SATURDAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81871, 22 October 1906, Page 3

SATURDAY'S CABLES.

SHOP ASSISTANTS' HOURS. London, October irj. The British and Shop A^>i»taDts* Association have the Government 10 legislate to giw local authorities compulsory powers to fix a uniform hour for dosing, a \ve«k3y half hliday, and a working week of aixty hours. The Rigiu Hon. Herbert Gladsumc (Home Secretary) replied that u wa- diftiiu.i ii> pass a compulsory measure, and there wa> no chance of legislation on the subject at present. POLICE AND HOOKMAKKR. London, October 19. Pralt. an extensive London stieet bookmaker, informed the Police Commission that he ifgularly paid the politv /"zoo a year, drinks, to escape interference. TOO. MI CH GAY PARIS. London, October iqThe Lord Mayor of London was eo exhausted bv the festivities that he collapsed on leaving Paris and a 1 bed had to bo arranged in the train, ■ BURNT AT SEA. | Berlin. October nj. The >hip St. .Vhingo from Liver p';ol to Sydney nuh three thousand tons of cargo t"ok firo and was abandoned on the nth, sinking in latitude 2.(deg., south longitude 44idef.' ive-t. The crow wire saved and landed at Bahia. ARRESTED FOR MURDER. Perth, October 20. A man named llorton Sibley has been arreted' for the murder of Georgina Hussev at Day Dawn, wliu died from strychnine. SENTENCED TO DEATH. Adelaide. October 30. The Afghan Mabibula was sentenced to death, with a recommendation to mercy, for the murder of his wife.