GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81866, 16 October 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

LONDON ALDERMEN IN PARIS. < Paris October 15. ' The Lord Mayor of London, the ' Sheriff and Aldermen, and' sixty ' others arc paying a few days' visit to ' Paris. They have been received j with immense enthusiasm. FRENCH NAVAL PROGRAMME. c Paris, October 14. ', After hearing three Cabinet Min- i isters, the French Budget Committee I has relinquished the idea of three in stead of six battleships and ihe sub- c stitution of smaller craft, including submarines. * A MILLION FOR CHARITY. * London, October 14. " Obituary: The widow- of Sam Lewis, money lender. Her death re- ° leases a million sterling for bequests to charities. l CARDIFF DOCK SALE OFF, | London, October 14. The Cardiff Corporation has de- '.' clined to purchase the Marquis o[ '_ Bute's docks on the ground of the ** heaviness of the municipal debts. '' (It was recently reported that the l ' Marquis had made an offer of the docks to the Corporation.) FEMALE SUFFRAGISTS. " London, October 14. The Chancellor of the Exchequer f

(the Hon. Id. H. Asquiih), at Ladybank, in audiencing a deputalion of suffragettes, said the probable results, whether for good or evil, of the enfranchisement of women, had beer, much exaggerated, but he did not believe a majority of women desired the right, and he was unable to withdraw lis opposition to the measure. BIG SHIPMENT OF SPECIE. London, October 14. The liner Norman left Capetown tviih one million of specie, which is a record shipment from South Africa. KRUGER'S ULTIMATUM. Capetown, October 14. The Dutch at Pretoria are celebratng the anniversary of Kruger's ultinatum.