GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 210, 5 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

TK.UPKRAN'CE LY RUSSIA. I My Cable—Press Association—Copyngdl I St. Petersburg, March .'). Tin' Czar, in the pursuance (it his antialcohol policy, lias abrogated the custom whereby the Czar's health was \ drunk by the troops afte" reviews and .parades. crow.y prince ixscltei). Berlin, March 3. Tlie editors of the Welt am Moutag liave been summoned for insulting the Crown Prince. The paper dubbed him ''William the Last," severely criticised his Zabcrn telegrams and declared lie was a thorough agitator lor a German Republic. CHEAP TELEGRAMS. Paris, March 3. The British Chamber of Commerce gave a banquet to Sir John ffennikev Heaton, who urged penny-u-word telegrams in Europe as a preliminary to their extension to the whole world. THE TOBACCO TRI'ST. Berlin, March 3. Many thousands made a Ucmonstrntion on the Bremen Bourse as a protest against the British-Amerieean Trust, as a serious danger to German industrv. HERMAN NAVY LF.AOUE. Berlin, March 3. Admiral von Rooster, president of the Xavy League, in a speech at Oldenburg, forecasted a fresh campaign for more ships. BE LCI lAN MIYE FLOODED. Brussels, March •'!. While :m men were working in the Stvcpy mine it became Hooded. Nine were killed; the remainder eseap-d. DR. MAWSOX WELCOMED. Adelaide, .March 1. Dr. Mawson received a civic welcome ) in the Town Hall. The proceedings were enthusiastic. It was decided to send a cablegram of condolence with the relatives of Or. Mcrz and Lieut. Ninms.

FINANCING. MISSIONS. Sydney, March 4. The Methodist Conference rejected the proposal for a limited company to finance foreign missions. H was decided to ask the Australian and New Zealand conference;! to arrange for guarantors or for a proportion of the amount (o be guaranteed, each conference to be responsible for the amount allotted it, MARGARINE. London, March 3. Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Agriculture, received the deputation on the margarine question. The proceedings were private. LOSS OK A I!Ai:Ql ; K. London, March .1. The barque Tasninn, en route from the Brtltie to Melbourne, capniz«Ml in the North Sea. Several of the crew are missing.