GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 145, 28 September 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE VETO CONFERENCE. By C&ble—Press Association—Copyright. London, September 20. The Daily Telegraph states that the next meeting of the veto conference will be at Crewe Hall, Cheshire, the residence of Lord Crewe, Secretary for the Colonies. ROUMANIAN AFFAIRS. London, September 2fi. The Times' correspondent at Athens states tlhat Roumania has promised to mobilise her forces on tihe Bulgarian frontier in the eveiitj of a Turko-Bul-garian war, thus saving Turkey sending further Asiatic troops to the Bulgarian and Greek frontiers. DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH. London, September 26. The estate of Richard Glyn Vivian, of {Swansea/ has been sworn at £384,104. He bequeathed £ 35,000 to establish miners' mission halls in various countries, £IO,OOO for an art gallery at Swansea, and made numerous charitable bequests. ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION. Ottawa, September 26. The Railway Commission has been insinuated to investigate the methods of ithe telegraph companies in Canada, in consequence of complaints of discrimination in tolls. BRITISH CADET SYSTEM. ' London, September 26. The circular isauM by the War Office offera unserviceable rifles and carbines to cadets at a shilling ea«h ,and a serviceable weapon at ten shillings each, 'bayonets sixpence. : A CYCLING .SUCCESS. New York, September 26. Jack Olark, an Australian bicyclist defeated Frank Kramer, the United States champion, in a five-mile paced match at Newark, New' Jersey. The time was 12mini 16 2-frsec. r