GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 323, 24 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

TURKEY'S EX-SULTAN. By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright Received 23, 1040 p.m. Constantinople, Feoruary 23. Three of the 'ex-Sultan's daughters, and his son Abdurrahim, also eight ladies of the harem, have returned to Constantinople. It is understood that Abd-ul's condition rendered their re maining in Salonika impossible. CHINESE LOOTERS AT LHASSA. Received 24, 10.40 a.m. Calcutta, February 23. The Dalai Lama and several Thibetan nobles have crossed the Indian frontier, their flight being due to Chinese troops from Kham who looted the monastnes on searching Lhassa, as reported in thf Times on January 14th. THE FRANKLIN FRAUDS. London, February 22. Franklin's frauds are now estimated to amount to £200,000. MARY KINGSLEY MEDALS. London, February -22. The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has awarded Mary Kingsley medals to Sir William MacGregor, for services while Governor of Lagos, and to Professor Breul, for scientific contributions.

CANADIAN IMMIGRATION,

London, February 22,

Reuter's Montreal correspondent cables that immigration is starting as usual. According to bookings all boats will henceforth be crowded, mostly with a good class of artisans and farm hands. A VALUABLE MANUSCRIPT. Berne, February 22. The manuscript of the original version of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister has been discovered at Zurich. It contains much unknown material . TWENTY THOUSAND ON STRIKE. London, February 22. Twenty thousand sugar cane cutters at Guadeloupe are striking and have refused an offer of 33 per cent, increase in their wages. There has been some incendiarism and the troops' are powerless. ' AMERICAN THEATRE COLLAPSE. New York, February 22. The floor of a cinematograph theatre at Paton, Pennsylvania, collapsed and 500 persons were thrown into the basement, several being killed. AFFAIRS IN GREECE. f Athens, February 22. For economical reasons the Greek Ministers in all the capitals except Constantinople have been recalled, and matters' have been left in the hands of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. THE CHOPIN CENTENARY. London, February 22. English and Continental musical circles are celebrating to-day the centenary of Chopin's birth. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. Berlin, February 22. Importance is attached to the present official visit to Berlin of Baron von Aerenthal, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs. GOLD WIN SMITH. Ottawa, February 22. Profesffoir Godwin Smith, (historian and writer on imperialism, now 80 years of age, who fell and broke one of his thighs recently, is in a critical conditio*.