GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 125, 5 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

" GRAMOPHONE " CHILDREN. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received September 4, 5.30 p.n«. Lonlon, September 4. Sir G. Rckl, addressing the British Association at Sheffield, warned educationalists against the mere cultivation of memory. Turning children into gramophones would not help them in life's battles. THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT. Received September 4, 5.30 p.m. London, September 4. The newspaper Clarion declares that neither Liberals nor Tories intend to alter the Osborne decision. Labor leaders are loth to part irom the "'economic noose," but the Osborne decision is sound. A man cannot be compelled to •finance politics which he does not approve of. Payment of members was the obvious solution.

[CANADA AND SCIENTIFIC FARMING. \ Received September 4. 5.30 p.m. Ottawa. September 4. A commission on technical education finds that Canada has siven little attention to scientific methods of agriculture, and must make a movement to develop industrial life. CHINESE COAL FOE U.S.A. Keceived September 5, 12.30 a.m. San Francisco, September 4. The first shipment of .5000 tons of Chinese coal, to test the market, has reached San Francisco. N.Z. WOVEN OOODS. i Received September 5, 12.30 a.m. London. September 4. The first prize for woven goods at the Agricultural Exhibition was awarded to r the New Zealand Government.