GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 11 December 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

RADIUM CUBE FOE CASUEK. ,' St. Petersburg, December '.I. Several Russian doctors claim that radium bat cured General Poehl of ranter. General Poehl has signed a certificate to this effect. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE IX AMERICA j New York, December !'. One hundred and forty-one actors and ■stream have been arrested at Kmsas City lor breaches of the Sunday ob--■emsce law. Even sacred concerts are prohibited at New York. ; BRIGANDS PUXISHED. Constantinople, December 9. One of the brigands who kidnapped Colonel Elliot was sentenced at Salonica to 15 years' penal servitude another to 12 years', and eight to 10 years'.

STAHTORD UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS. Melbourne, December 10. Thomas Stanford, brother of Leland Stanford, founder of the Lelaud Stanford Unhrersity, California, who has been a resident of Melbourne for 47 years, has formnlated a scheme of endowments to enable Australian students to attend the Stanford University. He will set aside in Us will £SOOOO, which will yWd sufficient to permit six oj eight students to attend the University annnallv. The details will be left in "the hand*. of the University trustees.

; REDUCTION OF LICENSES. Sydney, December 10. The special court for the reduction of licenses has ordered the closing of nine of the hotel bars at Broken Hill, in accordance with the local option irate, A CENTENARIAN'S DEATH. Sydney, December 10. John Brown, an inmate of Liverpool Asylum, has died at the age of 119 years. He arrived in the State 87 years ago. He had served in the Navy. KEIR HABDIE IX AUSTRALIA. Adelaide. December 10. Mr. Keir Hardie, although favorably impressed by what he has seen of Australia, has not yet been able to pick np any points for his own party. Labor parties in England, he considers, are more highly organised than in Australia and more comprehensive.

ATTEMPTED DYNAMITE OUTRAGE. Bombay, December !). An attempt was made to dynamite a train conveying Sir A. H. Fraser, Lieut.Govemor of Bengal, and Lady Fraser,, between Warayangar and Benapur. Several sleepers were blown to fragments and a big hole was made in the ground. The engine, however, was not derailed, and no one wa« hurt.

PLOT AGAIN'ST KLVG CARLOS. . Lisbon. Decemlier 10. T»« bombs were discovered uivler the floor of the Royal box at San Carlo; Theatre, Lisbon. They were connected with electric wires leading behind tin etage. An Italian electrician employed a the theatre was arrested on suspicion He committed roicide. THK VLADITOSTOCK MUTINY. St. Petersburg, December 9. Twenty-one sailora at VladiTostock iav* been «entene*d to death and twenty-four to penal servitude for hemp concerned in the recent mutiny.