GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 111, 18 August 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

FRiENCH RAILWAY ACCIDENT. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright 0 Received; August 17, 8.55 p.m. Paris, August 17. The pointsman at Saugon admits that he signalled "line clear" without waiting his chief's instructions, in defiance of the rules.

JAPAN AS WARSHIP i BUILDER. Received' August 17, 8.55 p.m. Kobe, August 17. Japan is constructing two gunboats for the Chinese navy.

THE ITALIAN VINTAGE. Received August 17, 8.55 p.m. Rome, August 17. Unfavorable weather has retarded the Italian vintage, which is estimated at 27,000,000 hectolitres of wine, compared with hectolitres last year.

DEATH OF CHILIAN PRESIDENT. Received 18, 12.20 a.m. % Berlin, August 17. Pedro Montt, the Chilian President, arrived at Bremen, where lie died of heart failure. He witnessed the shooting of Mr. Gaynor at New York.

FOUR MILLIONAIRE SONS. Received 17, 9.50 p.m. New York, August 17.

The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Daruis Miller was celebrated at Bridgeport Connecticut. Four of their sons are millionaires, to whom Miller, some years earlier, gave 140 sterling apiece to start in the world.

DIVORCED WOMAN'S MARRIAGE. London, August 17.

Baroness Eckhaetstein, who i ß st year was divorced from the German Councillor of Foreign Affairs, was quietly married to Captain Archibald Weigall, a brother of the Kent cricketer.