GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 209, 8 October 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A CHINESE RAILWAY OPENED. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright „ „ , Pekin, October «. ine Ralgan railway has been opencj. It was built 'by Chinese engineers from the earnings of the Chinese northern railways. The chief engineer is a Cantonese, who was educated in Ame- ' nca. ; HEALTH OF THE CZARINA.. St. Petersburg, October 7. ' Many reports state that the Czarina \ has had a severe relapse at'Livodia (On ' the Black Sea). 1 A LOQUACIOUS DIPLOMATIST. New York, October fl. Mr. P. C. Knox, American Secretary of State, suddenly stopped Mr. Crano, the new Minister at Pekin, on the eve of his departure from New York The Sun alleges that lately Mr. Crane has been too talkative for a diplomatist. A HUNGER STRIKER RELEASED. London, October 6, Laura Ainsworth, the first Birmingman hunger striker to b e released, wiib immediately driven to a nursing home. Ihe newspapers publish realistic accounts of her being forcibly fed similar to the manner in which eomc imbeciles have to be fed. THE CHURCH CONGRESS. London, October 6. Uic Church Congress has opened at Swansea. The chief subject is the threatened disestablishment of Wales. SUMMARY JUSTICE. Madrid, October (1. A firing party detailed to execute Garcia, at Barcelona, hesitated to shoot ami subsequently fired wide twioe whereupon the lieutenant commanding sliot Garcia with a revolver. One thoisimd two hundred trials are still on na-nd. DEATH OF A FAMOUS CHINAMAN. ™ .. P<*in, October 6. Obituary: Mr. Chang Chitunc exmember of the Chinese Grand Council. Hie Times' Pekin correspondent describes deceased as the greatest scholar or the Chinese Empire, and a pure minded patriot, who Tield a lucrative ollice for 41 years and died poor. CLERGYMAN'S SUDDEN END. _ . London, October 6. Canon David Reith dropped dead in epuplit in the middle ff hhZnuS , at St. Phage, Greenwich. j