GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 43, 31 May 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

EMIGRANTS IN DANGER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received May 31, 12.30 a.m. London, May 30. The Russian steamship Lituiana, with 1200 emigrants for New York, ran on the rocks off the' Orkneys in a dense fog. Her bows' were smashed, and in the panic that ensued many sank on -their knees and prayed. The fog lifted, and the Lituiana refloated, the water-tight compartments keeping the water from the main hold until she reached me Tyne. AMERICAN TRIPPERS. Received May 31, 12.30 a.m. J London, jMay j3l. Steamship companies estimate that from 100,000 to 150,000 Americans are making a holiday in Europe during IUIO. LEASED RACEHORSE RETURNED. Received May 31, 12.30 a.m. London, May 30. The racehorse Minoru, winch King Edward leased from Colonel Hall-Walkfer, has been returned to his owner. ILL-TREATED INDIANS. Received May 31, 12.30 a.m. London, May 31. Sir Edward Grey is communicating with the United States with a view to obtaining information as to the ill-treat-ment of I'ufumavo Valdeau Indians by the Peruvian Amazon Rubber Co. A RdYAL BOIL. . Received May 31, 12.30 a.m. Berlin, May 30. The Kaiser is s'uffermg from a boil extending from the Ijase of the thumb to the wrist of his right arm. There is a possibility of blood poisoning. The Crown Prince will sign State documents. A BIG FIRE, Received May 31, 12.30 a.m. Ottawa, May 31. Fire swept thirty miles of the. Swan River Territory in Manitoba. The Tistilam village, the Mackenzie-Mann lumber camp, and several lumber mills were destroyed. Trains' were unable to run for eighteen hours. The damage is estimated at 20,000,000 dollars.

HOFFRIOHTER'S SENTENCE. Received May 31, 12-30 a.m. Vienna, May 30. Hoffrichter was not allowed to attend his trial. The evidence of 2000 witnesses was read. The court martial, it is /believed, recommended that the death sentence be commuted to imprisonment, as the doctors described Hoffrichter as morally abnormal. I A LABOR-SAVING DRILL. Received May 31, 12.30 a.m. Pretoria, May 31. The Transvaal Government's £SOOO prize for the invention of a hand drill has been divided between Holman and Saskoi. The new drills enable highly skilled whites to work for lOd a foot, compared with natives, whoso «rork costs Is 2d a foot. The Government will experiment by training fifty whites' to use the drills. GREATER BIRMINGHAM. London, May 20. A Bill is being prepared to incorporate Aston Manor, Handsworth, and other suburbs with Birmingham, making the 'population 895,000. ACCUSATION AGAINST INDIAN POLICE. Calcutta, May 21). The authorities in Eastern Bengal have confiscated a pamphlet by Mr. Mackarness. ex-M.P., accusing a section of tye Indian police of corruption and torturing prisoners. Mr. Mackarness srtates that the .pamphlet is based on a report issued by the Viceroy, Lord Curzon. :n 1908. BULL FIGHTING IN MADRID. Mjidrid, May 30. Part of the bull villi;. . Alanarmel Grande, Spain, collapsed while a bull was being ninned. The imDs slaughtered eleven people and seriously injured many others.