GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 65, 13 April 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

EX-PRESIDENT ItOOSEYELT. Received 12, 11.15 a.m. Suez, April 11. Mr. Roosevelt passed Suez for Momb'assa.

CEXEUAL BOOTH'S BIRTHDAY. Received 12, 10.30 pan. London, April 12. World-wide congratulations, including Australian, readied General Booth oa his 80th birthday.

ACQUITTED. Received 12, 9.15 p.m. New York, April 12.

Mrs. Sampson was acquitted on the charge -of having shot her husband last vear.

NEWFOUNDLAND POLITICS. Received 12, 9,15 p.m. St. John's, April 12. The Governor of Newfoundland bas dissolved the Legislature and ordered an election on the Bth Hay, the Morris Ministry meantime retaining oflice.

BICYCLES IX WABFABE. Received 12, 10 ajn. Sydney, April 12. The military relay bicycle race, Adelaide to Sydney, <\vas accomplished in 80 hours ii.i minutes, at an nvvragc upced of JO 1 /:, miles per hour.

VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Received April lit, 0.20 a.m. Sydney, Last Xight. The bowling tournament, Victoria v. New South Wales resulted in tile Victoria pairs securing the first three, places in the open pairs.

SMALLPOX OX LIXER. Received April lit, 0.211 a.m. Thursday Inland, Last Xight. The steamer Empire reports the landing of a ease of smallpox at Timor four days ago.

•PErSCK WWW IX ITALY. Received 18, 0.20 u.m. > Home, April 12. Siguor Titloiii (Italian Minister for I'orcign Allans) and Prince Billow (denuaii Climiwllor) met at Venice.

CIIINKSE ON" THE RAND. Pretoria, April 10. Return* -show that tWcru wire 609? Chinese on the Rand on March 31.

COST OF -TAPAXNIN't! KORKA. Tokio, April 10. A report by Vrmoo lto (Resiilent-Geri-oral in Korea) on the subject of th« administration of Korea discloses that the out-of-pocket expo-uses in completely organising the Knipire amounts to £14,000,000. The bulk of the disbanded army conducted a guerilla warfare, the suspension of which cost Japan a million.

IRICIGUTS OX SOUTH AFRICAN. GOODS. , Capetown, April 10. As a result of a conference between the South African Governments and the steamship companies, the latter liavc made considerable conoeiioions in freights on product. SU.ARIKS TO LAIIOR COMMOXKRS. Received 13, 0.20 a.m. Ixmdon. March 12. The Independent l-abor Party Conference, by 332 votes to 04, agreed to a resc.lutioii. directed apiinst Mr. Grayson. that- no salary be paid to Commoners not signing the constitution of the Parly.