GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 495, 16 October 1909, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

London, Oct. 13

A new battleship-cruiser (one of the second pair of Dreadnoughts on the 1909-1910 Estimates) will be commenced at Devenport in November.

Engines will be installed to yield 70,000 horse-power, and a speed of thirty knots an hour is expected. The new cruiser-battleship will be armed with 13'5-inch guns, which are under construction by several firms.

New York, Oct. 14

The campaign for the Mayoralty in succession to Mr G. B. M’Clellan, is causing great excitement in New York. Mr Justice Gayuor—despite the fact that until lately he had denounced the evils of Tammany Hall —has accepted Tammany’s nomination. Mr W. R. Hearst, the millionaire newspaper proprietor, is antiTammany. He is exhibiting a waxworks, with a chamber of horrors, showing Tammany bribing judges and protecting disorderly women and criminals. London, Oct. 14.

Mr J. M. Barrie, novelist and playwright, has divorced his wife. Mr Gilbert Cannam, novelist, is co-respondent. The case was not defended. Mr and Mrs Barrie met Mr Cannam 18 months ago, in connection with the agitation lor the abolition of the censor.

London*, October 13,

The Philippine Customs tariff came into operation on October 4th. The British Board of Trade has issued the text of the tariff, with a preface drawing shippers’ attention to the preference clauses.

New York, October 14,

Dealing with Commander Peary's indictment —based mainly on Eskimo evidence —of Dr Cook’s claim to having reached the North Pole, Dr Cook declines to enter into a newspaper controversy. He says that he will shortly, submit proof of his claim to the Danish Geographical Society, which on his return conferred its medal on him.

Peary’s accusations, says Cook, are the same old story. The Eskimos who accompanied him (Cook) to the Pole, promised him that they would give Peary no information, They have kept their word, but their evasive replies to Peary’s queries have been twisted and perverted to suit Peary’s interest.

London, October 13

Extraordinary disclosures have been made in connection with the examination in bankruptcy of Miss Violet Charlesworth, whose tragic disappearance after a motor-car accident, and subsequent tracking down by the police last year, caused such a sensation.

Miss Charlesworth alleges that she had great expectations from gentlemen, including ,£155,000 frqrn Alexander M’Donald, who was last heard of in Melbourne. The Official Receiver suggests that these gentlemen are mythical.