GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 166, 22 October 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

AN ARMY MARTYR. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. London, October 20. Lieut. Suttor, who was recently courtmartialled and severely censured for publishing articles on army management, has resigned, and intends to resume his criticisms on the Army. London, Later. Lieut. Suttor, who thas resigned, will renounce criticism of the Army. WAR MATERIAL HQR BERLIN. Berlin, October 21. Servia has placed an order for £640,000 worth of war material in Germany. WHAT THE TURBINE HAS DONE. Berlin, October 20. : A White Paper states that the turbine has revolutionised German shipbuilding and proved most satisfactory, both in naval and mercantile marine. Forty-two turbine warships have been built or are building. SUGAR BEET EXPORTED. London, October 20. Eight hundred tons of Norfolk-grown sugar beet have been sent to Holland. CROWN PRINCE OF SERVIA. Belgrade, October 20. The condition of Prince Alexander, Crown Prince of Servia, who is suffering from typhoid, is critical.

LAND AND FINANCE AGENCY. London, October 20. At the meeting of the Agency, Land and Finance Company the chairman stated that since they were bought their properties have realised £650,522, from which the debentures had been paid in full. It was expected to return to shareholders five shillings to six shillings per share after the liquidation regulations and winding up were approved. A TRAVELLER AVENGED. Paris, October 20. Major Kulieu avenged the murder of Captain Boyd Alexander, who was killed while crossing Africa. He had a three days' engagement with the Wadai tribe, during which several natives and two chiefs were killed and 150 rifles taken. STATUS OF THE NEGRO RACE. New York, October 20. Mr. Booker Washington, the negro educationalist, declares that the result of his European tour shows that the negro race is by no means further down in the scale. EMIGRANTS FOR CANADA. London, October 20. A large party of British fruit farmers will emigrate to British Columbia next year at the instance of the Canadian Northern Railway. AN UNDISCHARGED BANKRUPT. London, October 20. The Official Receiver has suspended the discharge of Isaac Shrager, of Broome, Westralia, for two years. Claims against Shrager and his brother amount to £213,000 and *he assets to £23,436.

THE NQBEL PRIZE. Copenhagen, October 20. The Nobel Committee awards the peace prize far IMI to Count Tolstoi, the famous Russian author.