GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 16 August 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

.SOUTH AFRICAN' PARLIAMENT. By Cable.—rres. -sociation.—Copyright Received August 15, 5.5 p.m. London, August 14. 4 lie Prince of Wales will open the bouth Aliu-an I'nion Parliament. The 1 rmci'ss «,f Wales will possibly ticcwnpany him. THAW lIIUKSPOX.SIHLE. | . Xew York, August 1.1. | Mie judge refused Harry Thaw's appeal for release, on tile ground tlmt thaw is si ill irrcspunsihlc. Seventyseven wilm-ss-a were examined and the evidence 0 f 41) others rend. ACCIDENT TO TKltimoittALS. London, August 1:1. One of the territorial* died in th ■ hospital as the result of the Tilshed ■•(• I'lllent.

SELI.IXd PARDON'S. .... ~ . I'ii'is, August 13. Upturn Manx, reporter fur the op itral court martial ut Paris, Has sentenced to ii year's imprisonment for of-n-i-iiig to soil pimlons to prisoners. Two accomplices wcr e a !so imprisoned for n similar alienee.

JAPANESE WORKS OF AUT. London, August ]3. A priceless collection of Japanese works of ail. never before seen in Kii« land mid very seldom seen in Japan, is included i„ tin. exhibits at the A-iglo-Japanese K.\liiliitiou.

A TOl'lilN'li St'l''l<'l{ AC. I ST. London. August 13. Miss Muriel Maters, a leading auffrag isl, hits arranged a lecturing tour of Australia.

EXil LISH STRAWBERRIES. London. August 13. It is estimated that the wet season has cost English strawberry growers C-).">(l,(l(IO.

IH'.SSrAX PRINCESS ROBBED London, August 1.1. A swell mobsman robbed the Russian Princess (iagarine of jewels anil cash rallied at £12,000 at the Savov Hotel. St. Moritz. Princess Bismarck, who was slaving at th e Hotel Belvedere, w. s also robbed.