GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144360, 26 March 1914, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. BT ELBCIBIO TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. (Rocaivcd March 26, 10 a.m.) BERLIN, March 25. Tho Crown Pririco has abandoned his visit to tho colonies this year. NEW WIRELESS INSTALLATION. (Received March 20, 10 a.m.) LONDON, March 25. Poulsen’s Wireless Company expects to operate across tho Atlantic commercially in a few weeks. BRUTALITY OF ROBBERS. BRUaSELS, March 24. Masked bandits roasted an old man’s foot at Charleroi to compel him to disclose his hoard of gold, which did not exist. They then fired the house. A NEW FAD. BERLIN, March 24. Tests are being made, and as a result it is alleged that a prejudicial effect on the eyesight is caused by black slates and white pencils in schools. A slate has boon invented with a dull while surface requiring a black crayon pencil. ATHLETICS IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, March 24. A Council of Ministers has approved the scheme for the creation of a special department for sports, tho development of athletics being regarded as one of the most important means of national progress. THE CAUSE OF INDIGESTION. LONDON, March 24. Dr. Fenwick, at the Institute of llvgieno, stated that ton per cent, of indigestion was caused by the slipping downwards of the organs of tho body. The straight-fronted corset had a groat advantage over its predecessors.