GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 140, 12 July 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

EX-AUSTRALIAN'S ESTATE. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received July 11, 5.5 p.m. London, July 10. The estate of Daniel Cooper is assessed ut £123,7(13. It includes a bequest— Barraud's picture of the racehorse ••■Fisherman'-—to the Australian Jockey Club. HONORS FOR LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON. Received July 12, 12.1)5 a.m. London, July 10. Lieut. Sliui'kleton has been created a Commander of the Victorian Order, and the Grand Cross of St. Michael jind St. George lias been conferred on Sir Win. Uusehcn, British Ambassador to Berlin.

STRIKE OF STAHLE BOYS. Paris, July 10. Ninety-six racehorse owners met it the residence of Prince Mural! A committee is negotiating with the stable boys now on strike. THE TURKISH REVOLUTION. London, July :i. A Parliamentary Commission exonerated Ismaol Kemal Hey of nil complicity in connection with the April revolution, and invited him to return to Constantinople.

A SI.TFRAOETTK " MARTYR." London, July 11. A suffragette was released prematurely becaus-e «he starved herself for 1)1 hours as a protest against being placed to serve in the third division. HEAVY BRITISH OUNS. ! London, July 0. The Telegraph states that Armstrong have commenced designing gun mount.ngs and 13.5 guns fo r four additional Dreadnoughts.