GENERAL GABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 88, 30 August 1912, Page 5

GENERAL GABLES.

THE KAISER. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received 29, 1.30 p.m. Berlin, August 29. The Kaiser was able to take a fairly long walk to-day. A PAPAL BAN. Received 30, 12.10 a.m. Rome, August 20. A consistorial congregation censured La Grange, the famous Dominician, for modernism. A Papal decree bans all his works from ecclesiastical seminaries and universities. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Eec-eived 30, 12.10 a.m. London, August 29. Foot and moutb disease has broken out at Kildare and Fermanagh. DISUSED RIFLES. Received 29, 11.15 p.m. London, August 29. The War Office, in reply to the Lord Mayor of Belfast, regrets'that it is unable to supply the proposed young citizen volunteers with rifles, either disused or unfit for firing. Correspondents mention that the War Office in 1909 supplied the Old Boys' Brigade at Dublin with discarded rifles at eighteen pence each. A NEW LTNER. Pteceived 30, 12.10 a.m. London, August 29. The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Russia has been launched. She is able to float with any four compartments flooded. GERMAN CROPS RUINED. Received 30. 12.15 a.m. Berlin, August 29. The unharvested crops in many districts, especially at Leipzig, have been ruined, and fruit has suffered severely. ARREST OF A TRAITOR. ■ Berlin, August 29. Tlansncr. a builder - * foreman, has been arrested at Bochum on suspicion of attempting to procure for a foreign Power the railway arrangements connected with Germany's scheme of mobilisation. AGGRIEVED ■MUSICIAN'S. Received 29, 9.35 p.m. Sydney. August 28. The Professional Musicians' Union wrote to the North Sydney Church of England Grammar School, enquiring whether a German band engaged for the school sports was paid less than the award rates. The information was refused. The union is submitting the matter to the investigation department, with a view to a possible prosecution. THE LEATHER TRADE. Sydney. August 29. A deputation of tanners and leather traders stated to the Government that a depreciation of over £IOO,OOO is occurring annually in the value of the hides handled in Sydney, in consequence of damage and disfigurement bv branding. THE CHIDLEY CASI. Sydney, August s*. Replying to a deputation representing a public meeting, asking for an independent enquiry into the Chidley case, Mr. McGowen promised further serious consideration of the case. COUNTER LUNCHES. Sydney, August 28. A meeting of hotelkeepers decided to abolish counter lunches immediately, at the request of the health authorities, and to enforce the most stringent regulations on those continuing the lunches.