GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 318, 3 June 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE COPYRIGHT BILL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, June 1. At the instance of Sir J. A. Simon, Attorney-General, the Grand Committee has embodied in the Copyright Bill a new principle whereby the copyright will revert to the author's representatives 25 years after the author's death. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT. London, June 1. The New Zealand Coronation contingent has arrived, all well. KAISER AND CZAR. St. Petersburg, June 1. The Kaiser will meet the Czar at the Finnish Skerries in June. POPULATION OF SCOTLAND. London, June 1. Tho census shows that the population of Scotland is 4,759,44-5, that of Glasgow being 784,455, and Edinburgh 320.315. FIGHTING IN ASSYRIA. Constantinople, June 1. The rebels have captured Abha, the capital of Assyria. A TONGAN QUESTION. London, June 1. Mr. Harcourt, in the House of Commons, declined to answer questions relating to matters at Tonga, the subject of actions before the Court of the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific. A FORTRESS BLOWN UP. Managua, June 1. By an explosion in the fortress of Laloman, Nicaragua, 150 were killed. The cause is unknown. THE MARIES' GIFT. London, June 1. The fund of the Maries' gift to the Queen totals £11,700. A VALUABLE DIAMOND RECOVERED London, June 1. The son of the Maharaja of Bikanir dropped a valuable diamond from his turban during the ceremony of trooping the colors. A messenger boy discovered it and returned it.