GENERAL CABLES.
TRAIN OAPTURED AND ROBBED. t Received I. 11.4 sp.iu. St. Petersburg, October 1. A gang of 30 youths, by means of ■revolvers and bombs, captured the War-,«aw-St. Petersburg mail train at Benziay, overpowering the passengers, officials and guard and six soldiers. They , robbed the mail of a sum variously estimated between £6OOO and £25,000. NX SHIPPING COMPANY. I Received 1, 11.35 p.m. t London. October I. i The New Zealand Shipping Company "have declared a dividend of 5 per cent, and carried forward £15,508.
A SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP. London, September 30. J. F. G. Richards, of Wellington, has been awarded the Guy's Hospital Junior Science Scholarship of £l5O. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Mr. C. G. F. Richards, whose brilliant success in winning a scholarship at Guy's Hospital, London, of the value of £l5O a year is announced by cable message to-dav. was educated primarily at the Tc Aro State School. After winning honors a t Wellington College, lie spent two year-* studying science at Victoria College, where he won the George Grey scholarship of the value ol £SO a year. With this he went to London. He is 21 years of age.
THE LICENSING QUESTION. London, September 30, A statement was recently made by Mr. D. Lloyd-Goorgp, President of the Board of Trade, that, if ttu* Lords rejected the Licensing Bill, tlie Government would be at the end of its reaoorces. This is interpreted to mean that tbe Government would in that tevsnt largely increase the duty 00 licenses.
THE LONDON DOCKS. London, September 30. The special Parliamentary Committee wider Mr. W. Rea las reported that it is expedient to proceed with the Port of London Bill, which provides for the purchase of the London Docks hv the State.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 3
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