GENERAL CABLES.

Waikato Times, Issue 12868, 15 May 1914, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

A DISMISSED CONSUL. LiCHT IN MINISTER'S OFFK E. V.'ASHINC lON, May !•'?. ,);ic<ili ('minor, formerly America a ('. Usui ;ii Si. iVter>lnirg. called in visi, M . \\ . ■!. \\v\ an ■■ Si-! ivtan of Staiei, Inn \\ ;is I'd' !m'(| iiiimii t;ilit r liy M ' Hauskoi i. a coiuideiit iiil clerk. A tisi ii-. t in - hi li t • i lollou cd in M : I * t"_\ ;;ll\ uliii-t . ;M1(! H hell sepa rated 1 ll< (■(iliili;il;int> were considerably dam- ;!■_!«■' t. * (' iimm \\ as rccciii Iy 11i^tiii;—«■<i i ruin lite Consular service. PORTUGUESE ASSASSIN. LYNCHED I'-V THE SOLDIERS. LISRON, May 13. A rt'M'l\i>l who" Was supposed td lie iin anti-militarist r»tjil»ln*cl .Major Gorl,.j:i |,i dentil outside (lie 'm tracks ;it (■(.Villi!!. Soldi.'is ;ittn< knl tin' prison. dragged out tin' assas>in. lynched liiin. ami riddled the I.\ with bullets. WEEK-END CABLE LETTERS. SYSTEM EXTENDS TO CANADA. LONDON, May 13. The Pacific Cable hoard lias arranged for the ininiediate introduction of weekend cable letti I's between C;iiliid;i and Australia and New Zealand at 1 Is Sd for I'll wind>. with 7d for each additional word. They will lie accepted and distrihuted in any point of Australasia and anywhere in Canada where the Canadian- | Pacific Railway's telegraphic system extends. FRENCH FINANCE. LOAN OK EIGHTY .MILLIONS. PA IMS. May 14. A Kreiich loan of *<> million sterling at 3j or 1 per cent, is expected about the end of .Line. AFFAIRS OF EMPIRE. AUSTRALIA'S GROWING SHARK. LONDON. May 13. The Snhinx ('lulebanquetod Sir 0. H. lieid (High Commissioner for Australia) at tl'.e Connaught rooms to-day. Sir George said that Australia had never played a larger part in the development of the Empire than in the past 20 or 30 yeai's. He hoped that all races of the Empire would develop the higher qualities, and every part become qualified to take a share in Imperial affairs, but any such attempt at present would lead to chaos. ETNA'S ERUPTION. NEW CRATER FORMED. ROME, May 13. A new crater has opened on the north-east side of Mount Etna. The central crater is ejecting smoke, flames, and cinders, while loud rumblings are continuous. LABOR'S FIGHTING FUND. RIG LEVY PROPOSED, SYDNEY, May 14. A conference of the Political Labor League and some unions resolved to ask all unions to levy a shilling per member and Labor members of Parliament to pay 10 per cent, of their salary to the Federal fighting fund. A FLYING TRAIN. FIVE MILES A MINUTE. LONDON, May 13. Electricians have examined the model ,of a new type fbf railway at Saffron Hill. This 1 , is cap*Bleyof a speed of 300 miles an hour. All have heap, greatly impressed wit& the possibilities of .the invention. . ..'■~ ..-■' • i . .... '

THF POLO CUP. niMTAi.vs tka.m *!■:.'.?■:( t;:;>. I.ONDn I ', My 13. T!i-> nolo [••:;!:] in '.•;■> ;■■ A: erica to j emleavnr to r.-«-apti:iv J- I'olo Cup Wvnsisis ni Captain Tuinkin.-'iii ill. Mi j lii'igi.aiii il/i, Major Bario'i i3i, and Captain Leslie Cii. «upe (La:-'. MELCA COMING BACK. b'KTI'DN VISIT To AUSTRALIA. I.OXDUX. May S. Madame M.lha. Will, is IK.V. .-.pp. ;.]■- ing in ••Othello" in Paris, is considering plan- lor another visit ; lt Australia al'ti " June next your. She pr 0,,,-... to ncil-: • a >:.\\ ~; Honolulu on !: ■>■ w-; <u S:i!i KVoiicUcvCitt »liicli 1.-itt >r city lii-i M'iM'ii « ould coincide w iili tin' closing 01 the Paii;-m:i Exposition, The nr.d'-naking will in one of unproeodeiitod magnitude, as Melba's I'OpertoiiV will Comprise 3<l Op.Tils, to'' the production of which more than 3-)fi artists will he necessary. BRILLIANT TENNIS. . LONDON. May 13. Much interest was taken in the appearance of Brookes and Wilding in the hard court tournament in the Roehampton doubles. They brilliantly defeated Blair and Larking, losing only fifteen strokes in two sets. SEX HYGIENE IN SCHOOLS. LONDON. May 13. A committor representing the County Council Elementary Schools in a report considers that teaching sex hygiene as a class subject is inadvisable, but that some instruction or guidance should he given in secondary schools to adolescent pupils and students attending evening classes.