GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 9 March 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE ANTI-MODERNIST OATH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 8, 10 p.m. Berlin, March 8. Hcrr Hollweg, speaking in the Prussian Diet, gave a quiet but emphatic warning to the Vatican in connection with the recent decree that the Government declined to dissolve the Catholic faculties in the universities, but was decidedly of the opinion that Catholic clergy and teachers who taught German history in the State schools should not do so after they had subscribed to the modernist oatk. AMERICAN COAL IN EUROPE. Received 8, 10 p.m. London, March 8. Owing to colliery troubles, South Americans are exporting 350,000 tons ol coal to Havre and Italy, whence returning vessels will call at Spain for iron ore. Some coal from the Westphalian mines lias reached the Thames. SCOTTISH OIL INDUSTRY. Received 8, 8.55 p.m. London, March 8. A shale field has been discovered on Lord Rosebery's Dalmeny property, li is believed to extend under the Firth of Forth into Fifcshire, ensuring indefinite prolongation of the Scottish oil industry.

THE KING'S BIRTHDAY. Received 8, 8.55 p.m. London, Mareli 8. The King's birthday will be celebrated on the Home naval station on May 27th, and at other stations on June 3rd.