GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 103, 28 May 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. London, May 20. Osciir Slater, who was recently sentenced to death tor murdering Miss Gilchrist, af tllasgow, last December, has been reprieved owing to an element of uncertainty ii| the tcstimonv as M identiticatiou.

Till! EATEN ED LOCK-OUT. London, May 20. A wrecked airship used for advertising and furnished with lights has been discovered at Dunstable. It was sent up each night einptv. Practically hpeaking. it is a large'toy which was tlie cause of tin- recent scare. THE WHEAT fIAMHLE. Lundon, May 20. -the Daily Mail's New York correspondent states that May wheat is quoted at ,">s 7V[d a bushel, and that short selling lias practically censed. Mr. Armour lu> given tip the -i niggle. It is believed that .Mr. fatten'- holdings 0 f I May wheat are email and that, lie ha« transferred his speculative holdings to .lulv and September option-. o,i which a struggle will soon be begun. EliEXt'll SEA'MEN STIiIKE. London, Mav 2G. .Mar-ei,,e- .-eauien have struck, demanding a weekly .lay's r cst mul the ex. I elusion of colore,| ' r |„, lr|l( „ b ( Me5.5„,, ( ,,,.,, Mar,tunes boats ,r 0 „, No,'till ill -Uiu-a ha- been disa-'tnmsly paralysed l«enly-livc steamers have been rendered idle.

KVAXfIEIJSTSJX RUSSIA, v . , „ 'Odessa, May 26. 'JW* 0 N'tist* received sentences IV 1 ?"'- n w,,pk 10 hvn months' imon Zki ,''c o,li ; ssa Russiln pwt

TUB VATICAN AXn CIVIL 1'OWEl), ri„ i. . , liomc . Jra J" 20. IM )Te I" 10 "«"«» p. r \ lh "°. '"irglaro caught i n tlie Ti 1 making recognition of the civil power.

WfTiEUCSS TF.MT.UAPUY. . Wiisliiiigton, Mm- 20. feet hil'i',' '° ss i ~ pl" f !! ~l ' i< ' two 1; M ' S "?• '"" It nt Washington. H will have a radius of 3110 miles. RCSSI'AV LOAX. , London, Mav 211. I'.nglish capitalists l,:ive nenotiated , lvussi.in railway loan of three and a jiiarter millions E . ,\ )wtio „ It Urllaim " 5 ,01 I-'-hasing n.atorial

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