GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 414, 23 July 1908, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Constantinople, July 21. Four young officers of the garrison at Seres killed their colonel. It has transpired that Osman Heydet is severely, not fatally, wounded. The garrison at Tikvesh has joined the Young Turkey party. London, July 21. The action of Agent-General against the Exhibition authorites has been settled, the latter paying all costs and undertaking to erect illuminate;! signboards throughout the grounds wherever required by the Agents, and 0.1 lup of the Australian buildings. [This action arose on Recount of. the London Mail erecting an obstruction in front of the Australian section.] London, July 21. The Wesleyan Conference decided that although the time had come for a more definite statement of what constituted membership of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, no further action should be taken until the mind ofWesleyans generally was ascertained. The District Synods were requested to report on the question at next conference.

King Edward and Queen Alexandra received at Buckingham Palace the Archbishop and Bishops who attended the Lambeth Confer-' ence. Replying to their address, the King acknowledged their recognition of his efforts in the cause of peace, -and the interest he and Queen Alexandra took in the work of alleviating sickness and suffering. The co-operation of the Conference must be a powerful influeuce both in the cause of peace and charity, he added. The House of Commons spent an all-night sitting over the first clause of the Licensing Bill, providing lor the statutory liniUalion of licenses. Not much progress was made, but much heat was shown in the discussion.

A sharp passage occurred between Mr Asquith and Mr Austen Chamberlain, the latter declaring the Premier discourteous, and suggesting that he had not read the Bill. Lord K. Cecil and others intervened, and the Chairman finally stopped the tumult, narrowly averting a scene.