GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 22 January 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

j UNITED STATES RESTRICTIONS. i Received 21st,ti 8.411 p.m. ) New York, January 21. . There were 2324 fewer Japanese in th» i United States in December last than in December of 1900. The Washington authorities attribute the reduction to the effectiveness of the Japanese immigration restrictions. A SUCCESSFUL DRILLER. Received 21st, 8.49 p.m. Pretoria, January 21. j Professor Yates, of Johannesburg^ considers it is possible to iustal 4000 Binall drills, thereby displacing 24,000 native, miners. i >: .'j^j THE BRITISH PREMIER. Received al*>t t 9 p.m. Loudon, January 21. The Premier , sir Henry CampbellBannenuan has returned to Loudon. LORD Received 21-st U p.m. London, January 21. Lord Curzon has been elected au Irish representative peer, MARINE SAFEGUARDS. London, January 20. The Board of Trade has appointed a committee to consider the question of making it compulsory for all British steamers to carry lifeline and line-liring apparatus. j-jij ROBBERY OF JEWELS. London, January 20. George Flynn, a footman, has been arrested on a charge of stealing a diamond tiara from Melton Hall, Wexborough, Yorkshire. It was found buried in a manure heap, ■ i

CLERGY ON SOCIALISM. London, January 21. One hundred and twenty clergymen of various) denominations, 'including the Rev. R. J. Campbell and the Rev. Stewart Hendlam, have signed a. manifesto declaring that Christian Socialism is essentially the same as industrial Socialism, and involves public ownership and management of the menus of production, distribution, and exchange. UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS, lluenos Ayres, January 20. The Argentine Government proposes to prevent the landing of anarchistg or ' known criminals.

i ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY. New YorK, January 20, The Field Museum, of Chicago, is despatching Dr Dorslcy, the curator, on a world's mission to study anthropology. Ilr Dorsey will devote six months to iuvestigitimis in the. South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. MUTINY ON A WARSHIP. Paris, January 20. The engineers on the French cruiser Victor Hugo mutinied. The stokers and netty officers brought the vessel to Casablanca. GERMAN TRAITOR SENTENCED. ' Berlin, January 20. Wilhelm MielmcHa, a tailor, of Leipsic, has been sentenced to six years' penal servitude for selling military informa. tion to the French authorities.