GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 186, 16 November 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

OPENING UP PERSIA. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. St. Petersburg, November 14. A syndicate of Russian bankers, with a capital of 35 millions, with the approval of M. Stolypin, the Premier, and M. ' Suzanoff, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, project the construction of a • railway across Persia from the Caucasus ' to Baluchistan, and they are seeking British support. * : RIFLE SHOOTING. London, November 14. Oxford won the Imperial Universities' shooting trophy with a score of 149(5. Adelaide University made 1460, Cambridge 1442, Melbourne 1396, Sydney and London 1389 each. CHARGE OF ESPIONAGE. London, November 14. Lieutenant Helm, arrested as a spy at Portsmouth, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor, and was bound over in sureties of £ - 250. Helm solemnly promised in Court not to repeat his offence. THE URUGUAYAN UPRISING. Monte Video, November 14. Tranquility has been restored in Uruguay. TURKISH FINANCES. Constantinople, November 14. The revenue for 1011-12 is estimated at 28% millions Turkish pounds, and the expenditure at 35 millions. LONDON'S WATERWAY. London, November 14. In order to accommodate modern ocean liners the Thames is being deepened to thirty feet as far as Albert Docks. THE TURKISH NAVY. Constantinople, November 14. Mahmud Maktar, Vali of Smyrna, son I of the late Ottoman Commissioner to Egypt, and a man with strong German leanings, is now Turkish Minister of Marine. . DECREASING BIRTH-RATE. London, November 14. \ The birth and death-rates for England . and Wales last quarter were the lowest

. on record.