GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 190, 21 November 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

GIRLS FATALLY BURNED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London. November 19. Three girls were burnt to death on the top floor of a Birmingham celluloid button manufactory. Other employees were rescued at great risk.

NEW DIRECT SERVICE. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London, November 19. The ocean liner Aenas has inaugurated a direct service between Glasgow and Australia with a full cargo, and a good complement of passengers. EMIGRATION. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London, November 19. The Emigration Committee of the Central Unemployed Body has secured berths by the Barbarossa at increased rates. English ships were not available.

PLAGUE IN MANCHURIA. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg, November 19. The whole of Manchuria has been de clared plague-infected.

THE MOROCCAN MILITARY. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. Tangiers, November 19. . The Sultan is reorganising the army, 'substituting 5000 trained, well drilled, and well equipped French troops for illdisciplined hordes.

FORWARD EMIGRATION POLICY. Received 20, 5..5 p.m. Victoria (8.C.), November 19. A forward policy of immigration has been adopted as a plank of the British Columbia Ministry.

A HARBOR FATALITY. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. New York, November 19.. The Greys tone Castle, a British steamer, rammed and sank a tug in San Francisco Bay, and four were drowned. The captain was saved.

EPIDEMIC AMONGST INDIANS. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. New York, November 19. Smallpox among the Americain Indians at Wyoming carried off 90 tribesmen in four days, and they cannot cope with the plague.

WRECK OF THE PORTLAND. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. New York, November 19. The marooned passengers of the steamer Portland have been rescued by a steamship. The Portland is a total wreck.

AMERICA'S NAVAL AFFAIRS. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. New York, November 19. A Pacific Coast Defence League has been formed at San Francanscio with the object of securing a battleship fleet in the Pacific, the increase of the standing army, and the re-habilitation of the mercantile marine. The attempt is outlined to include the whole of the Republic.

WRECK OF THE WOLVERINE. Received 21, 12.50 a.m. Ottawa, November 20. The Wolverine's crew is safe. Half of them have arrived at Selkirk, in Manitoba, and a relief party has been organised to succor the remainder. The vessel is aground, and the balance of the crew will be taken off at the earliest possible moment.

THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. Received 21, 12.50 a.m. Ottawa, November 20. The cleavage is widening amongst Sir Wilfrid Laurier's followers. Mr. Bourrasa leads tl;e anti-navv party attack against him. The Conservatives will initiate the debate on Monday, declaring' that the Government's navy policy is popular (?unpopular).

GIRL'S BODY POUND. Reecived 21, 1.5 a.m. Sydney, November 20. _ The body of Miss Gibson has been found in the sea near Manlv.

[Miss Gibson was the daughter of a wealthy Mosnjan resident, and she disappeared from Manly.]