GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 152, 23 December 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

A CANADIAN' INVK.STUiAT.. X. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Ottawa. December 21. Messrs Morine. Lake and Diicanne has been appointed a commi<>iuu to invest i- '<' H'e working expenditures of lioyi rnmcnt dejiartinenls. t-IMAU-: IX WLXNII'Ki;. Ottawa, December 21. Crime is rampant at Winnipeg. Dozens of citizens liave been held n j> at the revolver's point and robbed. The police have arrested ten .-.itspecU. Several persons were beaten as well as robbed. DREYFUS 01! TAINS DAMAOES EOU I'aris, December 21. The Appeal Court confirmed the verdict in the action of Major Dreyfus for -libel a«ain»t the newspaper L'Action 1 rancaise. in February, and imposed 320(1 francs damages and a tine. It also ordered the widespread publication of tile verdict. PRINCE AXI) A DIVORCE CASK. London, December 21. In the divorce case Statham v. Statliam and the (iaekwar of Baroda. the Court decided that the (iaekwar of Baroda was an independent prince, and consequently outside the jurisdiction of the Court. bank messenger shot. I'aris, December 21. Four armed robbers shot a bank messenger at Montmartre, and st'ole 20,000 franc, in coin and 1000,000 fran.es in securities, and escaped in a motor car. The messenger's condition i? critical. —- RAIN IX ENGLAND. " - London, December 21. There has been continuous rain throughout England. CENSOR OF PLAYS, London, December 21. Mr. G. A. Bedford lias resigned the position of examiner of plays, to which he was appointed in ISOo. AX AUSTRALIAN'S ESTATE. London, December 21. The net personality in the estate of Captain William Warner, who was formerly connected with Australian pastoral pursuits, has been proved for probate at £131,470. CANADIAN CADETS, i 1 / , Ottawa, Decernber;2l. The Minister for Militia -proposes a training school for every regiment in Canada, and arrangements have been made for 1912 to train upwards of 25,000 cadets.