GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 67, 28 June 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A CASHIER ROBBED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyrigh London, June 26. A printer's cashier, while returning from a bank in the West End at noon, on Saturday, was cholroformed from behind on a stairecase. He fell unconscious, and a bag' containing £SO to pay wages was snatched from him. The thieves escaped. PHIL MAY'S WORK. London, June 26. Mr. E. T. Reed, the well-kno.vn artist of Punch, unveiling a tablet in memory of Phil May at Leeds, remarked that no artist ever sacrificed more beautiful works for the bare needs of existence. EARTHQUAKE IX ALGIERS. London, June 26. An earthquake destroyed several houses at Aumal, in Algeria, and fourteen natives perished. THE PLUVOISE'S CREW. Paris, June 26. The position of the forward dicing wings confirms the belief that the Pluvoise's crew made a supreme effort, to rise to the surface after the accident. THE FRENCH RAILWAY DISASTER. Paris ,June 26, The official inquiry showed that 24 persons were killed and 41 injured; in the Villepreux railway disaster. SCHOOL CHILDREN DROWNED, London, June 2fi. A boat full of Sunday school scholars capsized at Turberry, in Ayrshire, and' gyt were. drowned, • , , VICTORIA LEAGUE. ■ T : London, June 26. The Queen has accepted .the position of patron of the Victoria League. DIG PRICE FOR A PICTURE. London, June 26.' | , Millais' picture, "Chill October," sold I at Christie's for 4300 guineas, . FINANCING THE BAGDAD RAILWAY. London, June 26. The Ikgdad railway loan of £4,312,300j ciffered by a Continental syndicate, lifts been over subscribed. CORRESPONDENT ARRESTED. London, June 26. Reuter's St. Petersburg correspondent states that Baron. Ungernaternburg, correspondent of a semi-official AustroHungarian news agency, has been arrested and his domicile searched. The cause has not been divulged. AMERICAN COTTON TRADE. New York, June 26. Tlhe representatives of fifty-eight Caro lina cotton mills hsjve a/greed to cease production entirely for four weeks dur-. ing July and August. EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS. London, June 26, A premature explosion of fireworks killed three persons and injured ten at a lifeboat gala at Leeds. i THE ' AVONMOUTH STRIKE. London, June 26.

Work was resumed at Avonmouth Docks on the withdrawal of dock offi- , cials who were supervising non-unionist labor aboard Houlders' steamer. •A POISONER SENTENCED. Vienna, June 26. . Lieutenant Hofriehter, who attempted to , poison a number of army officers in order to secure promotion, has been sentenced to twenty years' rigorous imprisonment. He is considered responsible for his actions, but it is believed that his mind is somewhat diseased. HEAT WAVE IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, toe 26. A prolonged heat wage is prevailing ,in South Russia. Crops, meadows and orchards are withered. A GOVERNOR ASSAILED. St. Petersburg, June 26. The Governor of Kharbin, in Manchuria, has been wounded by an assailant, who escaped. I I SUICIDE OF MILITARY OFFICER. | London, Jivne ( 20. 1 / Captain Hugo Frank HenrV was found dead in his garden at Bath, with. r. re--1 vtlver beside him. He had previously been suffering great pah froin-' bee stings. He served with the New- Zjealanders in South Africa.