GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 114, 3 November 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

A LIBEL CASE. j By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, j Capetown. November 1. Mr. Frase-r, school inspector, was awarded a verdict for ,C 25 in his slander action against General Hertzog, who was Minister of Education of the Orange Free State. PLAGUE IN NAVAL HOSPITAL. London, November 1. The Local Government Board announces that a seaman admitted to Xhotlev Naval Barracks, Suffolk, on October 10, developed symptoms . of pneumonia, and when his sputum was examined plague bacilli were found. The source of infection has not been ascertained. There has been no other case. THE ITALIAN TREATY. London, Novmber 1. In the House of Commons, Air. Acland, in reply to a question regarding the treat}- made with Italy in 1883, said that Britain was seeking to amend the treaty ill order to secure for the selfgoverning dominions the power of withI drawal they enjoy in all recent treaties. , TRADE UNIONIST IMPRISONED. Paris, November 1. Rosnillier, secretary of the Amalgamated Trade Union at Finisterre, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment and fined a thousand francs for inciting to theft and urging soldiers to insubordination during a recent dear food riot. J LOST GOLD MINE REDISCOVERED. Ottawa, November 1. ' A lost gold mine is reported to have been rediscovered iu Bayonne Country,, British Columbia. The original discoverer died and the secret was not disclosed. Two miners named Robb and Roberts allege they have found the mine, but refuse to state where. AN AMERICAN CLAIM. "Washington, November 1. A committee of the House is opening an inquiry regarding the connection of ex-Secretary of State Foster and Mr. E. H. Conger, late Minister to China, with the payment of £ TO,OOO to the heirs of General Ward, who was killed in the Chinese rebellion of 1802. The money is alleged to have come out of the Boxer indemnity fund. It is stated that great influence was brought to bear on Prince Ching to allow a forty years' old claim to be paid from a recently created fund. i