GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8080, 10 April 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

KING'S HOSPITAL FUND. London, April 8. Tlie sum of £361,078 was contributed to the King's Hospital fund last year. The normal receipts arc £20,000 over tlie expenditure, and tlie capital nearly a million. JAPAN'S ARMY. London, April 8. Field-Marshal Oyama is retiring at liis own request. General Kodama succeeds liim as Chief of tlie General Staff. ROYALTY. London', April 8. King Edward and Queen Alexandra have sailed for Corfu, where the Prince and Princess of Wales and the King of Greece will join them. FRENCH DEFENCE. Paeis, April 8. At the instance of the Minister for War, the French Government is instituting a Committee of Defence for the purpose of unifying the action of the Foreign War, Marine, and Colonial Ministers. BANKRUPTCY LAWS. London, April 8. The President of the Board ot Trade, the Bight Hon. D. Lloyd-George, has appointed a Committee to inquire into the bankruptcy laws. BRITISH TRADE. London, April 8. British imports for March increased by £1,287,000 and exports by £3,580,000, compared with the previous March. - INTEGRITY OF THE EMPIRE. London, April 8. Lord Curzon, late Viceroy of India, speaking at the Pilgrims' Club dinner in London, said if Natal was lost wo were on the way to lose the Empire. Lord Milner had administered South Africa in tlie interests of the people, and a long succession #f Viceroy s had administered India in tie same spirit, which, he hoped would always continue. GOOD * TIMES. : ' ' Sidney, April 9. _;.!Ehe manager of Sargood, Son and %*fsa, speaking at the annual picnic, siud >tliere had been an increase of forty-five per centum in the business done by tlie firm during the past two mon'.hs. and-.frost Mat ho could gather a similar satisfactory state of offairs bould be reported by most of the firms in Sydney, leaving no room to doubt a return of good times.