC-HALL STRIKE SETTLED. * LONDON, Nov. 13. The music-hall strike has been settled. A minimum wage of £2 2s per week has been granted to the musicians. NEWFOUNDLAND ELECTIONS. OTTAWA, Nov. 13. The Newfoundland elections resulted in the return of the Government with a majority of six. THE NEW HEBRIDES.’ LONDON, Nov. 13; The Daily Chronicle states that it has definite information that there aro no Franco-Brifish negotiations over the Xeif Hebrides. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. LONDON, Nov. 13. There is an outbreak of foot and mouth disease near Eastbourne. A CANAL TRAGEDY. OTTAWA, Nov. 12. Montreal reports that thirteen employees of a power company, whilo crossing the Luchino Canal in a flatbottomed boat, capsized. Nino were drowned. AN EXPECTANT HEIR. OTTAWA, Nov. 13. Hector Campbell, of Charlottetown, has boon notified of the death, in Australia, of a namesake who is a relative, and who is said to have been the wealthiest sheep-owner in the Commonwealth. Campbell intends asserting his claims to the ostafe. It is reported that he was worth a million'dollars. HINTS FROM AUSTRALASIA. OTTAWA, Nov. 13. Air. Lucas, British Columbian Agricultural Commissioner, has returned from his visit to Australia and New Zealand. Ho was greataly impressed with the co-operation methods and also with the'Oovcrmnent loans to farmers, and he intends to recommend the adoption of tho system. NOBEL PRIZES. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 13. Professor Alfred Werner, of Zurich, has been awarded the Nobel chemistry prize, and Professor Kamarlinch Danes, of Leyden, the physics prize.