GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 2 December 1915, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR IN SYDNEY.

GERMAN CLUB THREATENED,

SYDNEY, This Day,

' A band of soldiers inclined to riotous behaviour again paraded the city streets last night, and threatened the German Club. , The police dispersed them.

STATE BAKERY MONOPOLY.

THE TOTALISATOR DISCUSSION,

(Reed 9.10 a.m.)

SYDNEY, This Day.

Caucus has decided to adopt Mr Hall’s State Baking monopoly in the Metropolitan area.

In the Assembly Mr Holman stated that the Government was against the introduction of the totalisator, but ■would allow a private member to introduce a bill. A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY. TWO BROTHERS QUARREL. (Reed 9.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. A tragedy has occurred at Tongala. Two brothers, John and Alexander I Toung were discovered wounded. It appears they quarrelled and Alexander shot John and then attempted to commit suicide. When assistance arrived, he implored them to save his brother John, who has since died.

BANKING QUOTATIONS. *

LONDOiN, December 1 I

Banks —New Gouth Wales 35i; Victoria 755; National and Australasia 92/6; National Bank of New Zealand, 96/; New Zealand 19’/; New Zealand Loan Debentures, 75£ (ordinary, 891).

NEWMARKET BLOOD-STOCK SALE

RULING PRICES LOW.

NEW ZEALAND PURCHASES

(Reed. 9.30 a.m.) * LONDON, December 1. At the Newmarket bloodstock sales prices ruling were low. Three were purchased by- New Zealanders, including the colt Costello at 760 guineas. BRITISH APPOINTMENT. NEW GOVERNOR OF CEYLON. Sir John Anderson of the Colonial Office ’has been appointed Governor of Ceylon; John Vandeleur Fiddes, assistant Under Secretary for the Colonies, succeeds Sir John Anderson. X ... A THRILLING STORY. 8-YEAR-OLD-GIRL’S) HEROISM. (Reed. 8.80 a.m.) LONDON, December 1. Martin tells a thrilling story of heroism of an eight-year-old girl, a passenger by the steamer “Bosnia,” that was submarined near Candia. She was in a boat drift for four days, buffeted by a furious wind, and an angry sea, with two brothers,three and two years-old respectively. They -were separated from their parents who were in another boat. Although scantily clad the girl’s courage never wavered; she cheered the sailors and clasped her little brothers in her arms

to impart warmth. On the third day their food and water was finished; \ Jand was sighted, hut the crew was too exhausted to reach the shore. The girl exhorted them to further efforts, and herself helped with the oars. To add to the horrors an Italian passenger went mad, slashed an artery in his arm and sought to attack his companions. After a desperate struggle he was finally ovepowered. When the wind dropped the boat reached Mikros Island, near Crete.