GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 9, 4 February 1909, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

DIXIZCLU'S TRIAL Received February 4, 1*2.40 a.m. Durban, February 3. Dinizulu has completed his evidence. He was in the ' witness-box for eleven successive days. ■ A BOATING FATALITY. Home, February 2. A boat capsized at Leco, Lake Coino, in Switzerland. Seventeen women and two men were drowned. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN SIHEHIA. London, February 2. Continuous slight earthquake shocks occurred at Saglialien, Siberia, for several days. Three were also felt at Montreal. KING CARLOS - ,S ASSASSINATION. Lisbon, February 2. At the anniversary of King Carlos'* assassination, King Manuel and Queen Amelia drove to the requiem rnnss at the Cathedral. The populace maintained an attitude of indifference. There was no disturbance despite the absence of police precautions.

A FATAL DUEL. | Berlin, February 2. Lieutenant Yon Stuekrad eloped with his comrade's (Captain Von \ertzen) wife. In a subsequent duel (ought at Frankfurt, Stuekrad was fatally shot. DIAMOND " -MANUFACTURING." London. February 2. Lemoine, the alleged diamond manufacturer, was sentenced in default to iten years' imprisonment for fraud on Sir Julius Wernher, who was awarded £4OO dainage?. THE AUSTRALIAN KOWBS. London. I'Ybruary 2. Major-General .1. C. Ilouil. InspectorGeneral of the. Commonwealth forces, was "ranted a special private audience with "king Edward to discuss the position of the Australian forces. A VALUABLE BEQUKST. London, 'February 2. The late Mr. .lames Duncan, of Alylli (Scotland), has bequeathed -COD,OOO to found a .school of industrial art at TO TITK ROYAL INSTITUTION. London, February 2. An anonymous lady has present",l the Royal institution with £IO,OOO unconditionally.