GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 276, 16 November 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

MEMORIAL TO CAPTAIN COOK. Received 10, 4.30 p.m. London, November 14. Admirals Scott, Bowden - Smith, Bridge, Pearson, Fanshawe, and Kawkcs, in a letter to the Times, appeal to the public to support Sir Joseph Carruthers' proposal to erect in London a memorial to Captain Cook. FATAL BOMB EXPLOSION. Received 15, 4.30 p.m. Rome, November 14. A bomb exploded in a house at Naphs frequented by anarchists. A woman's body and two injured men were extricated.

AMERICAN TARIFF AND BRITAIN. New York, November 13'. The Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives decided that, if a special session of Congress revised the tariff and maximum and minimum tariffs were adopted, care would be taken not to discriminate against Britain so Jong at Britain did not impose high duties against thi 1 United States. COLONIAL PRODUCE EXHIBITION. Xondon, November 13. Victoria is making a good display of dairy and other produce at the Colonial I'roduce Exhibition m Liverpool. JiKLANESIAN MISSION. London, November 13. The Bishop of Melanesia publicly complains of the British Government's refusal to place the missionary steamer Southern Cross on the same footing as vessels of the Royal Navy. This forms one of the greatest difficulties confronting the Melanesia;) Mission.