GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 243, 20 February 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

JAPS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright. Ottawa, February 17. Mr. Frederick Villiers, the well-known war correspondent, speaking at the Canadian Club, Fort William, was open in his declaration of an imminent risk of the Japanese assuming control of British Columbia. ' ELECTION LIBEL SETTLED. London, February 17. The Simmons-Beim libel action has been settled, Sir John Benn paying £2500 and apologising. CHURCH OFFERINGS. London, February 17. Voluntary offerings in the Church of England during the past year amounted to £7,912,000. .SIR WILLIAM AGNEW'S ESTATE. London, February 17. The estate of the late Sir William Agncw, one of the proprietors of London Punch, has been sworn at £1,353,592. THE WATERLOO CUP. London, February 17. In the final of the Waterloo Cup Jabberwock beat Silk and Scarlet. THE SEALING INDUSTRY. Ottawa, February 17. The sealing treaty between the United States and Canada awaits signature. Pelagic sealing will be suspended for a term of years. The treaty will not be effective pending Japan's agreement to a similar treaty. The Pribyloff Islands arc involved. ~..