GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 324, 25 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

CANADA'S AGGRESSIVENESS. By Cable.- ?r.«s Association.—Copyright I February 24. 11.10 :;.in. London, Febru ;y 24. Tka jl-i-.iard's Ottawa corespondent ■report, -int Canada has' sanctioned s substa-nuai subsidy for a regular steam ship service -between Atlantic ports ar.;'. Australia, with a, yiey of securing tbe traffic that is rioW going through York, are progressing for a rearrangement of the subsidies on the Australian-Vancouver service. ' A ROYALCOURTESY. Received February 24, 10.15 p.m. London, February 24. Their Majesties the King and Queen attended a banquet at the German Embassy in honor of Prince Henry of Prussia. There was a brilliant assembly. A PRIVY COUNCIL XTATTER. Received February 24, 10.15 p.m. London, February 24. In the Privy Council case Hamilton (New Zealand) Gas Company versus the Mayor and Councillors, judgment has been reserved. THE CHARLESWORTH FRAUDS. London, February 23. Violet Charlesworth and her mother were each sentenced to five years' imprisonment for fraud. CZAII INVITING TROUBLE. | St. Petersburg, February 23. The Czar drives almost daily uneseovt- | ed about the s't-' cets of St. Petersbui g, i thus causing the secret police to beI come alarmed for his safety.

A FATAL AVALANCHE. London, February 23. An avalanche at Ilviesdal, Iceland, killed twenty-three persons. ENGLISH LICENSING LAW. London, February 23. Compensation amounting to £250,000 has been awarded at the' London sessions to the owners of 91 public-houses' whose licenses were extinguished. The sum is payable out of the trade s special fund. OBITUARY. London. February 23. Obituary: Mr. Robert Harwood, actor. THE RUBBER BOOM. London, February 23. A number of rubber prospectuses are ' offered daily, and the public are eagerly | subscribing. The price of raw rubber | continues fo harden. | BULGARIA AND TURKEY. Constantinople. February 23. In connection with the recent death of a teacher named Ivanovitch at Salonika, the evidence showed that he was' ■ murdered in cold blood and his body cut to pieces. The Turkish Government is unlikely to modify the sentences of death passed upon eight Bulgarian teachers and merchants for the crime. AUSTRO-GERMAN RELATIONS. Berlin, February 23. The German press welcomes Baron Yon Aehrentlial, Austrian Minister for I Foreign Affairs'.-with effusive cordiality, j and refers to the past and future value lof the Austro-German Alliance. DANTSII BUTTER REGULATION. Copenhagen. February 23. The Danish Government has introduced a Bill prohibiting the export of butter containing more than in per cent, of moisture. I ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL I CONFLICT. Berlin. February 23. A constitutional conflict has risen in the Lower House of Saxony because the Government refuses to grant a demand for reform of the Upper House by admitting representatives of the 'great in- | dustries. A dissolution is threatened.