GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 339, 15 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

LADY DUDLEY'S CASE. '3y Cable.—Press Association— right Received March 14, 9.35 p.m. London, March 14. Yesterday was anticipated as the critical day in Lady Dudley's case. :',the medical attendant reported, therefore, that it was not surprising that the patient had been restless'. He added that all the circumstances of an improvement were now noted to be as great as could reasonably be expected. IMPERIAL UNIVERSITIES CONGRESS. London. March »••• The London University authorities are convening a congress of Universities of the Empire to be held in London in 1912. ~ " BRITAIN'S PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. London, March 13. Mr C. J. Stewart, Public Trustee" reports that the department is self-sup-porting. The business dealt with stace the establishment of the office on January 1, 1902, amounts to £38,500,000.

SEQUEL TO A DUEL. • •'■; Berlin, March 13. An English student named Payne,;at Freiberg, in Saxony, was sentenced ' to four months' imprisonment and fined 850 marks for fighting a duel and resisting arfest. The affair originated over a quaTrel in a cafe with a lieutenant in the army, who drew his sword, Payne struck him and a duel followed. The lieutenant was cashiered. THE TOBACCO MONOPOLY. ■' New York, March 13. An inquiry at Washington, instituted by the Government, shows that since 1897 the Tobacco Trust has absorbed jr crushed 163 out of 253 independent factories. THE KIEL DOCKYARDS. Berlin, March 13. A mass meeting of workmen in the Kiel dockyards demanded the introduction of short time in preference to the dismissal of a large number of men, as announced by ! the authorities. MOTORING FATALITY. Berlin. March 13. Mr Oeiger, Argentine Consul at Munich, was killed by his motor car crashing into a tree. His wife, the Paraguayan Consul, and the chauffeur were all severely injured. FAMOUS COLLECTION OF TIMEPIECES. New York, March 13. Mr Pierpont Morgan has given £75.000 for Karl Marsel's famous nollection of watches and clocks'. AUSTRALIAN POLO PONIES FOR ENGLAND. London, March i 3. A Renter's telegram from Allahabad states that Count Demmidre has bousrht twelve first-class Australian polo ponies, which he intends to take to England.