GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 280, 20 November 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

EUROPEAN ROYALTY IX ENGLAND. . London, November 18. Ihe King and Queen of Sweden were entertained at a luncheon at the Cluidliall. SACRIFICING SPEED TO ECONOMY. Loudon, November 18. I. lie speed of sixteen destroyers to be built for the Navy during the current has been reduced from 33 knots to 27 knots. l!y this means a saving of till,1)00 on each bout is effected. SET BACK TO SUFFRAGETTES. I/ondon, November 18. The Premier, .Mr 11. 11. Asquith, and the Home Secretary, Mr Herbert Gladstone, were served with subpoenas to attend a trial of suffragettes at Leeds as .witnrsM'is, but the Divisional Court considered the intention was to annoy the .Ministers and interrupt them in the discharge of their public duties.

TJIE SUPPRESSED KAISER INTER. I VIEW. I New orkj November IS. Tlii- .statement tluit the Uernmn <foverniiH'iit paid £IO,OOO for the suppresI sion of the Kaiser's interview with Mr l!uio which was to appear in the Century JlAgrtzino is denied by Mr Hale and by the magazine proprietors. They declare that the only reason why thev decided to withdraw the article was that fhev desired to prevent in such a time of excitement the troubles thai nii«»ht arise from any unfair interprjta- j tions of the interview. I

THE PKRSTAN CRM*. Tolioran, NovemV*' VJ. The Shall declines to conwnj hirlianieni, because the ISritish ami Russian Ministers here have stated that they cannot guarantee to protect his life or his throne. AIUH'L X/AZ PKXSIOXKO. ] Morocco, November 18. j Aliuul Aziz, tiu> late Sultan of Mor<>fo, who was ousted from the throne i ]' t y his brother, "Muhii Jfafid, has been 1 granted a pension of U7OO. Jk- will re-1 •■<ide at Tangier. • |

TIIK AWJHXTIXK NAVY, linenos Ayres. November IS. I Tlic Senate of Argentina rejected a j liill to authorise the construction of three !■;)11Ii-siiijvs I'llir.AYniliOl'lNT AND I'OlifJKll. New Vor];, Noveinb'-r JS. 'lhe people of Chicago are amazed at ,a sensational forgery ease. IVter von l.i>si:igen. philanthropist, and eslalei u.ii'ciu. iias confessed to forgeries to lhe «!\lenl 4,1' UKMIIiO. He has been sen-! fenced an indefinite term of on« to! foiirte■■■ll vars' hard labor.

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