GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 104, 18 September 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

FRENCH UNIONIST TEACHERS. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Paris, September 10. The Minister of Education has dissolved seven teachers' unions, out of twelve. The rest refused to obey or be converted into friendly societies, A POTENTATE'S HOLIDAY. Paris, September 10. Mulai Ha fid has sailed for Tangier. He spent £12,000 during his visit. ius expenditure included the purchase of pianos, cows, stags, phonographs aiyl hundreds of pairs of boots. . Abdul Aziz, the former ruler of Morocco, also desires to visit Paris. THE ATTRACTIVE ACTRESS. London, September 10. The Evening News states that Mr. George Edwardes Ims been compelled to insert a clause in his agreements, prohibiting actresses from marrying. This lias been done in order to prevent the inconvenience caused by actresses quitting the stage while a play is running. THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.

London, September 10. The police have forbidden the advertising of palmistry, cfystal gazing and elairvoyancy. About 150 establishments in the Bond street district are threatened: OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX. London, September 10. Several cases of smallpox are reported at Kirkcaldy. It is believed the epidemic was introduced by a shipment of Russian flax. MEAT FOR THE CONTINENT. London, September 16. Mr. Norton, commercial ■ agent in London for the South Australian Government,, states that the report that 100,000 frozen sheep have been shipped from Adelaide to Hamburg has apparently been exaggerated a thousandfold. FIGHT WITH A SNAKE. Berlin, September 16. A twenty-six foot snake at the Frankfurt Zoo endeavored to encircle and crush a keeper who was feeding it. Oil being foiled it buried its fangs in the keeper's arm. Some of the keepers holding the snake and others holding 'the man tore his arm from the snake's jaws. HISTORIC HOUSE DESTROYED. London, September 16. Garden Hall, Colonel "Holdaworth's historic seat in Cheshire, has been destroyed by fire. . Valuable jewellery and pictures were lost, and the damage is estimated at £OO,OOO. The inmates escaped in night attire. THE ARMY MANOEUVRES. London, September 16. The army manoeuvres have commenced. The Red army, comprising 22,000 men, under General Ilaig, is advancing on London, while the Blue force of 23,000 men, under General Grierson, is opposing. They will, be concentrated near Cambridge, where the Xing will visit them. The "war" will last four days.