GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 67, 15 April 1909, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

AN OLD OFFENDER. Received 14, 11.58. p.m. Sydney, April 14. A man named Harold Ritchie was committed for trial on a charge of forging the signature of John Holmes for one pound. Accused stated he had occupied important positions in New Zealand, and had been master of a high school in Dunedin. EARTH TREMORS. Received 14, 11.58 p.m. Sydney, April 14. Two severe earth tremors were registered at the Observatory. The first was on Saturday last, the preliminary movement commencing at 3.35 p.m. and the second phase five minutes later, followed by long waves at 3.43. Severe tremors were recorded on Monday, the preliminary phase at 11.9 a.m., lasting four minutes, and the second phase then commenced, lasting six minutes. The largest wave had an amplitude of three millimetres. The tremors did not cease till 12.56 p.m. NARROW-MINDED ORANGEMEN. Melbourne, April. 14. At the dinner of the Grand Council of the Orange institution, the chairman took the Governor-General to task for attending St. Patrick's Day celebrations. He said the Earl of Dudley as a representative of the King had no right to be present. He hoped his Excellency would beware of the siren tongue which had too ready an access .to the vice-royal ear. CANADIAN COALFIELDS. Ottawa, April 13. Recent surveys show forty thousand mdlion tons of marketable coal in the Ca-jadian coalfields. THE IRISH PARTY FUNDS. London, April 13. Mr. Redmond's circular inviting contributions shows that the present subscriptions to the Irish Parliamentary funds total 3:1290, as compared with £IB2O a year ago.

A SPEEDY SUBMARINE. London, April IS. Holland, the inventor, is negotiating with the Japanese Government for the sale of his smaller type of submarine, the speed of which is 25 knots, instead of 13 kaots. SIGXOR CARUSO. Loudon, April 13. Signor Caruso, the great Italian tenol- singer, is suffering from atony of the vocal chords. Specialists advise two years of rest. THE SPANISH NAVY. London, April 13. The Spanish contract of Yickers, Sous and Maxim, and other liriliidi firms, cabled ou February 4, comprises three 15.0U0 ton battleships, three destroyers' twentv torpedocrs. and four gunboats. The total cost is .C7,000,n0i). HOLIDAYS IK RUSSIA. ■St. Petersburg, April 1:1. A "roup of members of the Council of the Empire are endeavoring to reduce the liusisan public holidays hy :ili. urgin.' that the reduction will save many miilion roubles. The clergy are lightin" the reform vigorously. AERIAL WARFARE. J/mdon, April 13. The British War Ollicc ha* appointed a committee to consider the Aerial league's proposal to co-operate in training special companies of territory ahs for the defence of seaports agamst airship attacks.