GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 53, 21 February 1908, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

THE GOVERN OK -HEX ER ALSIII I'. j J-oiuluii, February l!i. I 'ihe Colonial Ollice denies any knowledge of the appointment of Mr. oladstone to the Coventor - Generalship <if Ausl ralia. THE IiI'LCARIAN I.M.MICRA YI'S. Sydney, Febllla l'V I'll. Two -mail bands ,',f Unitarians are now on their way to Australia and New Zealand. A oalilc has been scut ' ( > S«C/ in Warn them of the plight of ihcii countrymen who were dumped in Australia a lew weeks ago, DEPARTMENTAL I'AV.ME.XTS. Rrisbanc, February Jo. The Coveinuient has -Uspenicd ,U----partinenlal payments. Tiiir- course liaheen taken Itecause Parliament ha- not made. appropriations. Parliament will he called immediately lo reniedv the truulile. AUSTRALIAN SINGER'S Slu |-;>s. Home, IVluuan hi. I'ralitis -Vlda. a Melbourne man. achieved it great success in the opera "Lui.-a,'' al Las.-ala Theatre., .Milan. The local newspapers are enthusiastic in his praise. FIGHTING JN MOROCCO. Morocco, February 1 it. The French forces, using the bayonet, ill seven charges, repulsed the .Moors' attacks near 1-edalla. lwo ollicei's and several men were killer. Tweuty were wounded. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. Loudon, February l!l. ' Eighty-lour deaths from inliucii/.i . have been reported in London during the past week. •SIANTKAITI'RE OK WHISKY. London, February I!), 'ihe Government has appointed l.onl ■Tallies of Hereford chairman of the com mission which in to enquire whether it is desirable to introduce restrictions regarding materials and processes to V. used in the manufacture of Scotch and Irish whisky. A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. Capetown, February I'.'. 1 A punitive expedition killed or wounded one hundred and sixty men of 1 the lvisii tribe, near the Lake terminus 1 of the Uganda railway, for attacking Mr. Northcote, District Commissioner, and murdering an Indian trader. The Kisii have surrendered. STL'I)I OF .MEN TAL DISEASES. Ijondoii. F'bttary 111. Dr. Henry Mattdlcy. the menial ?|Wcialist. has offered the l/indon County Council .aiUWO towards the establishinent of a hospital for mental diseases. DESECRATING KRUOKR'S (iRAVK. Pretoria. February 111. referring lo the withdrawal of the charges of desecrating President Klager's grave. Mr. de Yiliiers, the Transvaal Attorney-General, declared thai the oHiccrs and the civilian who bail been arrested were innocent of 11k 1 charge. IMPORTING FARM I.AIIOR. Sydney. February '2O. Owing to the great shortage of boy labor negotiations have been opened uii with the Barnardo. Mullcr. an.l Quarrier Homes which in the pas! have sent lads to Canada, to whether a supply suitable for farm work cannot bo -e,:; to Australia. It is propo-ed to send a trial batch of twenty-live. J" DRIVEN OFT To ska. Brisbane. February 20. j The crew of the C'lnremimt light ship ' ptil o(T to a passing strainer, and wire unable lo regain tbe liglil ship. They ' were six days without food. Afier great hardships they landed on (lima inland. where friendly blacks fed them.