YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8051, 15 February 1906, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

BRITISH UNEMPLOYED. London, February 13. Unemployed families, the first instalment in connection villi Lord Kothehihl's scheme, have slarlcil for New Brunswick. AN AVALANCHE. London, February 13. The avalanche of rooks and earth, report of which was previously cabled, destroyed Grugu.ig. The residents narrowly escaped. . LEI'KOSV IN LONDON. Lon Hun, February 13. A second death has occurred hi Loudon, within three weeks from Itcutc leprosy. PIILNCiiSS EN A. London, February 13, The. Sight- Hon. Dr. Ingram (Bishop of London), in a letter to the " Times," says responsible Church authorities have made urgent private remonstrance against Princess Ena's conversion to C atholism by order. (The Princess, a niece of King Edward, is to marry the King of Spain, and is already .studying the Catholic religion.) WOOL. Syi»xey, lYUruary 15. The wool season has been a very successful one, showing an increase of 150,000 bales. The quantity sold in Sydney realised .CS,2OO,ODD, while the grand total for the clip is estimated to top eleven millions sterling. NAVAL DEFENCE. SVUNEV, February 13. The Commonwealth Naval Direc. tor's report is anything but optimistic on our naval preparedness. The Director declares for an Australian navy, and repeats the reconimcn. dations made in December last: That the Commonwealth should be provided with three cruiser destroyers, sixteen torpedo boat destroyers, and fifteen first and second-class torpedo-boats, to be provided over a period of seven years at an annual cost of £350,000. This, lie considers, would provide defence, and not be designed as n'force for action against hostile ilcels, which is a province of the Imperial fleet, but as a line of defence necessary to secure the n<ival bases, populous centres, and the principal ports fo r commerce.

THE N.S.W. LOA>\ 1 Loxnox, February 13. 1' liiuiicitil circles t'ousulcv tl\e Now iSoutli Wales loan a success, especially as the Morocean deadlock rendered tho Stock Exchange nervous. SENSATION IN NEW YOKE. Nhw YouKj-Febnmry 13. There is a sensalion in New York. John Rockfellcr, the multi-millionaire lias disappeared. It is .supposed he is trying to evade a subpwmi to testify in an anti-trust case regarding the Oil Trust methods.