GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 9, 29 May 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

ULGARIAN NEWSPAPER PROSECUTED. j Cable—Press AasueiaOun—Copyright Soiia, May 27. Proceedings have been instituted i gainst the newspaper Mir for stating j hat the King ordered war last June, nd not the Government. THE WAGNER FAMILY. Berlin, May 27. Herr Seigl'ricd Wagner and Frau josima Wagner have announced 1 their ntenlion of presenting their entire icritage at Beyrouth to the German leoplt. This course was in prepara- . ;ion when Frau Isolde Bewlcr began ,ho litigation in which she claimed to je Wagner's daughter. BRITISH LABOR FEDERATION. London, May 27. The Miners' Federation and tlie Railwaymen's Committee have drafted an agreement to bo submitted to a joint conference on June 4. DIVORCE LAW REFORM. London, May 27. The text has been issued of Lord Gorell's Matrimonial Causes Bill, embodying the recommendations of the Divorce Commission report. GERMAN JOURNALISTS IN LONDON. London, May 27. A large number of German journalists who are visiting England were-en-tertained at the House of Commons, also by the Institute of Journalists, THE KAISER RELENTS. Berlin, May 27. The JKaiscr, in response to the Kaiaerin's entreaties, has agreed to Fr'.nC" Oscar's engagement to one of the. Kafserin's ladies-in-waiting». NEW HEBRIDES. Paris, May 2T. M. Picanon, Inspector-General of tho Colonies, will be president of the New Hebrides delegation. LORD STRATHCONA'S ESTATE. ! London, May 27. On Lord Strathcona's. estate the death duties amounted to £837,838. His shares include £1,321,000 in the United States Great Northern Railway, £822,000 iu the Canadian Pacific, £076,000 in the Northern Pacific, £248,000 in the Hudson's Bay Company, and £129,000 in the Bank of Montreal. A SHAM ANTARCTIC. Christiana, May 27. Sir Ernest Shackle-ton has returned. •He .states that the motor sledges are excellent over rising and falling ground. MIXERS' AFTERNOON" SHIFT. Sydney, May 28. Meetings of miners at several i-ol-leries in the Newcastle district decided not to work the afternoon -shift. PASSING IT ON. Sydney, May 28. It is understood that the inter-Slate steamship companies will materially increase fares and freights after Juno J. THE PEARL INDUSTRY. Perth, May 28. The congress of inter-Slate Chambers of Commerce passed a resolution that Asiatics were essential for the success of the pearling industry. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP. Adelaide, May 28. 'lt is officially stated (hat Hie" wheat yield is just 17.000,000 bushels, an average of 7 bushels to the acre. WAIPARA TOWED OFF. Brisbane, May 28. The Waipara has been towed off, anil is proceeding to Cairns. The amount of damage she has received is unknown.