GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 27 May 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

TUBERCULOSIS, Times and Sydney Sun Services." London, May 25. The London County Council is establishing a network of tuberculosis d'upcnsaries>, atoa hospital sanatoria for treatment. The Government is subsidising the scheme. THE CANTEEN CASES-. London, May 25. Sentences in the canteen cases have been deferred until the trials of Whittaker and Minto have been concluded. WHEAT ON FIRE. London, May 25. The wheat cargo of the Elfrieda, at Bristol, is on fire between the main an I forward hatches. Unloading is being expedited. TASMANIAN UNIVERSITY. London, May 25. Leading educationalists tendered a luncheon to Mr Herbert Heaton, of Birmingham University, .who has sailed rto organise tutorial classes for -the Tasmanian University, as a result of Mr Mansbridge's tour. ' IMPORTED MATCHES. Sydney, May 20.. . i Evidence before *he Tariff Commission disclosed that a combine was handi ling imported matches, and that some lines of imparted matches were superior to Australian-made matchesi DAY BAKLNG SPREADING. Melbourne, May. 2fi. Melbourne and Adelaide bakers are forcing tihe question of day baking, and ai strike is threatenedi MURDERER SUICIDES. Sydney, May 20. The New Caledonian News reports that in September last a Solomon Islanderk named Miskana, murdered his employer, Paladini, his wife and two children and escaped l to the mountains. Miakana's skeleton has recently been found beneath a tree to which a rope was attached, indicating ithat he hanged Wmself. THE GERMAN NAVY. Berlin, -May 25. } The Navy League demands *he carrv- " ing out of the Navy Law before 1920. I It points out that Germany 'has greater taxation reserves than Britain, which cannot bear much above the present i burden.