GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 23 October 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

CSITKD STATES POLITICS.

•m. » . ~^ cw York, October 21. ThtHefuHjcan Party in the State of r, Jlr 2" wants Impendence league haVe t*alp«i«tf.L Much surpriw is expttaeed in Sew York at this fusion. niE IXi'I'JRE OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. New Yort, OctoEer 21. Jp j. A. Edison predicts that Maremu will, *;thin ten years, be able to 9vaa a thousand words a minute across (he Aliantit, IRAPALGAR DAY CELEBRATIONS. Octooer 21. Aeisms wlamn was decorated and ■any wreath» placed at the foot in aeiaorjr <'i Trafalgar. ¥Uyrs were fcrfit*] in fCBt of the public building in tie United Kingdom. The Navy League's annual service was he'd at Si. Martin's ChuMi, Trafalgar Square. TilK /.sOoT WRECK EN'QCIRV. I Adelaide, October '22. Tie Marino inquiry into the reek of the ship Aagot finds that more care Should hare >ren taken to verify th> ■hip'# position than could be done bv deid ricke-ai^g. BRITAIN' S CONTROL OF EGYPT. London, October 21. 6ir E. Grey, in reply to a memorial tfgned by Lord Coleridge, Mr Leonard Courtney and the Rev. Dr. Clifford, appealing for the prompt release of the Egyptian? concerned in the assault on British officers at Denshawi, said he eould not at present add to his recent Statement in Parliament on the subject. [I» the House of Commons, discussing the Foreign Office voCe, Sir E. Grey forertttoowed a revision of the sentences passed on the assailants of British office™ at Denshawi in Egypt last year. Tw senti ices, he said, would be rcvis*ad IS Boon as it was clear that clemency Would not be interpreted by the Moslems 4H weakncfs.]

London, October 21. Lotd St Aldwyn, speaking at Cheltennsjn, said the Government's excessive .Wfakcew had given wild socialism its prwait prominence. He agreed that it Wi® impossible to combat socialism jy Bjete negation and individualism or hv the gospel of selfishness. Much that was advocated by socialists was pure rpbbery. The success of socialism, he !? estro y the mainspring c( fndmdiul enterprise— personal interest.

THREATENED RAILWAY STRIKE.

London, October 21. I SIT. Fox, secretary of the Associate Jdiginef rs, warned the association of the danger of rushing into conflict with the railway companies. The companies, he MM, were preparing to board and feed "Maeklegs," besides giving them wag»B Of £1 a week. A DISASTROUS FIRE. London, October 21. Bobert Barbour and Brothers' wareBOQAe branch at Manchester was burned down. The loss is estimated at £120,000. A CLAIMANT TO MILLION'S. Malbounie, October 22. Another claimant of the Pago millions lias put In an appearance in the person Of Arthur F. Page, of Carlton, who J claims to be the lineal descenilant '■ r ■ Henry Page, the last direct holder of tin estate. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. W' Sydney, Octolier 2-2. Mr." Held, manager of Commander Bhacklrton's Antarctic expedition, lias arrived here en route for New Zealand. Where he is to complete the final arrangements for the expedition. SUPPRESSING TATTERSALLS. F ; MeHiourne, October 22. The Commonwealth Gazette contains a notice prohibiting the delivery of correapondence through the post to' Oxenham and Wren. The news created ?oine consternation amor. e Iwokmakers. An order Issued agan*t a Tasm.-inian firm -trikVs the most serious blow at Tat trr-.ill ~ •weeps experienced fr, r son „. Tim( . Steps are also Win? taken"bv the f.r,' ▼eminent to see whether another n direct method of obtaining T.tM.'r- 1!!' ticket! cannot be dealt with.