GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 191, 22 November 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

RECORD COALING. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London, November 20. The battleship Prince of Wales, at Dover, coaled 1)70 tons from a collkn in 2 hours 36 minutes, a world's record. GERMANY'S MERCANTILE MARINE. Berlin, November 20. The Hamburg-American Shipping Company, besides a 60,000-tonner, is building fourteen steamers with a joint cargo capacity of 110,000 tons, making a fleet of 1,022,450 registered tons. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. Berlin, November 20. In the chess championship, Janowski relinquished the fourth game, and Lasker won the fifth.

CRIPPEN'S FAREWELL MESSAGE. London, November 20.

Crippen, whose execution is fixed for Wednesday, in a farewell message to the public, published by Lloyd's News, asserts that facts after liis death will prove his innocence.

GENERAL BADEN POWELL. London, November 20. General Sir R. Baden-Powell has been selected for the distinguished meritorious service grant. SUICIDE PREVENTED; ; London, November 20. Lord George Wellesley swam in and rescued a woman who was attempting to drown herself in the Thames at Putney. j THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. New York, November 20. Joe Barnard, of Newfoundland, left. Point Barrow, Alaska, to follow, in a gasoline schooner, the-North-West Passage, discovered by Captain Anderson. He will incidentally seek new sealing grounds. CANADIAN DAIRY EXPORTS. Ottawa, November 20. The value of Canadian dairy produce exported for the fiscal year increased by £252,000. „ „ .' A BIG DEFICIENCY. ' London, November 20. It is now understood that the deficiency in the Charing Cross Bank failure is approximately £1,000,000.