GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 131, 21 October 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

MR. ASQUITH'S HEALTH. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London, October 19. It is officially stated that the Prime. Minister is much better. He was not operated on this week-end, but a slight operation is possible later. It will be so trivial that an anaesthetic is not necessary. HISTORIC MANSION DESTROYED. London, October 19. Viscount Exmouth's residence, Canonteign House, has been burned down. The pictured and valuables were saved. EMIGRATION STATISTICS. Ottawa, October 19. 'For the six months ended September 30, 273,000 immigrants entered Canada, 158.000 from Britain and Europe, and 80,000 from the United States. POVERTY AND WEALTH. London, October 19. Ryce Deavan, a farm laborer, has inherited £200,000 from his father, who has long been lost in America. He refuses to leave his cottage in Breconshire. AUSTRALIAN STEAMER FARES. London, October 19. The shipping companies have raised the Australian third-class fare to a minimum of £lB. DIVORCE REFORM UNION. London, October 19. Sir A. Conan Doyle, president of the Divorce Reform Union, states that the Union desires to make both sexes equal in matters of divorce, wherefore incurable lunacy, penal servitude, physical or mental decrepitude and cruelty should be sufficient grounds for divorce. It would tlso substitute divorce for separation.