GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 184, 12 April 1915, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

ATTACK ON THE SULTAN. A narrow' ESCAPE. PrtJM Association—Copyrights (Eoeoivod 5.5 p.m.) CAIRO, April 18. Tbo Sultan, who was fired at by BUhad a narrow escape. grand master of ceremonies, noticing, a man step into the road, called out & pollodman, who knocked the assasjri.n-V----hand. The bullet struck the braekwork of the hoed. The assassin, w£t. is evil-looking, adopted an attitude jsfbravado. He said the Sultan was ife usurper and deserved to be shot. had been in Cairo four days awaiting an opportunity. He denied having complleea. His oonsin was arrested srf Mansurah owing to his previous .ggjSfpicious movements in Constantinople. AUSTRALIAN TRUST AQENCV. DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CENT(Reed. 9.2&0 a.m.) f LONDON, April U.. The Trust Agency of Australasia has paid a year’s dividend of t|sn cent. FLAT RACING. ' A DONALDSON DEFEATED. • < t -. - ~ ' j {Heed 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, April 11. For £l6O aside, over 220 yards* Appt&egarts defeated Donaldson by a yard at Salford in. 22Jsecs. FIRE FIGHTING. AT LIVERPOOL CONFLAGRATION. (Reed 9.20 a.m.) LIVERPOOL, April 11. Firemen fought he Liverpool donlhv gration for 20 hours and finally flooded the cellars from the adjacent docks. SHIP TORPEDOED. SOME OF THE CREW WOUNDED. (Reed. 9.20 a.m.) ROTTERDAM, April 111. The Ilarpalyoe was torpedoed off Waving leas, and sank in less than five j iniuutv. The crew jumped into the water, there being no time to lovvjer bojAd. Scans survivors were badly wounded. The captain cl’ a rescuing steamer r.xv.- tie perisccpX of a subI marine. / PC- XT OFFICE ROBBERY. - | BOXES BURG-LED. : (Feed. 10X5 a.m.) | ‘ MELBOURNE, This Dry. | Extensive rcfcberles frem pr-ivsT ; mail boxes at .the Genisral Pest Office \ are ijspcrted. Apparently the boxes were burgled from Inside, 'rwcnvo I films’ letters were stolen in one day.

Detectives arc iunuirh'S' into the matter. AM" UNDESIRABLE LICENSES. : ENEMY.. SUBJECT. .ARRESTED. (Reed. 10 . > mm. A-iJA, This Day. An Austrian mm t;c - a fi.rresxsd f<tr attempting to stay the vvo.y to the San Francisco liner Ventura. A publican, Peter Db-bo r.nplierl for the Iran ‘ • ’ ImtA mciAo at Ccnvra, mb ■ • .vs ■. b. . nceFe objector . ; .m; re r ! tin tb. ■ was a German s A-A and recently naturalised. Ke in d cm A Demmany tofevo and dinner r r, ■ vvm no h»; yrreto a C'i - ' ' ■•'■;. An. c . m return ho hail a 2verst ty comm ruc-a on tiro v c.r. ] ; .e \ij mi mi', imemmi li- ;;; m • fa.;:.. IMPORT bNY IMPiIO'V EviENTS. FOE-I DAYS SAVED. (itcod. 10. -T- ran ‘ SYDNEY, TdrE; Dry. Mr Nijolsor,. Trade CoiaxaissicMier, in Amjarlr?. lias nlaced a proposal tor impro vcmsnt of tire Son Francis ro mail service be'Dro Dio Q' vonim.rat, reducing the jovamoy to Cymncv by four days. It in stated tbal cn: crixv rony clmrod to i : ,v: ■; ;. n t voa~elo for the -m - ( r ■ ' Jar Hoi mmi , Forne],/ E ' i'v .to ✓