GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE BOYLE TRAGEDY. j ±sy Electric Telegraph —Copyright l [United Press Association.j •'(Rcteived 1.0 p.m.) Sydney, February 20. At tlie inquest on the Boyles there was no fresh evidence. The verdict uas that Bovle shot his wife and himself. n IMPORTANT WORKS. Melbourne, February 20. The Harbor Trust Commissioners scheme is in hand, involving an expenditure of three million, of width over half a million will be expended in the next three years to meet immediate requirements. A PRINCESS IN COURT. London, February 19. Counsel appearing in the Main- case stated that lie represented Princess Tinirin Takis, who is seeking to rest'ain prosecutrix from using the title. Prosecutrix stated that her name was Josephine Princess Thurin Takis. OH ICHABOD, ICHABOD! Paris, February 19. The Government refused Victor Napoleon's offer of four hundred sterling towards poor of Paris in celebration of the birth of his son. COMPLETE CROP FAILURE. Capetown, February 19. Owing to the long drought the crops in South Africa are a complete failure. GERMAN COLONIES. iTimes—Sydney Sun Special Cables (Received 8 a.in.) , Berlin, February 19. In the Budget Committee in the Reichstag the Secretary of State for [the Colonies proposed colonial decentralisation, as in British system, as (Germany's host model.