GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 169, 8 July 1908, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

QUEBEC TERCENTENARY. THE. KING'S REPRESENTATIVE. Received' July 8,0.21 a.b. London, July 7. Ikrl Roberts represents King Edward at the Quebec tercentenary;

i«MIE FOR NURSES. London, July (i. Queen Alexandra opened the new building of the Royal National Home for Nurses on the Victoria Embankment. Two thousand nurses welcomed the King and Queen at the building. King Edward paid a high tribute to the unselfish devotion of the nursing profession.

PURCHASE OK. IRISH LANDS.. London, July fi. The Government is issuing a loan of £5,000,000 at 8!)'/j for the purchase of Irish lands.

The cheapness of the. new issue of Irish land debentures has caused the price of existing Irish stock to recede by 1% to 90"/;.

A LOST EXPLORER. London, July li. Serious fears are entertained regarding the fate of Sven Hedin, the explorer, who has been travelling in Tibet,

A HUGE FIRE. New York, July li. A fire at Port au Prince (capital of Hayti) destroyed four hundreu tags, including Wie courthouse, the pripon, and the arsenal. There was an explosion of ammunition when the arsenal caught fire.

MOTOR ACCIDENT. Paris ,July 7. Seventy-five thousand people at Dieppe watched the international automobile race.

Hael Watt, a prominent English motorist, was accidentally killed while motoring near Dieppe on Friday.

A WHEAT RING. • Sydney, July 7. Leading commercial men, giving evidence before the Wheat Commission. denied the existence of a wheat ring in New Souuhl Wales.

ABORIGINAL MURDERERS. ', Perth, July 7. Mr. McDonald, a station owner at Turkey Creek, was shot dead by a native named Major. Major, who is well armed and is accompanied by three other natives, threatens to take vengeance On other whites.