YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8051, 17 February 1906, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

• • ■ S " OLD AGE PENSIONS. G Sydney, February 14. V The Federal Old Age Pensions Committee is drafting a report, recommen- * diug the abandonment of the idea of making the pension available to nomen at 60, and putting them on the same footing as men, also making the age 65, and saving £IOOO a year. ts A MURDEROUS PROPOSAL. jj N London, February 10. U Tlic Labour Council is greatly alarm- 7. Ed at the proposal to allow Dr. Danysz' m to inoculate rabbits with a fatal dis-' '." ease, possibly communicable to man, I and urge the Government to prohibit' „| ts introduction and dissemination. K iu PLAGUE. London, February 15. Six deaths from plague have occur- j; red in Hong Kong for a week y, Perth, February 10 K Two deaths from plague have oc- " currcd. JJEULOGY OF MR DEAKIN. ai London, February 15. The "Times" eulogises Mr Dea- ij' kin's (Federal Premier) dexterous lead. £ ership, also the output of the session, L and hopes legislators will hare eomniouscnse and sound political instincts q to overcome the obstacles to immigra- '•' tios legislation, which is vital and ur. .} gen*. j. SUBTERRANEAN EARTHQUAKE g Ottawa, February 15. Y. An earthquake, accompanied by a rising of the sea, greatly damaged the Colombian coast, and swallowed the ', port of Boca Grande. PUNCH EDITORIAL CHANGES. 1 t! n London,'; February 15. SirF. G. Burnand has resigned the editorship of "Punch, and Mr Owen • Seaman, assistant editor, has succeeded '. to the position. i T THE KAFFIR DISORDERS. ! Capetown, February 15. ' Three chiefs and live hundred na- ' lives in Nedillovo district of Natal, thanked Mr H. D. Winter, Secretary . for Native Affairs, for his visit, and : promised to pay poll tax. , The tension has been relieved. Europeans iu the vicinity had con- . structed langcrs, fearing an attack. ' MARCONIGRAMS. London, February 15. A Marconigrain informed Ireland of King Christian's (of Denmark) death. PATENT MEDICINE LEGISLATION. Ottawa, February 15. Bills have been introduced in the Legislature of Ontario and Columbia \ requiring manufacturers of patent .medicines to specify the ingredients, .especially their alcohohic strength. Earl Grey (Governor-Generai), addressing the McGill University, stated jhal in one advertised medicine there teas contained forty and a half per rent, of alcohol. AMERICAN NAVAL PROPOSAL. New Vokk, February 15. TheScuatiAit Washington, by thirty, eight to twenty-seven, passed the Shipping Bill promoted by Senator Jacob w Gallincr, creating u naval volunteer fleet, and establishing American mail s Tvices to foreign markets. The American House voted six hundred thousand dollars to fortify V J{a\raii and the Philippines.

Sir Geo. Clifford purchased theStepniak— Illusiou colt De Witte from Mr f. Holuies, after his victory in the I'.J.C. Kichuwud Plate last Saturday.