GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 263, 13 December 1909, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE BATTLE TANXENBERG. By Cable.—Press A&wiatioa.—copyright Lonylon, December 10. Two thousand Aniericttu Pole* intend to participate in tlie forthcoming live hundredth anniversary-at Galicia of the Battle of Tannenbergt They are boycotting the German linera and are travelling via, France and Switzerland. [Ladislaus and Jaggeloilv of Poland defeated the Teutonic linisfhts with great slaughter at Taimenbefg (E Russia) on July 15, UIO, the -hind master being among the slain. Tin- order never recovered from this calamity.]

BRITISH NAVY LEAGUE. < London, December 10. The N'iivv League, after being reconstructed on n more demoeratie basis, reported a gre.at increase in membership.

BEQUEST I'OR CANCER RESEARCH.

.Now York, December 11. Mr. Gcirgc Crocker, the American capitalists, •bequeathed t3oo,oo<> to the Columbia University for cancer research. DEVELOPING CANADA. Ottawa, December 10. A million sterling was spent on nil. way construction in Western Canada in 11)09 and six millions on railway m". tcrial, DR. COOK, New York, December 10. It is stated that Dr. Cook, the explorer, is living in retirement at Bronxville. New York. GREAT .SUFFRAGETTE RALLY. London, December R A great suffragette meeting at the Albert Hall welcomed Mrs. and Miss Pankhnrst on their return from America. The sum of £2OOO was collected in a few minutes. MEMORIAiTrfTpHIL MAY. London, December 10. An influential committee is organising a memorial to phil May. The memorial will include a tablet at the house where he wa« born and a scholarship at the Leeds School of Arts. A SUCCESSFUL PLAY. London, December 10. Maurice Maeterlinck's play, "lEnc Bird." which is being staged at the TTnyiiiarkct Theatre, is one of the imut remarkable dramatic pictorial success of tlie present generation. LADY MEDTCOS. London, December 10. The Royal College of Phvsicians and Surgeons lias now recognised all tile leading medical Bohools where women are being trained.