GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 242, 18 February 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

AMERICAN REVENGE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. New York, February l(i. At Sacramento, Judge Carey shot ana killed Charles Dodge after a dispute concerning the disposition of an estate. POSTAL REFORM. Paris, February 10. The Senate adopted a Bill concerning the exchange of postal orders between France and New Zealand. BOY SCOUTS. London, February 16. The King will review the Boy Scouts at Windsor on July 4. A SWINDLER SENTENCED. London, February 18. ■ William Joachim was sentenced at the Old Bailey to three -years' imprisonment for having fraudulently obtained from two ladies £SOOO. He claimed to be William Henry Vanderbilt's natural son, but the evidence disproved -this. FILIBUSTERING IN AMERICA. New York, February 10. The United States intends to stop' filibustering in the Gulf of Mexico. The Hornet, a United States converted yacht, recently left New Orleans to aid the revolution in Honduras. THE ARGENTINE EXHIBITION. London, February 16. Mr. Akers, British CommissionerGeneral at the Argentine Exhibition, says that the section cost £ 14,000, and exhibitors have booked orders for £2,500,000, chiefly for machinery and agricultural implements. One firm secured orders for £IOO,OOO worth of goods. A BRIGAND'S ARREST. Rome, February 10. A notorious Sicilian brigand named Ballo visited the Palmero opera with his mistress. A rival informed the carabinieri of the brigand's presence. Ballo shot one soldier before lie was overpowered. He is accused of committing ten murders and blackmailing the province to the extent of 150,000 lire a year. WHITE SEA FISHERIES.

London, February 10. Lord Morley, President of the Council, in reply to Lord Nunburnholme, said -that the Government had resolved hot to yield up its White Sea fishing rights, Russia having introduced a Bill in the Duma which would have this effect in January. Lord Morley added that besides the fisheries, broad national interests were involved which would be of the most serious kind in war time. INCOME TAX WINDFALL. London, February 16. •- The American Thread Company has been ordered to■■> pay income tax on £IBO,OOO. The Court of King's Bench held that although the mills and trade were located in America,, the common stock was held by an English company with English directors, and that this brought the company within the Act. AN EMIGRATION SCHEME. London, February IG. Mr. Haldane, replying to a question whether the Government would give facilities to enable ex-soldiers with suitable experience to emigrate to Australia, sajd that the Government was unable to extend the present commutation of pensions, and suggested that the colonies should forego requiring a deposit. THE NEW HEBRIDES., London, February 16. Mr. Harcourt, Secretary for the Colonies, is .communicating with the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific in reference to the alleged illegal practices in the New Hebrides with regard to the liquor traffic and improper recruiting. RUSSIAN ENCROACHMENT IN ASIA. London, February 16. The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent says that owing to China's persistent disregard of treaty obligations concerning the East China railway and consular jurisdiction Russian troops are re-occnyying the Hi region in Central Asia. •