GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 71, 20 April 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE LATE PRIMATE. ' ; deceived April 20, 12.5 a.m. Sydney, April It). The clergy of all denominations sent their condolences to the relatives of the late Primate. SEIZURE OF OPIUM, lteceived April 20, 12.3 a.m. Sydney, April ID.One thousand pounds worth of opium was seized aboard the German steamer Prinz Waldemar. AUSTRALIA'S VOLUNTEER ARMY. Received April 20, 12.5 fc.nl. Sydney, April 11). Major-General Hood, the Federal Commandant, iias returned from his visit to England and America, ile said lie wa*. as much impressed as ever with the splendid work done by the Au'lrallitl citizen soldiery, which compared .i.ure than favorably with any similar organisation that he had seen.

THE DEATH PENALTY. Received April 20,*12.,-) a.m. Brisbane, Apnl If).

An aboriginal was executed for the murder of Mrs. Evitts. Death was in- . stantaneous. He expressed regret for x the crime. THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT. Received April 20, 12.a a.m. ."'ertii, April If). The annual meeting of the Westralian AHiamv adopted the report of the secretary, and condemned the report of Sir. Carson, the Government special Commissioner, on the grounds that he did not interview the heads of the temperance party in New Zealand. Mr. Carson, in a letter to the Press, stated that he discussed the liquor question at considerable fength witii the Rev. Isitt, secretary of the New Zealand Alliance, whilr- tin- only perso i connected with the liquor trade that he interviewed was Mr. Williams, secretary of- the licensed victualler', AMERICAN TRADING FRAUDS. New York, April 18. Indictments at Topeka, in Kansas, with 737 counts, charge the Cndahy Packing Company with defrauding the Government in violation of the International Revenue Laws regarding duties on ok'o-mavgaviiie. ,1 APAXF.SE POLITICAL SCANDAL. Tokio, April 18. Nino deputies in the Lower House have been arrested for bribery in connection with t'ae Japan Sugar Company scandal. The incident has caused a great drop in shares. Many persons have been ruined by the scandal. BILLIARDS. London, April 18. Stevenson, in a billiard match against llarversou, scored :154 oft the red hall. ATHLETICS. Pretoria, April 18. Poslle defeated Day at Johannesburg in a 440 yards race in 513-sscc, THE PEARLING FLEET DISASTER. . Perth, April 10. Pour luggers and twenty-five Japanese and .Malays were lost in the recent cyclone at Onslow. A QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY. Brisbane, April 18. A selector named Dickson and lii» wife were arrested- in connection with the finding of charred human remain at Dulacca: Dickson managed to securo a revolver and shot himself dead. It i« rumoured that his wife also died from poison, but the rumour is not confirmed. *