GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 152, 6 October 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

VESSEL BLOWN UP. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, October 4. The Panama steamer Ciriqui is reported to have been lost at Garachine Point owing to an explosion. Seventy were aboard her. EIGHT HOURS' DAY. London, October 4. The congress of the Amalgamated Railway Servants at Barry demanded the eight-hours system. VICARS JOIN CHURCH OF ROME. London, October 4. Owing .to the Bishop objecting to the reservation and adoration of the Sacrament, ithe vicars of St. Bartholomew and the Church of Annunciation at Brighton have resigned and joined the Church of Rome, with one curate. A WONDERFUL METEOR. Pretoria, October 4. A meteor at a height of 160 miles above the ear.th startled Johannesburg. The light was equal to that of a naval searchlight, and astronomical observers were nearly blinded. ! 'MONTE VIDEO DOCK'S BURNED. iMonte Video, October 4. The new docks and Customs offices at Monte Video have been burned. The damage exceeds £BO,OOO. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. London, October 4. The Shipping Gazette states that an order of an Australian second-class cruiser has been entrusted ito .the Elswick yards. | EVASION OF POLL TAX. Ottawa, October 4. Investigations made at Vancouver regarding the tax on the entry of Chinese into Canada show that the Dominion suffered the loss of £3ojooo poll-tax. A NEGRO LYNCHED. New York, October 4. A ne'gro suspected of assaulting a wlhite woman was dragged from gaol iby a mob at Alabama and burned at the stake. BUTTER FRAUDS. London, October 4. A summons was dismissed against Emile Coopman, whose brother was fined £5 for having sold butter whieh was not Australian in Australian boxes. RISE IN COTTON. New York, October 4. A new record was madie for the season cotton in New York, closing twenty to thirty points above Saturday's prices. The English strike did not affect the market. CANADA AND THE WEST INDIES. Ottawa, October 4. It is reported that the Governor-Gen-eral's visit to the West Indies next year is in connection with the recent report of the Royal Commission on Canadian trade with the Islands.