GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 136, 17 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

NEW STEAMERS. London, September 15. The Orient Company is building at Clydebank the Orama, of 13,000 tons, a triple screw steamer. The New Zealand Shipping Company has ordered a 495-feet steamc. from Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. GERMANY'S 'HARMLESS AMATEURS. ' London, September 15. Lieutenant Helm has been remanded, and the more serious part of the charge against him has been abandoned . Received September 16, 10.40 p.m. London, September 16. Mr. Bodkin, K.C., prosecuting, assumed that Lieutenant Kelm was acting, not as Germany's agent, ibut for his own purposes, hoping for promotion. He was therefore charged with feloniously taking sketches and plans, intending to communicate with a foreign State, namely, Germany. "GRAFT" IN POLICE FORCE. Received September 16, 10 p.m. San Francisco, September 16. It is reported that the police force is a hotbed of "graft." The Mayor orders a reorganisation. Dance halls must be closed. KAISER SELLS A CASTLE. Received September 17, 12.30 a.m. Berlin, September 16. ' The Kaiser is selling his Wilhelmsthal C4stle near Rassel. He formerly refused 3,000,000 marks for this estate. SOCIALISM IN GERMANY. Received September 17, 12.30 a.m. Berlin, September 16. A Socialist; defeated a National Liberal in the ibye-election at Frankfurt, on the Oder.