GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 246, 23 November 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE CANADIAN ftAVY. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received 22, 9.20 p.m. Ottawa, November 22. Sir William Van Hornc, chairman of the Canadian-Pacific Railway Co., is opposed to the formation of a Canadian navy, and favore the strengthening of I the British fleet. I

A CHINESE MISSION' Received 22, 0.20 p.m.

London, November 22. King Edward at Windsor Castle audienced a Chinese mission, who ha>»e arrived to study the of tbt) British Navy.

KHEDIVE AT MECCA. Mecca, November 21. lhe Khedive its among the pilgrims at Mecca.

GERMAN DREADXOUGIIT.S. Berlin, November 21. Ihe Dreadnought Kheinlandposen will he ready for delivery to the Gorman Adniiiallv next spring and the cruiser V ondenmtmi in the summer.

ITALIAX-DCTCII TItHATY. London, November 21. An Italian-Dutch arbitration treaty has .been signed.

TIIE MAXC'HI.'IiIAX RAILWAY. London, November 21. According to the New York Heratd, China has opened negotiations to purchase Ku*>ia's Manchurinn railway.

FEEDING THE UNEMPLOYED. London, November 21. The Salvationists have arranged b lodge and feed 1000 unemployed who have hitherto been spending their nights on the Embankment. '

ALTITUDE FLYING FEATS. London, Novemlier 21. Hoping to win the Lazarc Wieler altitude prize, M. Paulhan, in the department Manic, i n France, rose to a height of 1200 feet. Mr. Lalliam, half ?" n°» r afterwards, rose to a height i f 1350 feet. °

VICTIM OF A MURDER. f Sydney, November 22. Hie body of a innn with bis skull badly fractured was found tied in a sack, in a water-hole, near l)mi«o"