GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 208, 24 August 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

. A WEALTHY ESTATE. Roccivcd 23, 4.15 p.m. ~„ London, October 22. 1 lie estate of the lato George Coper, a well-Tcnown Hngli* bookmaker and landowner, is reported at nearly half a WESTRALIAN POLITICS. „ ~ Pcl 'tl>, August 22. 1 arliament has been dissolved. The polling day will bo September 11. PRESIDENT OF TERU. Lima, August 21. Senor Aiigiwto Leguin, the late Pwnner, has been appointed President of Pern. BUSH FIRES IN CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, August 21 Inrest fires aro sweeping along the ) o.cmte Valley. The (iiant RenVood -:e s t is threatened with destruction. COTTON SPINNING. London, August 21. kw cotton-spnraing firms of Ma* Chester have decided to reduce their emp oyeeS' wages by 5 per cent M the employees decline to submit to this rejl"Hmn the companies will institute a

TANGIER AMBASSADORSHIP. _,. „ London, August 21. The Hon. R, Councillor to the British Ambassador at Paris, succeeds Sir G. A. Lowthcr as Ambassador at Tangier, A NEW CLUB. London, August 81. The Imperial Colonial Club Oias been opened in new premisc»- in Picadilly. The Club lias a membership of 3000. BRITISH THANK COMMISSIONER. London, August 21.' Mr. G. H. Hollcston, the newly-niJ-pointed Trade Commissioner to New /'-l'nnd, sailed for New Zealand 1)V th» Athenic Before his departure he vltitod the Chambers of Commerce and mnnufneturers in London and (.lie pro-'■'"ice-i. He -.wis vn.J] nwh'cx'-everv-"•'"'■iv and was nll'nr.led the fullest facilities for gaining information. KKKornr of philic norsps. London. Allini't 21. What is dosio-naled "The True Tem-t>'-r»n<\" Association" has been formed • h T'". Tt aims at the reform of pulilie iinu«.'« o'n a larire scale. Messrs. A. J. T'lfoiT and Austen Chamberlain *nn- ■, >. nnrt the new movement. ]