GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 27 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright, Received 26, 5.5 p.m. London, February 25. The Court of Appeal has overruled Mr. Justice Avarrington's decision, which justified the Railwaymen's Society in expelling Mr. Osborne. A CARNEGIE GIFT. Received 26, 5.5 p.m. London, February 25. The Colonial Office announces that Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given the African Entomological Research Committee £IOOO yearly for three years to send students to the United States to study the practical application of entomology. THE TRANSPARENT ENVELOPE. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London, February 25. The Post Office, while not prohibiting the transparent envelopes, with interna! addresses, intimates that they will be subject to delay over ordinarily addressed letters, owing to the greater difficulty of deciphering the addresses. QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL. Received 26, 5.5 p.m. London, February 25. The Australian Coronation delegates will attend the unveiling of Queen Victoria's memorial on May 10. QUEENSLAND BY-ELECTIONS. Received 27, 12.50 a.m. Brisbane, February 26. The by-election at Enoggera, through Mr. Hawthorn's retirement, resulted in Trout, a Ministerialist, being elected.

LITHGOW STRIKE SETTLED. Received 27, 12.50 a.m. Sydney, February 2C. The Lithgow strike lias been settled, after a conference between Mr. Hoskins and three Labor members of Parliament. A SCHOOL OVERWHELMED. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg, February 25. An avalanche destroyed the school at Sibye, on the Black Sen. Twelve boys and six adults were found dead in the ruins. THE HOUNDSDITCH MURDERS. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London, February 25. Finger prints found on beer bottles discovered in the Exchange Building, where the police were killed, have been proved to belong to Lena Vassilera. PLAGUE AT HONOLULU. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London, February 25. Reuter reports two cases of cholera at Honolulu.

FISHERMEN ON AN ICE FLOE. St. Petersburg, February 25. Five hundred fishermen are afloat on an ico floe on the Gulf of Finland. PROTESTANT FEDERATION. Ottawa, February 25. The proposal to federate the Protestant Church is favorably received in Toronto. THE PANAMA CANAL. New York, February 25. Half a million yards of loose earth' slipped in the Culebra cut on the Panama Canal.