GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 247, 24 November 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE KING AND PREMIER. By Cable—PreßS Association—Copyright " Received November 24, 12.10 a.m. London, November 23. King Edward telegraphed his congratulations to Sir Wilfrid Laurier on his birthday, hoping he would be spared for many years to serve the Crown and Empire.

FOOTBALL FATALITIES. New York, November 22. Twenty-six deaths resulted trom football ill the United States colleges during the past season, and 208 were injured. THE "BLACK-LISTERS."' Ottawa, November 22. The American Federation of Labor tit Toronto has voted Samuel Gompcrs. (president of the Federation), John Mitchell (vice-president), and Frank Morrison (secretary) £IOOO each t per annum while hi gaol, if sent to gaol under the recent sentence imposed by Judge Wright.

MURDEROUS BLACKMAILING. Vienna. November 22. Baron Albert Rothschild, at Schirllcradorg, in Austria, received a letter from a blackmailer. A stranger in the vicinity of the place asked a messenger to deliver tho letter to the Baron. While the messenger was conveying the communication it exploded and injured Mm.

MR. ASTOR'S YACHT SAFE. New York, November 22. Mr. J. C. Aster's yacht Nourmabul,, which had been missing since the hurricane in Jamaica, has arrived at San Juan.

AEROPLANE ALTITUDE RECORD. Paris, November 22. M. Paulhan has beaten Mr. Latham's record of 1350 feet. He attained i height of 1050 feet at Chalons. A GOLDEN WEDDING. London. November 22. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleueh celebrated their golden wedding at Dalkeith. King Edward and Queen Alexandra sent them a pair of massive gold vases. HALLEY'S COMET. London, November 22. The Greenwich Observatory states that Halley'e comet Is now 80 times brighter than in September. TRACKED BY BLOODHOUNDS. Warsaw. November 22. A farmer and seven other members of his family were murdered in Prussian Poland. Tho use of bloodhounds led to the arrest of the farmer's two brothers-in-law, who had lost a lawsuit with deceased.