GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8147, 3 July 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

MILITARY TRAINING FOR BOYS. Lomiox, July 1. A city meeting has decided to raise 'a thousand pounds at the outset, and £|illl per annum, to train and equip 500 boys from the city elementary schools in connection with Lord Roberts' scheme for training schoolboys in the use of the rifle. TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH. Bhcsski.s, July 1. Mr George Montefiore, a resident of Brussels, has bequeathed £'loo,ooo towards the discovery of a means for the prevention of consumption. AUSTRALIA AND RUSSIAN JEWS. Sydney, July 2. A meeting of the Zionist League has adopted a resolution of indignation at the Russian atrocities. Dr. Arthur, President of the Immigration League, lias submitted a scheme for the settlement of Russian and Polish Jews iu Australia. It has been favorably r 'eived. THE TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY. ADGLimn, July 2. Willi reference to the Trans-Contin-ental Railway cable, the Premier (Mr T. Price) states that the syndicate mentioned has been formed by Mr A. Harrold, formerly of Adelaide and now of London. Mr R. MeEwen is the Adelaide representative of the syndicate. The Premier cannot understand the statement that the syndicate is awaiting the decision of the South Australian Government, because it was cabled last week.