GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 6 September 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

London, September 4. In the cricket match Marylebone v. Yorkshire, Fielder took six wickets for 30 runs.

In the jnatch Surrey v. Lancaster, Hayes made 157. [ In the cricket match Gentlemen v. Players of the South, Jessop scored 191 in 90 minutes.

There is a great .outcry in the Radicil press against the action of the Government of India selecting Mr. Cottes, the JDaily Mail's correspondent at Simla, to collect and supply the officials of India with daily Indian news. The service will cost £lO6 monthly. Sydney, September 5.

English advices state that Professor David, of Sydney University, has arranged to accompany Commander Shackleton's Antarctic expedition to King Edward the Seventh Land. Melbourne, September 5.

The new agreement between the Steamship Owners' Federation and the Federated Seamen's Union has been signed. It takes effect from September Ist next. No alterations have been made to the ordinary rates of pay, but the overtime rates have been increased as cabled yesterday. Some alterations are made in regard to holidays. Hobart, September 5. The no-confidence motion proposed in the Legislative Assembly was defeated by 17 votes to 11. Ottawa, September 4. A message from Winnipeg reports that Nikkelsen's Arctic expedition has been lost. Berlin, September 4. The theft of a German secret artillery Ixxtk of instructions regarding the use of the new brecchloading guns has led Ito the arrest of two non-commissioned officers at Coblentz and Metz, and two civilians at the fronti"r. The civilians documents. It is suspected that there is a plot to supply France with the secrets.