GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 226, 30 January 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

TO WEED OUT DRONES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.] Berlin, January 27. ' I A conference of officials and comnierj cial men held tit the Foreign Office decided that in future candidates for the consular service should possess a practical knowledge of commerce, industry, and shipping.

DEATH RATE AMONG BABIES. London, January 27. The death rate amongst English and Welsh children during 1910 was 100 per 1000, establishing a record. It represents a saving of 151,000 lives per yeai compared with the 1904 rate.

ENTERIC IN LANCASHIRE. London, January 27. There have been 151 cases of enteric fever, of which fourteen proved fatal, at Eccles, Lancashire. Their origin has been traced to ice cream.

ASHORE AT VANCOUVER. Ottawa, January 27. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company's steamer Zees is ashore at Bark ley Sound, Vancouver Island. The passengers have been rescued.

BILLIARDS. . London, January 27. Playing at Cardiff, Gray made a break of 1092.

A SUCCESSFUL OPERA. Berlin, January 27. Dr. Richard Strauss' comic opera Rosen Kavalier was produced at Dresden, and had an enthusiastic reception. There were eighteen calls before the curtain at the close of the second act.

CARNEGIE HERO FUND. London, January 27. The Carnegie Hero Fund has awarded medals to Dr. Johnston and two men who carried Detective Leeson to safety when he was wounded in the Sidney street anarchist affray.

PENSIONS AND RELIEF. London, January 27. The Government has intimated that boards of guardians will not be required to repay the amount of outdoor reliel saved through old-age pensins.

A CORRECTION. Received 29, 5.5 p.m. London, January 28. The Government will introduce a measure defining the proportion of the guardians' contributions to the old-age pensions of ex-paupers. The statement that guardians will be wholly relieved is premature.

COTTON WAREHOUSE BURNED. Cairo, January 27. A cotton warehouse at Alexandria has been burnt. The damage amounts to £IOO,OOO.

PRINTERS' LOCK-OUT. London, January 27. ' The master printers of London resolved that as the oiler of arbitration was rejected they would resist the men's demands.

A CONGO CASE. Brussels, January 27. The Appeal Court at Boma, in the Congo State, has acquitted Major Arnold.

BULGARIA AND TURKEY. Sofia, January 27,

As the outcome of the non-renewal ot the treaty between Bulgaria and Turkey the former will commence a tariff war to-morrow.

THE ARGENTINE. Buenos Ayres, January 27. Argentine ports have been re-opened for the importation of British cattle, sheep, j>ig3, goats and fodder.

ZULU CHIEFS RELEASED. Capetown, January 27. Tilonko and other Zulu chiefs imprisoned at St. Helena for participating in the 1906 rebellion have been released.

JAP-AMERICAN TREATY. New York, January 27. In the new treaty between Japan and the United States no mention is made of coolie 1 immigration, which the States wanted restricted.

DESPERATE CRIMINALS. New York, January 27. Three prisoners escaped from Singsing Prison, New York State. They beat down the guards, crossed the Hudson River on the ice, and have not yet been caught.