GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 313, 2 January 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

; Undian honors. Received 1, 10.38 p.m. ; London, January 1. A long list of Indian honors are gazetted in connection with the corajjemoration of [he fiftieth annivoraarj ;jf tho Crown's Hssuiuption of the OovAment of India. ] J IMJUGRiATION TO QUEENS»ND. i Received 1, l).3s^n^L^^ Londoj^^HßHMH^ta liuudredaj^^^^^^^^^^H for QueonslandJ^^^^^^^^^^^H icg-15 ltjikji^^^^^^^^^^^^^M THE ' & Bi . '. January i BH^* GOOD SBRVICE PEXSIKffi Received 1, 10.10 a.mßffl "London, DecemwS3l. Admiral linden Smith a good service-pension of £3oNpivhich lias now been jwarded to AdinirK Kennedy. ,' CATTLE-DRIVERS ARREST tt>. Received 1, 10.10 aan. iLondon, Dcceinbe ' 31. Twenty-five 'jpersons were a rrested near Clnamel for *attl«-<lriving. FAILURE OF'a'CHINESE MI SSION. ; >W;Y"ork, Deeembi (41. The specif inission of Tang-S !£-¥»'. , a prominent' Chinese official, to S*»h----j ington, withjthc i)ject of induci K"the lUnited Statte tuL'forni a practißp •!• e liancc with fjhiiia.jaas failed. 1 * THE SHAH |:HE CONSTITtMiOJr " "(p-~ . London, December'3o. Russia and ltdtairf intend to use strong measures io cimiiel the Shah to ajcept a definite programme of financial and reform. J ANGLO-GERMto PENNY POltt«w< t . ! Lindon, December 30. . 'Jlr. Hijnniker heaton, the postal reformer, iji agitatjng for the establish- ,' inent of penny postage between Britain ' (l|id Gerniaiiy. • .. _ j i A SEiWYN COMMEMORATION. 1 Ijoridon, December 30." •' . | The Bifihops.of Lichfield, Lincoln, Ely, " &uthwe(l, Auckland, and .Melanesia are a inoiwnieiit to lommcniiirate the hundredth' anniversary of the '" birth of George Augustus Selwyn by '• sjrvices on 23rd April, 1000. It is pro--0 pfSscil that the offertories on the occasion shall be divided between Selwyn Cjpllege, Cambridge, and the Pattis'on at St. John's College, Auckland. THE ;'; I I London, .December 30. «i» feter C'arlaw Walker, chairman ol| Pftlt Walker and Son, brewers, has plicedj £200,000 at the disposal of tho Fiod jand Betterment Association for 1 the rolief of 20,000 unemployed men and their (families in Liverpool. i. '; LORD NORTHCOTE. 1 ' London, December 30. r ' beeonet given to Lord . on.ltltli Januury, wnereat he , will relate tho pfOgr«sp of the Aiistra- . lian Commonwcal\h his adminlsi trstion. T : ..iitgtu ISWAKILIiXD. '-•-■''' London, December 30. The, Swaziland Concessions Commit.sion hits allotted 2451 square miles to nativte, leaving 4133 [miles for coneesI i siouarjes or Crown .htnltk i SLUMP IN SHtJi^TILDLvg. i p Lon4on, Decemlwr 30. j Shipbuilding on tlie Clyde during 1008 , ;ha« exhibited the ?Teatest shrinkage for twenty years. 1 1