GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 10, 5 February 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

COLD STDKAtiK. lieeeived February s, ii-a.i pm. London, I ehruaiy '• At Mr. Coghlau's instance, tne international Cold Storage Association has agreed to Australia, Xew Zealand, Canada, and South Africa having each one representative on the permanent committee. M F.N OKI -SSt 111N 'S CENT UN Alt V. lieeeived February 4, p.m. London, February 4. Tile Mendelssohn centenary is being celebrated in many of the English cities. NAVAL APPOINTMENT, lieeeived February 4, M.iiO p.m. London, February 4. A'iee-Admiral Sir William Henry May .succeeds Rear-Admiral llridginan in command of the Home fleet.

HMTISII .ICDICIAIIY. Received February 4, 11.50 p.m. London, February 4. Sir ,J. (1. ISarnes has hecn raised lo | 'the baro.iage U|IOJI lii.s resignation of t' l( ' baronage upon his resignation of Ihe Presidency of the Probate and Divorce Court division of the Supreme Court of Judicature, owing to ill-health. Justice Sir .1. 11.I 1 . -highnm, of tile Kind's Jlench Division, succeeds Justice Barnes. .Mr. John Andrew Hamilton, li.C!., becomes Judge of the King's Bench.

VISIT 'l'd (lERMANY. London, February 3. i The Karl of Crewe. Secretary of State ifor the Colonies, the HI. Hon. Sir ■ Charles Ilardinge. Permanent I'uderIvSeeretary for Foreign Affairs, and George S. Bosancpiet. representing the Xavv. are to accompany iKing Edward to Tterlin. ATTEMPT OX Till". 1.-/'. OF MOROCCO'S Sl'l."' ' \. .Morocco. I\ :.n.irv ». A French officer. - i/ u.- a wouhl-bc assassin's danger, saved Afulai llaiid's life. The Sultan has ordered the criminal to be Hogged lo ilialh.

SALVATION AllM'Y IM'U'uISAXTS. London. February 11. Salvationist llowell, head of the Salvation Army's immigration department, in a vigorous reply to Mr. Trotter, tin Canadian Llborite, appeals to the opiu ion of a huge section of the labor in tcreils in Canada regarding the suU ability of the Army's immigrant-. Thi latter, he maintains, are placed on tin land and are not among the unciuploy ed in the cities.

CO-OPERATIVE FARMIXTi. Ixindon, February 3. Raleigh's co-operative farming scheme in Essex yielded laborers 4 per cent, on their investment. BO.MU OIITRAOE IX INDIA. Calcutta, February 11. The authors of the .Whhiapore bomb outrage have been sentenced to from seven to ten years' deportation.

BISLEY RIFLE MEETING. London, February 3. A team of Transvaalers is coniiiijr to liisley. The members are to pay onehalf of (heir own expense*. JOURNALISTS' CONFERENCE. London, February 3. The Journalists' Conference Committee has Jimmied the passage of the Aiistralinn delegates from Svdney by the Alaraina on April 12. They visit Vancouver, Quebec, and Liverpool, meeting their Canadian confreres en route. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Loudon, February 3. The United WireKss Telegram Company is estaiblisliinjj four high-power station* on tlie Pacific const in order to transmit telegrams direct to the Atlantic toast. It is also establishing 230 stations in the United States for intermediate services,