GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 333, 8 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE AVALANCHE DISASTER. By Cable, —Press Association.—Copyright &~. Received March 7, 11.30 p.m. New York, March 7. Ninety-two persons were killed at Rogers' Pass. THE KING. Received March 7, 11.30 p.m. London, March 7. King Bdward, aboard the Royal yacht, sails for Calais to-day. He gave a brilliant dinner at which the Prince of Wales, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Rosebery, Lord Cromer, Lord Curzon, Mr. Chamberlain, Sir George Reid, and Ministers and ex-Ministers were present. HISTORIC MANSION DESTROYED. Received March 7, 7.45 p.m. London, March 7. Castlafreke, Cork, the residence of Lord' Carberry, a building of historical associations, has been burnt. Except for the antique furniture and paintings, the destruction was complete, the loss amounting to £25,000. FRANCO-ironOCCAN AGREEMENT. Received March 7, 10 p.m. Paris, March 7. M. Pichon and Mohammed Elmokri. the Moroccan Minister of Finance, have signed the French-Moroccan agreement. NEW YORK'S "FOUR HUNDRED." New York, March (J. To celebrate the granting of a decree absolute in his divorce ease, Colonel Astor gave a. great ball to the New York Four Hundred. There were one hundred and forty guests present, and ! magnificent gifts were made to the i guests. The ball cost £6OOO. A FAST BATTLESHIP. New York, March (i. The battleship Michigan attained a ! speed of l!) 2-5 knots. AMERICAN SAVINGS BANKS. New York, March 0. The Senate at Washington passed the Post Office Savings Banks Bill, 60 amended as to permit of the investment oi deposits in Government securities, but only in war time or times of great national stress. SLAVE-GROWN COCOA. New York, March 0. Mr. Joseph Burtt has conducted a successful mission in the United States, where he has induced the largest cocoa •manufacturers viot to use slave-grown cocoa from St. Thome and Principe. President Taft was sympathetic, and Senator Cocks introduced a resolution in Congress against the importation of slave-labor coco:i. • BLACK HAND BLACKMAILERS. New York, March 6. Two Italians', members of the Black Hand Society, have been committed for trial at New York on a charge of attempting to extort from Signor Caruso £3OOO by means of threats of death. HORSE-DEALING TRICK. Paris, March (i. I Three racehorse-dealers at Paris are being prosecuted lor delivering the | wrong horse of poor merit to M. Camille , .Blfine, as a result of a selling race. A LADY MOUNTAINEER. ' London, March G. Miss Gohbs, a member, of the Linnean I Societv, climbed Mount Kimabazubornes, | 13,700 ft high. ' PRACTICAL USE OF WIRELESS. London, March 6. Hull trawlers are now informed toy wireless telegraphy of the state of the markets, and are thus able to hurry whither supplies are short. IMPERIAL MAUSOLEUM DESECRATED. London, March <>. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that twenty gold wreaths "have been stolen from the Imperial mausoleum in Saints Peter and Paul fortress. The outrage resembl-'s that at Roskildo Cathedral in December, lfiOS, when gold wreaths were stolen | from the* burial-place of the Kings of j Denmark. LONDON COUNTY ELECTIONS. London, March 0. The London County Council elections resulied in the return of 50 Moderates and 5S Progressives and Socialists. A recount was ordered in connection with the remaining seats. CONGO REFORMS. Brussels. March 0. During the debate' in the Belgian Chamber' the Minister of Justice statrd that money derived from the Royal foundations would be employed for the benefit of Con to natives, thereby showing the insincerity of Belgium in the matter. A HANDSOME GIFT. London. March <i. Mr. W. H. Lever has presented the University of Liverpool with £102.000. including the proceeds of a successful : soap libel action amounting to £OI.OOO. OLD-AGE PENSIONS CANCELLED. ' London, March fi. Old-age pensions to the number of 0(173 have been cancelled in Ireland.