GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 206, 5 October 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

QUEENSLAND'S NEW GOVERNOR. P / Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received 4, 11.55 p.m. i London, October 4. Sir William McGregor, the new Go vcrnor of Queensland, attended Balmoral Castle and "kissed hands" upon his appointment. CONTROLLING A STEAMER LINE. " Received 4, 11.55 p.m. . , Ottawa, October 4. it is reported at Montreal that the Canadlan-l'acific Railway Co. i 6 making large purchases of stock in the Allan steamship line. Amalgamation is in-, tended within two years. It was hither! to believed that the Allan fleet intendCd to amalgamate with the Wrnnd trunk Pacific Railway. A PATRIOTIC GREEK. . , London, Oct. 3 . ->i. Corgialegno, a prominent Greek ill London, has presented the King 0 f (.recce with £20,000 towarfds military and other reforms, hoping the gifit will act as a corner stone for strengtheni n» the prestige of the. dynasty.

COMPETITION OF-TAJCIOABS. London, October 3. Ownng to the competition of taxicahs, the voluntary introduction of a minimum faro of fid a mile in the case of honedrawn cabs in London promises ito prove n success.

RISE IN PRICE OF COAL. London, October 3. I lie selling price of Northumberland coal is showing an advance for the first time since 1907. The Conciliation Board has advanced the miners' wages ]]i/. per cent. ALPINE ACCIDENTS. London, October .1. Ilie number of Alpine accidents in .Switzerland this year exceeds the previous year's total. One hundred and fifty were killed, and many injured, Tho majority of the victims were SwiiJa.

SHAKESPEARE THEATRE PROFITS. London, October 3. Dr. Charles W. Wallace has discovered from the records of a lawsuit the fact that Shakespeare, as one of Hcnivn.'s' co partners in the Globe and Blaekf'riars theatre, drew profits amounting to about. £6OOO. IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF. London, October 3. The official, announcement that Lord Morley, Secretary of iState for Tndia, haw sanctioned the application of the Imperial General Staff scheme to the Indian army was hailed with much approval at Simla. Lord Kitcliener ex-Commander-in-Chief in India, was' consistently a warm supporter of the scheme.

TURKISH TROOPS IN AUAIiIA. Constantinople, October 3. Turkish troops arc pouring into Arabia, where the Mahdi has gathered forty thousand followers.