GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 43, 16 March 1909, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

A STEAMER DAMAGED. Received March 15, 9.53 p.m. Sydney, March 15. The steamer Wallscnd sustained damage to her bottom to the extent of several thousand pounds. THE IMPERIAL EXHIBITION. Received March 15, f1.53 p.m. Loudon, March 15. New Zealand lias secured a large area at the Imperial Exhibition at Shepherd's Buch. INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT St. Petersburg, March 14. At the international chess tournament at St. Petersburg, Rubcnstcm and Laskar tied and divided the first and second prizes. Duras was third and Spielinan fourth. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. London, March 14. Wireless telegraph stations are to he established at the Canary Islands. AUSTRALIA'S CADETS. London, March 14. The Prince of Wales, in inspecting the cadets of the Royal Hille Corps at Stirling, made a speech and cited Australia's well-equipped and soldierly cadets as testifying to the public spirit of self-sacri-fice sustaining the movement. EGYPT'S FINANCES. , London, .March 14. Egypt's surplus amounts to one million. LAWN TENNIS. Plaving tennis at Queen's Club. Stone defeated Chambers (i-2, U-3, 0-1. HELPING THE CHINESE. London, March 14. At the instance of Sir Robert Hart the Lord Mavor of London is opening a national appeal for .tIOIMHm for medical training and educational work i.i China. INTERNATIONAL UNION. London, March 14. A large gathering of shipowners at Glasgow overwhelmingly rejected Mr. McCarthy's international union scheme.