GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 306, 22 December 1908, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

DARWIN'S CENTENARY. Received 21, D.52 p.m. London, December 21. Cambridge University is celebrating the centenary of Danvi.i's birth, COMPENSATION Fu!{ A BRITISH SU Jij 1-X T, Received 21, !1.,»2 p.m. 6t. Petersburg, December 21. ihe Czar has prontis-.M to compensate Mr. Lupbouig, a London merchant, who was arbitrarily imprisoned in Odessa and subjected to considerable ill-treat-ment by Russian officials. ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP FUND. Received 21, 10.30 p.m. Berlin, December 21. The Count Zeppelin airship fund has closed. It totals £140,000. DUBLIN* CARTERS' STRIKE. Received 22, 1 a.m. London, December 21. The Dublin carters' strike has terminated. Arbitrators settle the final Uims. THE STEEL TRUST. Received 22, 1 a.m. New York, December 21. The correspondent on the Times states that the tariff inquiry shows the active steel manufacturing concerns were unable to seriously controvert the position laid down by Mr. Andrew- Carnegie in a recent article in the Century Magazine, GLADSTONES RESIDENCE, Received 22, 1 a.m. London, December 21. The Chronicle states that Baron Ardiloun, occupier, refused to allow the County Council to' affix on 11, Carlton House Terrace, a tablet commemorating Gladstone's residence there, UNEASY LIES THE HEAD, ETC. Lisbon, • December 20. King Manuel is consulting all parties in reference to the appointment of successors to Senhor Ferrciras Ministry, which has resigned. King Manuel recently, wh'en returning home from Lisbon, drove from the station to the palace at full gallop, surrounded by cavalry The act was much criticised until, after the arrest of Julio Mendes, a former police officer, it was proved that a seeret society had arranged to attempt his assassination. °

A FAMILY FEUD. London, December 20 [ Frederick Cole, living at Maldon, in Essex, shot with a revolver his father Councillor Cole, nnd H. Kitchen, a brother-in-law, owing to a family feud. He then committed suicide. His two brothers, Edward and ,lames Cole, have been arrested on a charge of having been accessories before the fact. OLD AGE PENSIONS. t , London, December 20. Ihe Duke of Westminster announces that lie is withdrawing the pensions 'a hicli he has hitherto paid to persons of over seventy years living on his estates owing to the granting of old age pensions by the State .

AGGRIEVED SUFFRAGETTES. London, December 20. A committee of the House of Commons recommends that applicants for admission to the galleries of tire House Should.sign a promise not to disturb the House. The committee also recommends the passage of a Bill to punish ollcndcrs with imprisonment without tlle option of a fine. I'lilEST DEVOURED BY WOLVES. Vienna, December 20. ] nstor Heskert, while driving from, Elizabetstadt to Toselmesideing, in Hungary, was attacked by 'eight wolves, lie shot one with a revolver and the others 'then lied. Heskert alighted to take the carcase. The wolves returned and caused the horses to bolt with the coachman. Then tliey devoured Heskert WILLER AXI) RILEY. London, December 20. The liquidator is offering Wilier and Uilev's business for sale as there is no prospect of its reconstruction.