GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 309, 24 May 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

EMPIRE DAY. ! By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, j London, May '22. Earl Meath, in a letter to the newspapers, says that there are only ten out of sixty-three comity education authorities in England and Wales who have not directed teachers in elementary schools to give instruction to scholars on Imperial matters on Umpire Day. SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION. London, May 22. | Mr. Lieht estimates that the production of sugar beet has increased by 7!)fi,000 lons, and that the increase for the year will be 1,989,000 tons. THE POTASH DISPUTE. Berlin, May 32. The German potash syndicate and American buyers have signed a settlement to the long-standing dispute which arose out of the tariff.

THE WEST SLANDER CASE. London, "May 22. Sir Algernon West's appeal against the judgment for his daugliter-in-law in the recent slander case is proceeding. LABOR MEMBERS' PERKS. London, May 22. The conference of Railway Clerks' Associations defeated a resolution deprecating the practice of Labor members of the House of Commons charging fees for speaking at propaganda meetings in the provinces. DOCTORS AND THE INSURANCE 'BILL. London, May 22. The agitation among doctors is increasing against the Insurance Bill owing to its interference with existing arrangements. The British Medical Association is ventilating, the subject. A PRINCESS FINED. London, May 22. Princess Dhuleep Singh has been lined •£1 for having refused to pay a dog liceijse as a protest on, behalf of the suffragettes. THE'STEEL TRUST. Washington, .May 22. Mr. Carnegie will have to give evidence before the commission investigating the .Stedl Trust.

SURVEYORS' CONFERENCE. • , London. May 22. Lord Curzon will open the general conference of surveyors on May 31. A GERMAN LOCK-OUT. Berlin. May 22. A lock-out of 10X100 trade unionist textile operatives at Munster has begun. WELSH .MINING STRIKE. London, May 22. A fresh deadlock has occurred in the Cambrian dispute.