GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 171, 28 October 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

SOME COSTLY PARAGRAPHS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. Londbii, -October 20. The Sheffield Weekly Telegraph has been fined £ 100 for contempt oi court oVer the L'rippen trial. TROUBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Manila, October 20. The Manabos tribesmen are raiding the \\ est Coast of Davao in the Island of Mindauo, and announce their intention uf expelling foreigners and Filipinos. Several planters have been killed. A POOR VINTAGE. Vienna, October 2G. • The Austro-llungarian vintage is the worst for many years. THE PORT OF LONDON. London, October 20. An influential committee of the London Chamber of Commerce is privately investigating the effect of' the declaration of the Port of London upon British trade, mercantile interests and oversea food supplies, with a view to securing Parliamentary and other action. - AN EMPIRE TRADE MARK. London, October 2G. Lord Avebury presided at a meeting to consider the Empire trade mark on > British goods. Sir George Reid and several Agents-General were present. > A resolution was carried affirming the ■ necessity of the mark, and recommending that the Empire trade mark should 1 be controlled by a council formed under the auspices of the Empire League, associated with the official representatives of the overseas dominions and the various chambers of commerce.

FACILITIES FOR DIVORCE. London, October 26. Lady doctors, giving evidence before the Divorce Commission, suggested greater facilities for divorce. One advocated making adultery by either party a criminal offence. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION. Port-au-Prince, October 26. The gunboat Liberte was lost by an explosion off Port-au-Paix. Twenty souls were rescued, but 70 perished, including ten Haytian generals, who were proceeding to their posts.