GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 391, 17 May 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

DEATH OF AN AERONAUT. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Received May 17, 12.30 a.m. Paris, May 10. M. Michelin, who was killed at the Lyon's aerodrome, was inexperienced and lost control of his Antoinette aeroplane.! He struck a pyramid, which fell, iracturing Miclielin's skull. 1 WINE 1500 YEARS OLD.

Received May 17, 12.30 a.m. Paris, May 10.

A bottle containing wine 15U0 years old has been discovered at the Gallo Roman cemetery near Bordeaux. RECORD COALING.

Received May 17, 12.50 a.m.

London, May 16.

The battleship Prince of Wales coaled at Dover from a collier at the rate of! 300 tons an hour, establishing a record.' Prince Henry of Battenburg assisted in the work. JAPAN AND KOREA. Received May 17, 12.50 a.m. London, May 16. Continual rumors are current mat Japan will shortly annex Korea. |

POISONOUS ICE CREAM,

Received May 17, 12.30 a.m. New York. May 16,

The trial of two men is proceeding at New York on a charge of poisoning horses belonging to Joseph Weiss, an ice cream manufacturer, by means of arsenic placed amongst oats. It was discovered that arsenic was used in ice cream, and 'the police therefore destroyed £I3OO worth of ice cream, the stock and machinery being coniiscaled. It is believed that a number of deaths hitherto unexplained were due to poisoned ice cream. RISE IN PRINTING PAPER.

Received iMay 17, 12.50 a.m. London, May 16.

The Times Washington correspondent reports a rise in the price of printing paper, caused by the United States Secretary of State's desire to hasten, reciprocity negotiations. He adds that Mr. W. R. Hearst's paper, "The New York American," is being printed on paper from Harmsworth's Newfoundland mills.

WARSHIP TO THE RESCUE. ■Received May 1(1, 12.5 a.m. London. May IG. The cruiser Hawke left Portsmouth with a relief crew for the cruiser Encounter. A FURNITURE MAN'S ESTATE.

Received May 17, 12.5 a.m. London, May 16. Mr. F. T. Mappin's estate was sworn at £931,086.

THE HYDE TRIAL. Received ay 17. 12.30 a.m. New York. May 10. The Hyde trial has readied a deadlock owing to the jury's inability to reach a verdict. WHITSUNTIDE IX ENGLAND. Received Hay l(i, 0.50 p.m. London. Mav Iff. ' There was brilliant dry Whitsuntide weather in England. There were many excursionists to the seaside, but few, prolonged absences, owing 'to Kin? Edward's funeral. j

CLYDE ENGINEERS' WAGES. Received May 10, 10.40 <n.m. London. May 16. The Amalgamate.'! Sooipf.v of Engineers in t'lie Clyde district have claimed an advance of a farthing per hour, restoring their wages to eightpence. the rate ruling before the depression in the trade in January of 1009. THE CONGO FRONTIER. London. May 15. Tlie delegates to an Amrlo-German-Rc'gian conference on the Congo frontier have signed a protocol. FARMERS FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY. London, May 16. A Dublin jury found seven well-to-do farmers guiltv of conspiracy to compel O. Clarke, of Tipperary. to sell his lands. They were sentenced to terms ranging from four to eight months' imprisonment.