GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 122, 1 September 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

PARISIAN OFFICIALS ARRESTED. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Paris, August 30. The octroi frauds, in which a number of Customs officials are implicated, range over a period of five years. Three firms of carriers were allowed to remove goods free by means of fraudulent papers. The officials each received £4O for months. CONSPIRACY IN INDIA. Calcutta, August 30. The High Court at Calcutta sentenced eleven Benigalis, charged with conspiracy at Khulna, to terms of imprisonment ranging from three to seven years. . RETIREMENT OF GOTCH. - London, August 30. Gotch has retired from wrestling. PAPAL LETTER TO PRELATES. Rome, August 30. The Pope, in a letter to the French prelates, condemns the Christian democratic organisation called Le Sillon (the furrow). ALLEGED ESPIONAGE. Berlin, August 30. The Morgen Post states that the authorities believe Brandon and Trench to be officers. - A CLERICAL GAMBLER. London, August 30. The Rev. iCarew Brown was fined. £ls at Teignmouth for betting in a. gambling house.

GAS EXPLOSION IN A HOSPITAL. Lisbon, August 30.

A ,ga.s explosion caused a fire in the hospital at Henares, in Portugal. The firemen rescued ninety panic-stricken women and girls from the windows of the dormitories, tout thirteen were injured. -

DEATH FROM EXPOSURE. London, August 30. A post mortem on Lady Marj'ory Erskine, whose body was found on the golf links at Aviemore, Strathspey, showed that she had sprained her ankle, and that death resulted from exposure and privation. A .SOUTH AFRICAN MINT. Capetown, August 30. General Smuts, Minister for the Interior, announces that the Union Government has taken steps to establish a mint at' Pretoria.