GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 57, 1 April 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

SHTII AFHICAN 1-EDEItATION

Kcceivcd March 111, 11.40 j,.ni. , . Capetown, March 31. Special sessions of the .South African larliamenls |, u .,. been opened to consider the Constitution

STUDENT'S O.N STlilliL'. Iteceived March ,11, 11.10 ~.„,. London, .March HI. Jhe students of Ituskin (,'olleae, Oxlord, mostly workiji- men, suppo'rted l,v the trades union, have «one on sivike against the executive committee's deeision to retire the principal, Mr. ||ird. J.he students are appealing t„ the trades unions to .seen,, Mr. ]|ird' s reinstatcnient.

TIIK AITOIJIiAT W TUK KAST. Tokio, Man* .ill. •><>pnn refuses to submit the dill'ieulty between herself ,uid Onina. rcRariliii" .Manchuria to the Hague Tribunal.

BlilTAlX'S TEXTILL IXDUSIHV. London, March :«l. J lio. Ilounl of Trade iui|iiirv into the textile trade „f tl„. t;„itcd' Kingdom found that 4S2,l)[)n men and 0S!),fl(lll women earned .LVjO.()(1(),000 a vear Men earned 2Ss, women liis ad, 'liovs 10s ~d, and girls Ss ,\i\ wi-kklv.

I AIVEIiSITV IiO.VT ItACI-:. Loudon. Man-!, III). <i. K. Kiiirbairn. of Victoria, has retired from the Cambridge I'uivorsitv crew owing l„ an attack of influenza. IjAHOT-U f'OMTJI'S. London. March 30. The balance „heei of tin- Independent Labour Tarty slimes larger numbers. Regarding income. i| also shows the funds lo be deficient. The parte is appealing for CI 1.01)11 for the general election campaign. MR. ROOSEVELT'S ASSAILANT. 1/mdnti, Mnreh :10. i j\lr. Roosevelt's assailant was an Italian anarchist travelling as a firstclass passenger.

'COI.OXIAL OFFICE STIDKXT. Perth, March SI. Sir Olias. Lucas, of (he Colonial Office, has arrived, lie staled that the nbjeet of his visit, was to acquire a more intimate knowledge Hid hotter understanding of Austrarla.il questions, lie wishes to spend about three months in Australia before going to Xew Zeeland.