GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 291, 3 December 1908, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

ATTEMPT TO DERAIL A TRAIN. Received December 2, 11.40 p.m. London, December 2 Reuters St. Petersburg agent reports that a man named Wotm has been arrail at°p " f arge ot tempting to derail at Pondery a tram convoying the Dowager-Empress of Russia, when returning from Copenhagen on November THE NORTHCOTISS. Received December 2, 11.30 p.m. Washington, Decern Iter 2. Lord and Lady Northcote were the guests of the British Ambassador.

AUSTRIAN EMPEROR'S JUBILEE. Received December 2, 11.30 p.m. Vienna, December 2. 11l connection with Emperor Josefs jubilee extensive illuminations are in progress. Three crowds f-onrergin" a panic ensued. Sixty persons were"'injured in the crush. One deputy of the Keichsrath was crushed to death, as also was a woman. GIGANTIC ANTEDELUVIAN ANIMALS. Berlin, December 1. The German Government is sending aa expedition to investigate the nmains of gigantic antedeluvian animals discovered by Professor Fraas in tlie southern part of German East Africa. The hind leg bones of one animal are long and the spine a third longer than that of any animal yet discovered.

THE KAISER'S INTERVIEW. New York, December 1. Though the New York World states that Mr Hale corrected the proofs of the article purporting to give an outline of the Kaiser's interview with him, Mr Hale reiterates that the story was a silly concoction. / FOGS IN PARIS. Paris, Decemberl. A dense fog here caused many serious accidents. A train collided with a carriage containing a party of wedding guests at a level crossing at Poissy. Four of the occupants of the carriage were killed. GERMANY'S POPULATION. -Berlin, Decemberl. The population of Germany increased by 882,000 during 1907.

> OLD. AGE PENSIONS. London, December -. The number of old age pensions applied for in England is 367,197; in lieland 193,138; in Scotland 67,785; anil in Wales 23,950; making a total of 652,070. The total was originally estimated at 500,000. CHILDREN AND HOTEL BARS. London, November -. The House of Lords has passed the Children's Bill. In committee a clause was introduced identical with that in the rejected Licensing Bill, forbidding children to enter the bars of licensed premises. ; ;

BRITISH AND GERMAN WORKMEN 1 COMPARED. London, November 1. Mr. W. C. Stoadinan, Labour M.l\, who has been on a visit to Germany, reports that Germans work longer hours for lower wages than Englishmen, but they arc better cared for and get infinitely more out of life than the Englishman, who drink and gamble more. OBITUARY. London, December 1. Mr. Barnato, founder of the wellkaown South African linn of Barnato Brothers, is dead. A FINANCIER ON TRIAL. London, December 1. A summons has been issued against Sir H. W. Bottomley, Liberal Si. P. for Hackney South, on a charge ofconspiracv to "defraud the public in connection with the Joint Stock Trust an! Finance Corporation. (Mr Bottoniley is a well-known T.on don financier. He is uJ~o editor a>u proprietor of the paper John Bull.)