GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 234, 21 February 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

OPENING THE DOOR. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London. February I!). The privilege of obtaining commissions by promotion from the ranks has been extended to the marines in the Royal Navy. COLONIAL SUGAR COMPANY. London. February .11). in the Appeal Court the ease. Gordon v. the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. I he petition to rescind the order granting special leave was postponed for a week, in order to ascertain delmitely whether the Royal Commission on the Sugar Industry had delivered its final report. TDK FRENCH ARMY. Paris, February lil. Great patriotism has been evoked by the military proposals. The fact that .U. Point-are. the new President, is a native of Lorraine, led to a remarkable demonstration in the streets. Many shops were shut, and the Parisians made holiday in the afternoon. A PREMIER'S UNPATRIOTIC ACTION. Capetown, February 19. General TSotha refused Natal's request to present the battleship New Zealand with 2000 tons of Natal coal, on the ground that she is a unit of the British tleet, and ought not to receive, distinctive treatment, particularly as the Union Government contributes to the navy.

! CONTENTIOUS LITERATURE. | London, .February 10. The Roman Catholics at Glossop, headed by Canon Harkins, threaten to refuse to' pay rates, unless Kingsjcy's "Westward Ho" is withdrawn from the schools. Monsignor Robert Benson is supporting them. WAS TESTATRIX INTIMIDATED? London, February 10. In connection with the cast in the Probate Court, in which Haydon Erskine Starke claimed the revocation of a codicil in tbowilL of. Miss Maria Mattingley. bequeathing C7-iOO to Dr. FrederickBryan, an Australian, who was her grand-nephew. Dr. F. Bryan states that he found Miss Mattingley in a neglected I state and suffering from cancer. fie cleared out the servants and arranged the house. Tie claimed that, the bequest was due-to Miss Mattingley's gratitude. Testatrix afterwards had suffered from delusions and became insane shortly before death. EDITOR ARNOLD RELEASED. Rangoon, February 10. Mr. Arnold, the editor of the Burmah Critic, eight months of whose sentence, was remitted by Lord Hardinge last week, has been released. Mr. Arnold was imprisoned for alleged defamation of the district magistrate at Merqui.