GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 119, 27 August 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

BOBBERY AT AN EXHIBITION. "3v Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, August 25. A thousand pounds' worth ox English watches and scientilic apparatus have been stolen from the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition.

OONGiREGATJONAL UNION. London, August 25. The amount already subscribed to the Central Fund of 'the Uritish Congregational Union is £l4ti,ooo. TARIFF REFORM CAMPAIGN. London, August 25. An extensive tariff reform and antisocialist campaign will be carried on in Yorkshire in the autumn. Vans will traverse' the country districts, and luncheon meetings will be held at the gates of mills. MAY YOHE A SEIZURE. San Francisco, August 25. May Yohe was seized with a paralytic stroke while singing in a city restaurant.

A DRUNKEN MELEE. Berlin, August 25. Eighty German soldiers who were drinking heavily in an inn at Kaltenhauser attacked and seriously injured ail officer who was endeavouring to restore order. The men were arrested. GERMAN SOCIALIST SUCCESS'. Berlin, August 25. The Socialists have gained another seat in the Reichstag by a very large majority. FRENCH DOCKYARDS. Paris, August 25. An inquiry has been ordered into the state of tlie dockyards and naval ports, with a view to reconstruction and reorganisation. AEROPLANES DAMAGED. Paris, August 25. Several aeroplanes were damaged at Rheims bv the wilful admixture of sulphuric acid with the lubricating oil. ACCIDENT ON A BATTLESHIP. Rome, August 25. The bursting of a boiler tube on the battleship Regina Margheritas at Toranto scalded nine men. Two have succumbed.