GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 224, 4 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE ALIEN PROBLEM. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 3, 9.25 p.m. London, January 3. Mr. R. G. Seton, Recorder of Devizes, emphasises the fact that deported aliens generally return within six weeks.

ANOTHER DREADNOUGHT. Received 3, 9.2 a p.m. London, January 3. The Archbishop of Canterbury's wife will launch, on the Thames, the Dreadnought Thunderer. The Primate will participate in the service.

GRAY, THE CUEIST. Received 3, 9.25 p.m. London, January 3. In a level 8000 match at Nottingham Gray has scored 1333 anu Diggle 793.

LEAGUE OF MERCY. Received 3, 10.50 p.m. London, January 3. The League of Mercy's 1910 contributions to the hospital fund were £IB,OOO. A PRINTERS' STRIKE. Received 3, 10.50 p.m. Helsingfors, January 3. The newspapers -appeared as usual, despite the printers' strike. Girls had been secretly trained for months, ana they worked the linotypes. THE DRUSE REBELLION. Received 3, 10.50 p.m. Constantinople, January 3. A thousand Druses have surrendered, and the remnant was driven into the desert

TAILORS' STRIKE. Received 3, 10,50 p.m. Vienna, January 3. Eight thousand tailors have struck, demanding a 35 per cent, increase of wages and a ten hours' day. Archduke Francis Joseph has ordered them to remain indoors to prevent complications. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. Received 3, 10.50 p.m. Calcutta, January 3. '{'he Crown Prince was the bearer ol the. Kaiser's friendly message, and reviewed the First Royal Dragoons ai Muttra, of which the Kaiser is Colonel-in-cliief. Major Making, in thanking him, begged the Crown Prince to convey to the Kaiser an expression of the corps' devotion.

OPIUM TRAFFIC. .Received 3, 10.50 p.m. Pekin, January 3. China has resumed the opium negotiations, hoping for an agreement to accelerate the extinction of imports from India, liut the continued unchecked poppy cultivation in many districts is regardedi in some circles as a serious obstacle. [