GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 169, 26 October 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE TURKISH LOAN. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. Berlin, October 24. A German syndicate is prepared to arrange Turkey's loan and to advance the money by instalments of a million. FORGER IMPRISONED. London, October 24. Captain Hugh Willyains, charged with forgery of promissory notes to the value of £II,OOO, has been acquitted, and his wife sentenced to three years. She pleaded in defence that she "was addicted to the morphia 'habit. THE JAPANESE NAVY. Tokio, October 24. The next Budget will appropriate seventy million yen for, the Navy, spreu* over six years. A NEW TORPEDO. London, October 24. A torpedo'invented by Mr. Hazelhurst, ex-Mayor of Birkenhead, pierces by means of a powerful explosive, nets surrounding battleships to protect them. A TOWN ABLAZE. New York, October 24. The town of Warren, Minnesota, is on fire, ,and the neighbouring towns have been appealed to for help. LET WELL ALONE. London, October 24. j William Simpson, a laborer, who shot Frost, a passenger on the Metropolitan Railway and tried to throw him out of the carriage, on August 9, was sentenced to twelve years. He appealed on the ground of the severity of the sentence, and the Court of Appeal increased the sentence to fifteen years.

TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE. London, October 24. Lieut. Sutor has been ordered to barracks and deprived of his sword. KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM. London, October 24. The Daily Mail states that Lord Kitchener will visit Egypt and the Soudan in the winter. , HER FIRST PIECE. London, October 24. Mr. Stead's daughter Estella makes her debut in the " Merchant of Venice " at a London theatre to-morrow. THEATRICAL ENTERPRISE. ' London, October 24. Lewis Waller and his full company will appear in Australia under the management of Messrs. Clarke and Meynell in 1912. CHARING CROSS BANK. London, October 24. J The Official Receiver estimates the liabilities of Charing Cross Bank roughly at £2,500,000, and the assets at £360,000. ~. ; s SPAIN AND MOROCCO. Madrid, October 24. The Government denies seeking concessions in Morocco, and states that the amount of the indemnity is exaggerated.