GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 188, 7 February 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

the iiov scout movemeot. Times—Sydney Sun Special L'aMes-. London, February 5.' Lieuteiuint-Cleucral Sir R. S. S. Bade uPowcll is appealing for £2,30,000 for developing the Hoy Scout movement. PREACH OF PROMISE. Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables. New York, February 5. Hiss fJiiica Harden, ttu actress,, is suing the New V'ork millionaire OcUi'u (luinlc for .-,00,000 dollars for breach of promise. .Mr. Cninle has been arrested, the act res* alleging that he was about to llee from the country. ISKANDKI;. jiKV ACQUITTED. Paris, February 5. Jskaiider lley has been acquitted in connection with the attack oji, Chain I'asha on .January 14. ALLECEI) PIRACY.. London, Fcbr.ua.ry i>. Mi»s- Rosemary Rees has been nonsuited in her action for damages finthe alleged pirating of her play. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL. London, February .">. Tin*. Privy Council reserved judgment in the. appeal of the Equitable Life A., sura>ice Society of America v;. Reed, of Xew Zealand. The ease was before the Wellington Appeal Court in August and October, 1012.

A IlKi LAND DEAL. London, February 3. Uiirou de Eorcst has nccftptcd Lord Derby's olVer to sell his Ilootle estut-- ' for. £I. Still ,000. MR.. P.ALFOUR'S LECTURES. London,. February .j. Mr. Ralfour, in his concluding Clifford lecture, emphasised the argument that tjvevything arose from design, contending that the belief in the existence of a good creator and ruler was absolutely compulsory to every saisc. mind. THE NEW ZEALAND STRIKE. London, February 5. Lord Edbiiry. presiding at the meeting of the National Mortgage Agency Company of New Zealand, expressed satisfaction "with tlie way in which the public sense had dealt with the strike. It afforded encouragement to those, interested in the future of the Dominion.. ARBITRATION ACT AMENDMENTS. Sydney, February C. Mr. Estell, Minister for Lalior,' foreshadows important ani"ndmeuLs in the Arbitration Act, expediting and cheapening the produce. THE I.ITHOOW IRONWORKS. Sydney, February fi. Uoskin Bros.' property, which is under offer to the (loverninent, is valued at over £1,000,000. THE TOTALISATOR. - February •. Mr. Cann, the Treasurer, admits that the Cabinet seriously considered the introduction of the totalisator, as a means of adding to the State revenue.