GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 98, 14 April 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE HERMAN LOANS. Received April 13, 11.60 p.in. Berlin, April 13. The new German, loans were ulightly oversubscribed. SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. Paris, April 12. M. de la Range in his aeroplane travelled C'/j miles in flmin. Bscc. In the last 4>/ 3 miles the -machine did not touch the ground. A NEW GERMAN CRUISEri. Berlin, April 12. The new 15,000-ton cruiser Blucher for the German navy has been launched. STATUE TO VIROHOW. Berlin, April 12. The German Government has refused permission for the erection of a statue of Virchow. The residents of Berlin" are greatly annoyed at this decision. (Virchow was an eminent medical scientist of last century. He put into definite form the theory that animal life was made up of the combined life of numerous cells, and invented a system of medical treatment to accord with this He is considered the father of the pathological scientists who are trying to reduce medical treatment to an exact science.}

PHESI-DEXT .ROOSEVELT'S POLICY. New York, April 12. Tlit* Itepuhlieuii Convention of New York State adopted a platform supporting ProsiiUmt Koosovelt's policy, favour* ing an early revision of the tariff, and favouring the nomination of Mr. lluglics, Governor of the State, for the Presidency. A "REAL TENNIS" MATCH. . New York, April 12. J. Gould, of England, defeated Eustace Miles for the " real tennis" (not lawn tennis) championship of New York by three sets to one. There was immense interest in the match. Many seats were sold for fifty dollars each.

TAINTED SAUSAGES. London, April 12. Thirty firms have been struck oft tllfl list o! the British War Office contractors for supplying tainted sausages to the French Army.

MURDERER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. London, April 12. Rayncr, the murderer of Whiteley, the "Universal Provider," again attempted to commit suicide in prison.