GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 134, 15 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

MARTYR TO X-RAYS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received September 15, 12.30 a.m. London, 'September 14. Ernest Milson, radiographer at the London Hospital, a martyr to X-rays, has been operated on a sixth time. He is relinquishing X-rays work. TRAVEL IN FRANCE. Received 'September 15, 12.30 a.m. Paris, September 14. The French Minister of Works is establishing a National Touring Bureau, centralising information and increasing the facilities for travel through Fiance. HUNGARY'S LOAN. Received September 14, 10.30 p.m. Vienna, September 14. Hungary's intention to place its loan in Paris has been abandoned. UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. Received September 14, 10.30 p.m. Hong Kong, September 14. Sir Frederick Lugard, Governor of Hong Kong, has appealed for £IOO,OOO to place the University of Hong Kong on a thoroughly satisfactory basis. NAVAL OFFICER REPRIMANDED. Received (September 14, 10.30 p.m. London, September 14. Captain Boyle was severely reprimanded for negligence in connection with the stranding of the cruiser Duke of Edinburgh. A DREADNOUGHT DOCK. Received September 14, 10.30 p.m. London, September 14. A special committee unanimously recommended that the Clyde Navigation Trustees should construct a Dreadnought graving dock at Renfrew. SACCHARINE STOLEN. London, September 13. Half a ton of saccharine valued at £I7OO has been stolen at Southwark. No arrest has been effected. " r iHE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER." Loi.aoii, September 13. Messrs. Clark and Meynell have arranged to produce "The Chocolate Soldier" in Australia. They have also engaged Ethel Irving and her company for 1911. NEGROES LYNCHED. New York, September 13. Two negroes have been lynched at Nashville, Tennessee, for attempted assault on white girls. MOTOR FATALITY. New York, September 13. Miss Florence iPardee, daughter of a former governor of California, lias been killed in a motor smash. LAUNCH PARTY MISSING. New York, September 13. It is believed fifteen of a launch party have been drowned at Bellingham. The launch cannot be found. PENNY POSTAGE. , Paris, September 13. Ninety French Chambers of Commerce recommended penny postage with Britain. TREASURY BILLS.^ London, September 13. Three million worth of six months Treasury bills have been allotted at an average discount of 59s 9d per cent. GENERAL WOLFE. London, September 13. Mr. Francis Derwent Wood, the sculptor, has been commissioned to execute the first statue of General Wolfe in the Empire. It will be a bronze statue 93 inches high, and will be erected at Westerham next January. MOTOR ACCIDENT. London, September 13. Albert Hoch, a well-known Liverpool cotton broker, was killed by a motor accident at Hodnet and his wife injured.