GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 151, 5 October 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE CURE OF CANCER. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. IParis, October 3. At the International Cancer Conference, Professor Delbet read a paper in which he contended that the diseast was not incurable if surgery was resorted to in its early stages. He did not refer to any other method of treatment. ABOLISHING THE PIGTAIL. New York, October 3. Wu Hi Fang has sent a petition to the throne at Pekin to abolish the queue, because Chinese in America are subjected to ridicule for wearing it. A MANCHESTER SUICIDE. London, October 3. Mr. H. B. Broadhurst, of Tootal, Broadlnnst, Lee and Company, Manchester, has committed suicide. The jury found a verdict of temporary insanity. GIRLS AS MESSENGERS. London, October 3. The Post Office is arranging to em-] ploy girls instead of boys as indoor ones-1 sengers in post offices. A BARGE SWAMPED. New York, October 3. Twenty-nine perished through the swamping of a barge in New York harbor. 72 MINERS KILLED. New York, October 3. Seventy-two Mexican and Japanest miners were killed at Monterey, New Mexico. THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK. New York, October 3. Mr. Gaynor, Mayor of New York, who was recently shot while on board a liner, has sufficiently recovered to enable him to resume his duties.