GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 81, 1 May 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

■f ■.* «» 1 * THE WELSH CHURCH GRIEVANCE. 1 "' London, April 29. (J '* The Bishop of London status that i when the Welsh Church grievance <• 3E boiled down it amounts to this: That '° four Welsh bishops sat in the House of H * Lords. By all means, he said, jet fourf stout noil-conformist ministers git . there also, it would bo most interesting " to hear the arguments of both parties. " THE WILLIS STABBING MYSTERY, i il , } 0 ~ „. Sydney, April 30. ' Mr. \\. X Willis, who was found ! stabbed, has regained consicousness, but r is still too weak to give airy clear ac- \ e count of his experiences. 1 HERMAN NAVAL MAXOEUVKES. J j , Berlin, April 29. „ 1 riucc Henry nt Prussia, with a fleet ~oi 84 warships, including 18 battle- fl ■ ships, ti armored and 10 smaller cruisers, a ( is currying <,ut manoeuvre* off llellgo- •% j land. The manoeuvres will extend over 1 L a month. S . OLD AGE I'EXSIOXS IN IRELAND. ' & i April 20. 'I , In reply to a question by Mr. H. I I Hu/.lcton. it was stated that the coit \« iof old age pensions jn Ireland amount- 'M ed to .K2,330,000 annually. "3 A ROYAL MEETING. J lloinc, April 29. II King Edward. Queen Alexandra, and '.l i the Dowager Empress Marie met ike , sovereigns ~f Hah- aboard the yacht '<S Victoria and Albert. 1 I TAWM.ttfA.V ELECTIONS. ' ] Hobart, April 30, ■ « i _ Ihc general elections are to-day be- J ing conducted under the Hare-Clark % system. The Labor Party is confident % of polling heavily against the Govern- ,1 incut. THE WIXDKLL BANK FRAUDS. | • London, April 2». j Rank elwks have identilled Wimlell, who is alleged to have defrauded seven ' d branches of the London and SouthWestern Hunk oi sums aggregating over i £2OOO in September, and who was arrested in Madrid recently. The London \ a-.id Smith Western Bank wm victimised to the extent of over C2OOO by the ' operation of a swindler, believed to hare * Wn Windell, who laid his plans with '■■ great, cleverness. King, nn alleged accomplice of Windell's, i„ now in eu». tody. i