GENERAL GABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 178, 7 November 1910, Page 2

GENERAL GABLES

THE AWAKENING OF CHINA. [By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Pekin, November 4. It is announced that Upper and Lower 0 Houses of Parliament have been formed, j CONSPIRACY. p New York, November 4, i At Spokane, the Federal Grand Jury I c returned six indictments of conspiracy to c defraud the Government of twenty thou- s sand acres of coal lands, worth nearly I « £40,000,000. Some very prominent pub- / 'lie men are involved. c A STRIKE DEMONSTRATION. £ Madrid, November 4. ] The Government has prohibited a huge \ demonstration of workmen which was to ] have been held to-morrow in connection , with the strike at Sabadell, near Barce- ' lona.

SPAIN AND MOROCCO. Madrid, November 4. A friendly settlement has been reached over the question of the Moroccan indemnity to Spain. FEARS FOR A VESSEL. i Paris, November 4. [ The Kurdistan, from Manchester to Marseilles, with a few passengers, is overdue, and it feared she has foundered. \ BRENNAN'S MONO-RAIL. i London, November 4. The Premier and Messrs Churchill, Lloyd-George, and Birrell inspected Brennan's mono-rail to-day. ] ARGENTINE AND PLAGUE. London, November 4. The Argentine Consul denies that cattle have been imported from that country ,since 1903, and asserts that the Argen J ltine never had a plague epidemic. I HORSE-BREEDING SCHEME.. London, November 4.

| The Morning Post, dealing with the Imperial aspect of the Government's, horse-breeding scheme, which provides' a subsidy of £40,000, states that Australia produces some of the finest horses in the world, and can be relied on to sup 1 - ply the Home deficiency. MASTERS AND MEN. London, November 4. A conference of masters and men at Maesteg arranged a provisional settle-.. ment, and work will be resumed on Moiu i day. L < • ,J