GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 141, 23 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

FINANCING TURKEY. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received September 22, 9.50 p.m. London, September 22. The Cassell group of financiers have offered Turkey £0,000,000 in 1910, and £5,000,000 in 1911., secured upon the Customs duties collected in the vilayet of Constantinople, the National Bank of Turkey, wherein the Cassell group is interested, being invested with treasury powers.

REGULATING TRADE IN OPIUM, ETC. Received September 22, 9.50 p.m. London, September 22. Britain has accepted the invitation for a conference at the Hague in 1011 to discuss the question of the regulation of trade in opium, cocaine and morphine. GERMANY'S DREADNOUGHTS. Received September 22, 9.50 p.m. Berlin, September 22. The first Dreadnought subdivision of the German fleet, consisting of the Nassau, Westfalen, Rheinland and Posen, were drafted to the high sea fleet at Wdlhelmshaven to-day.

EMPEROR WILHELM IN AUSTRIA. Vienna, September 21. The Kaiser is the guest of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He visited Schombrunn and .greeted the Emperor Francis Joseph. STATUE OF THE KAISER. Berlin, September 21. A statue of the Kaiser, weighing 4J/ 2 tons, the first erected in his honour, has been unveiled on the new Hohenzollern Bridge at Cologne. A NEFARIOUS OCCUPATION. Lisbon, September 21. The police arrested ten persons for making bombs. One prisoner admitted they were to be used for political purposes ' BEAUTIFYING THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

London, September 21. Earl Beauchamp and five other peers have presented six valuable new historical frescoes for the corridor of the House of Commons by modern artists. THE CRIPPEN CASE. London, September 21. ■ Crippen and Le Neve reserved their defence and were committed fo* trial. GEORGE GRAY ENTERTAINED. London, September 21. English billiardists entertained Gray, the Australian billiard player, at luncheon . at the Billiards Control Club. Speeches were made by Stevenson, and Iriman, wishing Gray success.

TO COUNTERACT FREETRADE. Received September 23, 1.30 a.m. Ottawa, September 22. The Manufacturers' Association decided to adopt an educational campaign with the object of counteracting the freetrade demands of Western Canada farmers.

SUICIDE BY HARTKAPJ. Received September 22. 10.30 p.m. Sydney, Septornhsi' 22. A Chinaman committed suicide by "harikari," inflictins terrible \v.\inds.