GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 28 January 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

A PECULIAR EPIDEMIC. Received 27th, 4.57 p.m. London, January 2(i. Au outbreak of cerebrospinal meirjngitis has occurred at' Belfast. Eight dentin out of 12 cases are reported. FREEDOM OF GLASGOW CITW Keeeived 28th, 12.37 a.m. London, January 27. 11l accepting the honorary freedom of Glasgow, Sir 11. CsiiiipbeH-Ikiiincr-mau eulogised the city's municipal energy. He indicated" Parliament's willingness to strengthen local authorities' hands in dealing with matters of health. A STEAMER DAMAGED. Received 28th, 1.10 a.m. Sydney, January 27. The steamer Karitane has been docked here. While on the last voyage from Strahan, during the manoeuvring of the harbour, the steamer struck a rock. She leaked slightly, but the captain biought her to Sydney. Examination reveals extensive damage to the bottom. THE DUKE OF COXXAUGHT. Received 28th, 1.1!) a.m. [ Melbourne. January 27. The Governor-General has received a cable from the Dnke of C'oimaught in which he deeply appreciates the kind invitation to visit Australia, and sincerely regrets it is impossible to alter his arrangements, which were made long in advance. CURIOUS CASE. Loudon, Januarv 2.1. The (proprietors of M.A.P.,' which oll'cred I'uiancinl advice, have been ordered on the mounds of negligence to pay CI4UU lost through the city editor referring an investor privately to an untrustworthy outside broker SUICIDE.

Xew York January 2.5. ~ The Xew York Hera'd states that ' Make leader of the Irish Boer Brigade, has suicided. THE CANNED MEATS RESTRICTION. !

Ottawa, Januarv 2(1. ! Mr Fisher, Minister of Agriculture. ' ill a debate in the Canadian Commons on the question of compulsory inspec- ' tion of canned goods for export, said ' he had reason to believe that within j six months. Britain would exclude Canadian meats not provided with Government certificates. TROUBLE OS THE IXj)| \\ FRONTIER. London. January 21) The Afridis are boidlv rahliig the Indian frontier at Zakakahcd. HEAVY FROSTS. London. Januarv 2a. Sixty-three degrees of frost Was experienced at Galicia. 32 at Koni'.'sherg. and 22 in the f, ns of Lincolnshire. MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM |(||)lCULED.

London, January 25. Sir Henry Fowler, in a speech a .Wolverhampton, riilcnled Hi., wild urn nicipalist and Socialist schemes, an, declared that the men who reared ,h country's colossal trade ought to coi duct it. and not entrust it to commit tees of local councils. Such a trait for «-oulU prove fatal to the workiu classes. -.;,

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