GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1017, 13 July 1911, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

SLEW HIS TWIN BROTHER. THE END OF HIS SUFFERINGS. TOKIO, June 25. The newspapers iu Tokio unanimously commend tho release of a Japanese Malsukato, who was convicted of the murder of Ids twin brother under remarkable circumstances. Tlie latter was attacked with cancer of tho stomach, and his sufferings became so intense that ho pleaded to his brother to put him out of his misery. After a heartrending farewell Matsukuto took a sword and slow hisbrotlicr with ono blow. The operation of tiio sentence of two .jours passed upon the prisoner has been suspended for three years, which is tauta. mount to its cancellation, CRYSTAL PALACE FOR SALE. PROPERTY VALUED AT £1,500,000. NEW YORK, Juno 26. New York papers publish advertisements announcing that tho Crystal Palaoa in Loudon is for sale. The announcement is qualified with the statement that it is earnestly hoped that someone may eomo forward and save tho historic building for tho British people. Tho total value of tin property wiln tho surrounding land is estimated at £1,500,000. Practically over since it was built sixty years ago the Crystal Palace has been a “white elephant. Many efforts have been made to. boom tho leviathan glass building at Sydi iham into some sort of a success, but ili-luck has followed it right through. Only a little while ago the last company that was looking after tho destinies of the Palace —as it is familiarly known to Londoners —went into liquidation. GERMAN ARMY MANOEUVRES. KAISER TO LEAD 250,000 MEN. BERLIN, Juno 27. The German army manoeuvres this year will be on a scare oi unprecedented splendour. It is expected that tho Kaiser himself will lead the 250,000 men who will be in tho field. Tho most spectacular event will bo the attack on die capital by half the army, comprising tho Second and Ninth Army Corps and a cavalry division, which, for the purposes of the mimic warfare, will be assumed to havo effected a landing on tho Madilenburg coast. The defence of the city will be undertaken by a corps of Guard, a picked cavalry division, and the Army Corps Reservists.

Many notable foreign visitors, including tho I’rinco of Wales, will bo among tlu> spectators.