GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 59, 3 April 1909, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND. London, April 1. Dr. Elliot, ex-President of the Harvard University, has been nominated to succveu .Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the United States Ambassador in Great Britain. A D\X AMITE OUTRAGE. New York, April 1. All attempt was made to dynamite a viaduct in course of erection, at a cost of a quarter of a million at Hobokcn, ■lersey City. The explosion damaged a small portion of the bridge and demolished a building in the vicinity. A ROYAL .MEETING. Paris, April 1. Alplionso XIII., King of Spain, has arrived at Biarritz. His .Majesty dined with. King Edward. BRITAIN'S REVENUE RETURNS. London, April I. The United Kingdom's quarterly -.0veuue amounted to 058,710,000. Customs revenue totalled £7,531,111)11, excise .C7.1170.U00, and stumps .Ci,030.000. The property aim income taxes yielded U33,'.130,000.' AN EX-XEW ZI'ALAXDER'S ESTATE. London, April I. The estate of Ihe late .Mr. .James Fanner, a former member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, hius been sworn at C70,751i. BAIIKX-POWELL'S SCOUTS. London, April 1. One hundred and thirty thousand British Xavv bovs have joined Lieut.-Gen-eral Baden-Powell's scouts for the firH year of its Imperial organisation. A SUFFRAGETTE RAID. London, April 1. Another suffragette raid was made on the House of Commons. Nine arrests were made. The suffragettes slapped the faces of the police and Knocked oil their helmets. LORD KICHENER'S RETIREMENT. London, April 1. Lord Kitchener, who is retiring from the command of the Indian Army in Husiust, visits Clinin and Japan, whe-e ho intends to witness army manoeuvres. TROUBLE WITII MEXICAX INDIAN'S London, April 1. Renter reports that during the "olfaction of taxes at Tt'inosaehie, ludiiMs in the province of Chihuahua, in Mexico, entered on the warpath, killed several officials, and terrorised the town of San Andreas. Two trainloads of trooSfi have been sent to quell the trouble.