GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 199, 12 August 1908, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

DISTINCTION for an under SECRETARY. Heceived 11, 11.10 p.m. "ml Francis Hm>, !' e ™ conferred on Sii the Colonies! Lndcr Seel etary f Ol A FISHING BOAT MISHAP. ti.„ n -London, August JO the &hL trai !! inß shi P ran u nn the fishjpg schooner Maggie Alav ta-.L , tue ,Ks - of the Maggie \r. lv \ civ\v were drowned. A VETERAN HUATBAIAX. n i London, August in ti, W s tsoDj -oldest raasterof the foxhounds in the United Kingdom of th M m ° f Geolgc Wat So n. mast™ of the Melbourne Hounds, is dead. PENSION PROPOSITION REJECTED. Bloemfontein, August 10. lhe Onangia AssemWy deleted from m t ' lc Totes 'or pensions for ?ffici«l s of tiio old Orange Fr4 stat c including the Chief Justice. 1

HUGE STEAMERS. London, August 10 Two new White Star liners now 'jn lo? •?£ COl ' 3tr uction will be 800 feet amfsomn a of , betw ' eeil 45.000 3p wi" be 19 to THE PIGEON TELEGRAPH. Vienna, August 10 a ■n'f'tary precaution the Government of Austria-Hungary has prohibited the bringing of live pigeons into the "P lre without the permission of the military authorities. A GIGANTIC HOTEL. v London, August 10. " gjgautic hotel is being built in the Mrand on the site of tile old Exetqf f aU - Th « proprietors, Have purchased or the new hotel twenty Australianmade pianos which were exhibited at ■ «he Franco-British Exhibition.

THE OLYMPIC GAMES. London, August 10. Ah letter has Iwen written to the I Olympic Games Council on behalf of the Australian team thanking the British public for the hospitality and kindness shown to the team. The letter states that the team leaves England with most pleasant recollections, and its members will always testify to the sportsmanlike qualities of the British people. ' |

GENERAL BOOTH. London, August 10. General Booth, head of the Salvation Army, has left England to undertake a two months' tour of South Africa. KING EDWARD. London, August 10. King Edward has left for Kronsberg where tile German Kaiser has already arrived. The King will afterwards go to Isclil. flfe is accompanied by Sir Charles Hardinge, late Ambassador at St. Petersburg.