GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 320, 21 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE SUEZ CANAL. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received February 20, 5 p.m. London, February 19. The Times states that a reduction of the Suez Canal dues is desirable. The Peninsular Company paid £342.225 last year, but the first interest of British shipping is the improvement of the canal. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. Keceived February 20, 5 p.m. London, February 19. The Times, in a Stock Exchange article, says the impression prevails that the underwriters of the New South Wales loans' are already secure. THE KAISER'S HEALTH. Berlin, February 18. The Kaiser is suffering from a slight chill, and is confined to his room. He lias cancelled all engagements. GIVEN UP. London, February 18. The search by the American warships for the naval tug Nina, bound fiom Norfolk to Boston, has been abandoned. THE LATE SIR ALFRED JONES. London, February IS. Lord Pirrie has purchased the late Sir Alfred Jones' various businesses. [Deceased was senior partner in the firm of Elder, Dempste r and Co., shipowners.] OIL FUEL FOR THE NAVY. London, Februarv 18. ■ Tlie Admiralty has offered to purchase 20,000 tons of Scottish oil. THE EX-SULTAN OF TURKEY. Berlin. February IS. The newspaper Lokal Anzeiger states -'the Alxl-ul Hamid's seal, which wis ■lost during the Yildiz Kiosk revolution, was found, and that thereupon the Deutsche Bank settled the action for the recovery of Abd-ul's deposits.

EARTHQUAKE IN CRETE. London, February IS. An earthquake shock lasting fourteen seconds was experienced in Crete. Tile dome of the Canea Mosque collapsed and many buildings were damaged. Shocks were also felt in Malta, Catania and Foggia. SOCIALISM CONDEMNED. London, February 18. Miss Braddon, in an article in the Clarion, says she regards socialism, as exemplified by prominent exponents, with unmitigated terror. It sets class against class and tends to dry up t'ae fountains of .benevolence. "t think/' .she says, "we all love to help the poo.-, but not with a loaded pistol at our foreheads." CHINESE MINING TROUBLES. London, February IS. The British Foreign Office has arranged for China to pay a LondonChina syndicate £52,000 compensation and to cancel the Anhui mines concession. When working was commenced there were six and a-half million tons oi iron ore in sight. The Chinese thereupon prohibited the export of ore vor four years. SUICIDE BY FIRE. London, February IS. The Chronicle reports that a woodcutter named Ogay, a religious fanatic, built and lighted a pyre and incinerated himself upon a rude wooden ero*.s at Moudon, in the Department of Va'vd, in Switzerland. ALLEGED ILLEGAL HANG TNG. Constantinople, February 18. Dinga, the Bulgarian bandit chief, who was sentenced to death at Salonika, was hanged. It is stated in Athens that the courtmartial was •held in secret in accordance with a Bill which has not yet become Inw and that the proceedings were illegal. FORGED BANK NOTES. Capetown, February IS. The police are tracing fabrications of many false £5 notes, purportinsr to belong to the National Bank of South Africa, that are circulating in lyurw. They are excellent forgeries.