GENERAL CABLES.

Waikato Times, Issue 12860, 6 May 1914, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

TASMANIAN CRISIS. QUESTION'S IX THK COMMONS. LONDON. May 4. In tlif House oi Cimiiuoiis yesterday. .Mr Artliur Lynch. Nationalist M.l\ lor Clare. f|in*stioiU'(l Mr L. V. Harcourt (Colonial Secretary) upon the Tasinaninii situation. He suggested that an important document had been withheld, and asked whether Sir \Y. Ellison Macartney (Coventor) had marked an official communication as confidential.Mr Harcourt. in reply, said that the documents had not arrived, hut he had no reason to suppose that when received they would not place him in full possession of the tacts. He had no information regarding the Governor's alleged action. He had In en ill telegraphic communication witli Sir Elison Macartney, hut with nohody elsc. CAILLAUX FIGHTS A DUEL. KIISKS IN THK All!. PA IMS. May 4. As the outcome of all election dispute. M. Caillaux fought a duel with M. Dallieres. the arrangement being that two shots each lie exchanged at *_>•"> paces. M. Dallieres tiifmi first, hut did not hit M. Caillaux. The latter, who iv :i clack shot, then fired in the ;;ir. CONTROL OF THE HARBORS. LOCAL MANAGEMENT BEST. LONDON. May 4. Expert evidence.belore the Ul.vtli Harlior Commission was unanimous that it j was a mistake to place harbors under State control. j It was stated that Liverpool and Glasgow had achieved greatness because they werc> managed I»v shipowners, merchants, and traders, who understood the requirements ol the ports. TREATY OF WAITANGI. KING AND THK MAORI CHIEFS. LONDON. .May 4. It is anticipated that His Majesty the King will receive the Maori chief's arriving to discuss the observance of the Treaty of Waitangi. SUFFRAGETTE MISCHIEF. MORE PICTI*RE-SLASHING. LONDON, .May 4. An elderly suffragette, Mary Wood, with a chopper slashed in three places Sargent's portrait of Henry James, one of the most notable portraits in the Academy. She was arrested. It is estimated that the picture can be repaired for £2OO. Suffragettes burned the Cave Hill bowling and, tennis pavilion at Belfast. GIVEN A CLEAR RUN. LABOR IX THE TRANSVAAL COUNCIL. CAPETOWN. May 4. Members of both the Government and the Dutch Opposition in the Transvaal Provincial 7 Council withdrew from the proceedings because the Labor Party was forcing through legislation declared to be ultra vires by the Crown Law officers. The Laborites remained and passed Bills which deprive the Government 6i nearly all its powers. WOMAN ON THE BRIDGE. CHEW DEVOTED ADMIRERS. COPENHAGEN, May 4. Madame Banding, wife of a k ship's doctor, was appointed captain of the trans-Atlantic steamship Copenhagen. The crew was at first somewhat disgusted at having to obey the woman, but when she demonstrated her thorough "seamanship" they became her devoted admirers.

ART AND THE NUDE. POSTCARD STATI'AJiY. HKIJLIN, May 4. Tin- Supreme Court held that postcard reproductions of nude statuary reflected the artistic value of the originals. Famous artists strenuously opposed the suggest ion that the sale of such post cards led to immorality. SELF INSURANCE. . LONDON, .May 4. Tile Glasgow Corporation has decided t.i undertake its own accident insurances in connection with the tramways. the companies having increased the premium from C11,It'll! to 1'.'11.000 since 190 S. The experience of Glasgow and Leeds has shown that sell-insurance is (50 per ceilt. cheaper than insurances effected through tile companies. CANAL AND THE NAVIES. LONDON. May 4. The Admiralty's invitation to workmen to volunteer for service in Bermuda indicates that the opening of the Panama Canal is influencing the arrangements of ships in the West Tndian station. The 21 years old Hermoine and four armoured i misers cannot lie regarded as sufficient piotection to British interests in this aioa. MIXED BATHING. LONDON. May 4. Mixed bathing is not allowed in most London baths, hut Camherwell made the experiment and found unprecedented patronage. They could not accommodate the crowds attending, and the Council decided to extend the hours during which mixed bathing is permissible.