GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81892, 22 November 1906, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

* c NIAGARA'S INDUSTRIAL w WORTH. 1« Ottawa, Novembe 20. C Electrical energy iiom the Fall;, of 3, Niagara to the extent of forty thau- LI sand horse power is bding delivered in Toronto. C A VELDT MURDER TRIAL. le Capetown, November 20. _ S<«phanus Smit, the late President Kruger's grandson, was found guilty of the murder ot Hermann ~ Davis, while co-operaiing in unearthing an alleged sixty tnousand " pounds' worth of buried treasure, de- B taiL of uJ.cfi were cabled un July 1 lOth. Smii was pronounced insane and ordered tu be confined during S tne Governor's pleasure. (The cable received on July ibtn L gave the name of tne murderer as Paul Kruger Emmett. The murder H took place at Daspoort, in the Trans- 0 vaal, where the two men were search- 7 ing far £(jo,om 111 bullion concealed during the buer war. Davis' body C was mutilated.) J

STUPENDOUS FISH STORY. S *U Paris, November 20. French n=heiinen rai-ing .1 ne,t in ' Erquy Bay found at least fifteen v hundred nuge octopii, some wlith 'J ')heir pfojecing armt fastening on S to the side of Ue ves-1. Hatchets c were used for cutting the cable, and this loss and the less uf the net alone 1: prevented ttie vessel capsizing. The ' tentacle of the octopii poisoned two 1 sailors. ' 1 ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER. London, November 20. Frank Crumlish, a sailor, described as an Australian, was remanded in London on a charge of attempted murder. It is alleged that he visited his sweetheart, and used a re- ( volvcr again-t her and a rival, also against a third man wliu came iu 1 tli'lr assistauee. WIRELESS TELEGRAPH , COMBINE. j London, November 21. t The Marconi Cirnpnpy denies that , it intends 10 Tter into an engage- j mem with Jii '■■■ capitalists to ■ amalgamate with other wirelcis systfms. AMERICANS CRIME' SHEET. New York, November 20. Judge: Kavanagh, of Chicago. states that there were M&> murders in the United States duringthe- ln>t fjuinquenni d period. I hey arc largely attributable :o <!'l'«ciive laws. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Sydney, November 21. The seismigrap'i at Sydney Ob-er-vatory I)ei*f<n five and eight <• 'lock . on Mindav night showed a remarkable disturbance c.xnrulent with ' that feh at Perth. The Govorn- ' nt'-nt astronomer of Westralia ilimfc* : the centre of the earthquake was 400 miles away, in the Indian Ocean. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT YIELD. Adelaide, November 20. The Register newpap r r e-limates the wneat yield of the State at ,o*oo.oßo which will give ■ a shipping surplu- of 16.3^1,000 J bushel?- t j Storage accomodation for furniture and other -roods is provided bv the « N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., in their bricK - iaiiidings Brougham street. New t Plvmouth. The building having a I raised floor all risk from damp is x>b--1 viated. Goods carted or forwarded I to Ml addrW. J