GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 302, 17 December 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

.oHIGH CABLE RATIOS. London, December 15. In tin. House of Commons the Post-master-General, Mr. Sidney Buxton, stated that the Government, after hearing the dissatisfaction expressed by the Hon. E. Leniieux, Canadian Poatmaster(iencral, with the Atlantic cable rates, had arranged for a conference on the subject between British and Canadian representatives during the coming spring. The Telegraph says it is considered certain that the Motherland will take the lead in an early movement to gain the ownership of the cable between Britain and Canada, CAMPAIGN AUALWST HOTEL BARS. London, December 15. Mrs. Carrie Nation, known ia America as the "Kansas saloon-smasher," has been carrying on a campaign against the hotel bars at Glasgow. She has had little success and has frequently come into collision with the crowds. KING'S HOSPITAL FUND. London, December 15. A sum of .C 140,000 has been distributed out of the King's Hospital Fund this year— £IO,OOO more than last year. THE EDUCATION MLL, London, December 15. The Rev. Cripps, Vicar-General of Canterbury, who was reprimanded for having urged the clergy of England to resist the proposed compromise on the religious education question, offered his resignation. This he has now withdrawn at the request of the Primate. IRISH AGRARIAN OUTRAGES. London, December 15. In the House of Commons, Mr. A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, stated in reply to Mr. J. B. Lonsdale (Conservative) that the numbers of agrarian outrages in Ireland in the past three years had been:—ln 1900, 234; in 1907, 372; and in the first eleven months of the present year, 557. FIND OK VALUABLE DRAWINGS. London, December 16. Fifty Turner drawings have bejn found hidden in the National Gallery.

| TRIAL OF XIGHTRIDERS. \ New York, December 15. The trial of many night-riders has begun at Union City, Tennessee. There were l&S indictments on capital charges. CHINESE AFFAIRS. London, December 15. It is reported from Shanghai that the influence of Chang Chi Tung with the Regent is eclipsing that of Yuan ShinKai, the noted reformer.