GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 253, 1 December 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

TAKING THE OATH. By Cable,—Press Association.— London. November 20. The Oaths Rill lma received tlie Royal assent. The Hill abolishes kissing books and makes the Scottish form normal. Silt TIIKODOHE MARTIN'S ESTAIIi. London, November 20. Sir Theodore Martin's estate has been proved at L 157,70(1. He made many private bequests and left the residue to his nephew, Mr. James Martin Macadam, of Sydney. THE P. AND 0. COMPANY. London, November 2!'. Tin; Peninsular mid Oriental I'mnpanv's report shows profits ainiHiul mil' to C27.),251i, of whieh the snui of t'lili.lSS is carried forward. A MOTOR OAK ACCIDENT.

London, November 2!). i Archibald Gordon, son of Lord A her- ( deen was thrown olit. of a motor-ear in ' a collision near Winchester, find win somewhat severely injured. .Subsequently a successful operation was 'performed on him for internal injuries. MADAME STEIN 11101 L IN' LONDON. London, November 20. Madame Steinheil, who was recently acquitted in Paris on a charge of having murdered her husband and her stepmother, has arrived in London. At one hotel she was refused admiss'iou owing to the crowd of pressmen desirous 01 interviewing her. ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF A FRENCH GEN Ell AL. Paris, November 29. An Algerian clerk named Endelsi, in Paris, mistaking General Yerand for General Bran, shot and wounded the former, Endelsi was arrested. He wildly accused the French generals in Algeria o£ peculations. THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAV. London, November 29. An American syndicate has' secured a contract for double-tracking the entire trans-Siberian railway. THE NEXT ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. | London, November 29. Welshmen have subscribed £I2OO towards Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition. The Cardiff dockmen have promised to provide the necessary coal. THE KING'S SUCCESS IN THE SHOW RING. London, November 29. King Edward secured five first prizes at the Birmingham cattle show. There was a remarkable display of Devons.