GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 97, 14 October 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

STRANDED MAORIS. By Cable—Presa Association—Copyright. London, October 12. Tiie White City Maoris arc sailing on November 11. They have not ibeen paid for <t\vo months. .Some are being housed .at the Crystal Palace. They begin performances at the Palace .Music Hall on Monday to provide further means. Their passage money is already deposited.

A GERMAN COUNT SENTENCED. Berlin, October li2. Count Wolff Metternieh, for cardswindling, has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, of which six are considered as served, owing to the length of the proceedings. A GIGANTIC EVIL. London, October 12. The Bi-Jiop of London, in his charge to the clergy, stigmatises the deliberately declining ibirth-rate as a gigantic evil, and urges the church to give suitable teaching of the responsibilities of married life. There was growing selfishness in thinking firstly of creature comforts and social pleasures.

DEAR FOOD INQUIRY. Paris, October 12. A judiciary inquiry has opened to ascertain whether the increased prices of corn, sugar and milk are due to monopolies. SETTLERS FOR NEW ZEALAND. London, October 12. The Tongariro will hike four hundred and fifty assisted passengers to New Zealand, and the Mamari in December four hundred, including a hundred domestic servants. CONGREGATIONAL UNION. London, October 12. At the Congregational Union Conference at Nottingham, during a discussion on the historical basis of Christia.nity, the ißev. R. J. Campbell (author of.'The New. Theology") declared that Christianity was impossible without a living, personal Christ.

THE PORTUGUESE REBELLION. Lisbon, October 12. Prisoners, including many priests, are arriving from the north. THE LATE GALE. London, October 12. Fourteen Yarmouth.fishermen perished in the late gale. COSTLY REPAIRS. London, October 12. Repairs to the Olympic, which was injured by 'the cruiser llawke colliding ■with her, will cost £200,000. POWDER ON FRENCH SHIPS. Paris, October 12. M. Delca.sse has directed that powder on warships must not be more than four years old. CAPSIZE OF A STEAMER. London, October 12. The steamer Eastern Counties capsized in the Humber. Four persons were drowned and eleven others had a remarkable escape.

A STBAMER LAUNCHED. London, October 12. The Imirapura has been launched at Wallsend. She is intended for the Australasian frozen meat trade.