GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 450, 27 February 1909, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

London, February 24

A by-election for the Taunton seat, owing to the resignation of Sir Edward Boyle, resulted as follows :

Hon. W. R. Peel (Unionist Tariffite) ... ... 1976 Mr Frank Smith (Labour) 1085 London, February 25.

Vermder, secretary of the Penge Building Society, was sentenced to six years’. imprisonment for defalcations amounting to ,£20,000. The sum of ,£2500 in notes and gold was stolen from the treasury of the Cruiser Indomitable, while the vessel was anchored at Sheerness.

The Kducation Committee of the London County Council proposes to spend nearly a million pounds during the next 18 months on elementary and secondary schools. The Crystal Palace has proved a financial failure. The Lord Mayor and the Mayors of other London boroughs are considering a scheme for securing the Palace, and organising a national park and museum. Quito, February 25. A shocking railway accident is reported from Riohamba, in Ecuador, where a train was derailed and hurled a hundred feet over a cliff. Twenty-five people were killed and 40 injured. London, February 25. One of the Italian correspondents of the Times states that representatives of foreign Governments are watching the aeroplane experiments in Great Britain with surprise and amusement. The Wright brothers are unaware of any idea Mr Haldane may have of engaging their services. Ni-:w York, February 24. The Supreme Court upheld the fine of ,£21,600 imposed on the New York Central Railway Company for granting rebates to the American Refining Company.