GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 331, 5 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

SIR GEORGE REID. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received Marcli 5, 1 a.m. " London, March 4. King Edward, in conferring the knighthood, invested Sir George Reid with the insignia of Commander of the Order of St. Michael. Sir Oelorge Reid had a long interview with Rear-Admiral Jellicoe at the Admiralty. A BIG ESTATE. Received March 4. 9.55 p.m. London. Marcli 4. Robert Hoe's will has been proved. His English estate amounts to £113,200. BIG IRRIGATION PROJECTS. New York, March 3. The Senate has passed a Bill authorising the issue of a certificate of indebtedness amounting to thirty million dollars in order to finish the irrigation .projects recommended by Mr. Taft. BARNARDO'S HOMES. .London, March 3. Lord Mount Stephen has placed £60,000 in trust for the purpose of encouraging the sending of hoys and girls from the Barnard© Homes to Canada. AN OVERLOADED SCHEME. London, March 3. The Chronicle's Milan correspondent says that King Emmanuel's Internation Institute of Agriculture is in danger of collapse owing to internal ieuds. Moreover, the high salaries compel the acquisition of information as to ruling prices (by post in order to avoid telegraphic expense.' THE PARIS FLOODS. London, March 3. ■ The Mansion House fund for the relief of sufferers by the French floods -amounts to £64,500. ASTOR DIVORCE CASE. London, March 3. The Daily Mail states that Mrs. J. J. Asto r will obtain a decree absolute on Friday, Mr. Astor agreeing to an allowance of £BOOO per annum. | PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro, March 3. | Marshall Serines Fonseca has been ■elected President of Brazil by a majority of 50,000. AMERICAN METHODS. Ottawa. March 3. Mr. W. H. Gushing, Minister of .Works oi the province of Alberta, has .resigned because he considers his colleagues havp been bested by Mr. Pierpont Morgan's company in purchasing Alberta's great waterways and railway Tumi's valued at £1,500,000. Mr. dishing -states that he was not consulted and that the Legislature was victimised by financial sharks. MILITARY FLYING MACHINES. London. March 3. . Sir Hiram Maxim, addressing rthe Aerial League, predicted that the 'weight of 150-horse-powe,- engines for military flying machines would not exceed 300 pounds.