GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 261, 10 December 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE MISSING WAKATAH. By Cable.—Preas Association.—UopyxigM Received 9, 10.30 p.m. London, December 9. Lloyd's have decided to post the Waratah "for enquiry." Unless infoim* ation is forthcoming earlier, slie will fcc posted "missing" on the 15ih 111*1. The underwriter# settle claim* on half the cargo on the 22nd inst. KRUPPS' PROFITS. Received 9, 10.20 p.m. Berlin, December ?). Krupps' n§t profits for the present year were £700,381, compared with £924,408 last year. 1 f! KR.MAN AGREEMENT. Received 9, 10.20 ■p.m. Berlin, December 9. A Bill for the renewal of the corameri cial agreement between Britain and Germany was read a third time in the Reichstag. DEATH OF ADOLF BECK. ' London, December 8. Obituary: Adolf Beck, the famous vie tira of a mistaken identity case, who it 1904 was given £2OOO by the Govern ment as compensation for wrongful ar rest and imprisonment, died in Lendot

in a etate of destitution. GERMAN COLONISATION. London. December 8. Prussia is enforcing the Expropriation Act against Poles to increase the number of German settlers in the eastern provinces. Tlie Act places .620,000,000 at the disposal of the officials for colonisation purposes. GERMANY'S FIXED POLICY. Berlin. December 8. Herr Delbruck, Minister for Trade, in a boastful speed in the Reichstag, de clared that Germany's fixed policy had conquered the markets throughout the world. ARRAIGNING AN EX-PREHIIiX Copenhagen, December 8. The Folkething, or the House of Commons, has agreed to the prosecution of M. Cliristensen, ex-Premier of DenmarK, in respect of his connection with the alleged frauds in which 11. Alberti was involved. I'KAIIY LKCTL'UING. New i'ork, December 8. Commander Peary Ims started lecturing on Ilia experiences in reaching the North Pole. Ten thousand were present { at his lirst lecture iu New York. CLASSICAL DANCING. London, December 8.

Tlil' Daily Mail states)' that Lady Constance Stewart Itichardsou will appeal' « classical dances at the Palace Theatre, London, in January and February. A MAORI "PRINCESS" AT HOME. London, December 8. The Maori " princess" Peara Nene made a successful debut at the Queen's Gate Hall. PHIENIR INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. New York, December 8. The Plinpnix Insurance Company, Now York, is writing off £200,000, which it is alleged .Mr. George Sheldon, the late president, illegally used for his own .speculations. Mr. Hotchkis's, superintendent of the State Insurance Department, declares there has been 710 examination of the Phoenix accounts for twenty-two years. FIGHTING IN NICARAGUA. London December 8. Router reports that General Estrada defeated President Zelaya at Rama. /Maya's casualties numbered 100. GUN RUNNING. Teheran, December 8. A liritish gunboat in the Persian Gulf captured three dho%s engaged in gin running. There were 2800 rifles and [ 400,000 cartridges seized. RUSSIA AND FINLAND. St. Petersburg, December 8. Tho Czar has' sanctioned a scheme for tho fortification of the Finnish coast and the transformation of Rcval into a fortress. Last October a message stated that Russia intended to annex from Finland the province of Viborg.