General Cable Summary.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3517, 4 May 1905, Page 3

General Cable Summary.

NAVAL ORDNANCE. London, May 1. New twelve-inch guns are replacing those aboard the Ocean and Vengeance, as the wiring slackened. The “Pall Mall Gazette” urge* the Admiralty to keep the country abreast of all the facta connected with the guns. The battleship which Mr A. H. Lee, of the Admiralty, foreshadowed will be of eighteen thousand tons displacement, will carry eight twelve-inch and 9,5 inch, with no ram. She will be completed within sixteen months. GERMANY AND MOROCCO. Berlin, May 1 The newspaper “Lokal Anzieger,” in an article on the Moroccan disputes, declares France’s weakness renders her safe from German attack, The Kaiser does not belong to that race of French rulers who are most eager to grab a prey when it is easiest to obtain it. AUSTR \LIAN CRICKETERS. London, May 1. Despite the rain and cold the Australian cricketers are having steady and satisfactory practice. The umpires for the first teat match will be Carlin and Philips; for the second, Phillips and Richardson; third, Phillips and Titchmarsh; fourth, Carlin and J. West; fifth, Phillips and W. West. AN EXPLOSION. London, May 1, While unpacking oxygen cylinders for a lantern lecture at Winterthur school, Switzerland, an explosion occurred, killing the attendant and seriously injuring a number of students. JAPANESE FINANCE. London, May 2. The fifth Japanese internal loan has been covered five-fold, MINOR ITEMS EPirOMISfcD. Turkish regulars attacked a Greek band at Belkamon, killing three persons and capturing fifty. Chicago employers have armed with rifles a thousand non-union teamsters.