GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 15, 11 October 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

EDUCATING DOWNING STREET. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. '. London, October 9. The Colonial Office has obtained phonographic records of the songs and languages of the natives in Vvest Africa for the practical teaching of officials ii Downing Street. THE P. AND O.'S NEW STEAMERS. London, October 9. The P. and 0. Company are building two steamers of 12,000 net tonnage foi the Cape service. They will be named the Beiidijjo and the Ballarat. CHINESE IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED. Vancouver, October 9. Eighteen Chinamen, provided with false passports, were arrested on the Empress of China when she arrived at Victoria. They declared themselves merchants, hoping to escape the poll tax. ARGENTINA AWARD. Buenos Ayres, October 9. Mr. Buxton, of New Zealand, secured the first prize for hops. THE PRINCE OF WALES. London, October 9. The Prince of Wales steered the winning crew of the Naval College Cadets in the pair-oar regatta at Dartmouth. PENNY POSTAGE. Paris, October 9. The Premier, in receiving the British Parliamentary deputation, promised to! give Anglo-French penny postage his serious attention. SCIENTIFIC FAR/MING. j London, October 9. The Board of Agriculture asks foi £50,000 for a fund to provide scientific research and technical advice to farmers. CHINESE STEAMER BURNED. I Pekin, October 9. The steamer Kum Chom was burnea in Chinese waters, and a hundred and fifty persons are dead. i BRITISH VESSEL ASHORE. I San Francisco, October 9. The British steamer Demara is on the rocks at Golden Gate, at the entrance to the harbor. She was caught at ebb tide in a fog. No lives were lost. I A VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. Vancouver, October 8. ■ Mount Haldin, in Unimak Island, is erupting flames a thousand feet high. It is a magnificent sight. ILLICIT SEALING. Vancouver, October 9. A Japanese sealer, captured poaching in the Copper Islands, was taken to Petropolovosk, Siberia. The vessel was confiscated and the crew imprisoned. BANK HELD UP. Vancouver, October 9. Armed men held up a branch bank in a Vancouver suburb, stealing £IOO. SWIMMING. London, October 9. Swimming in the Southern Counties' Championship Hundred Yards, Theo. Tartakover was the winner by three

yards in 62V 2 sec.