GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 203, 6 December 1910, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

MONOPOLY OF THE ARCTIC. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Ottawa, December 4. A Blue Book on the North-West .Mounted Police alludes to the recent establishment of a Candian whaling company, and hopes .that Canada will undersell the United States, which has hitherto monopolised the Arctic. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. Berlin, December 4. Lasker won six games and drew three. MURDERED BY BANDITS. New York, December 4. Bandits held up the railroad station at Devil's Slide, Utah, murdered the agent, robbed the safe, and escaped. RAILWAY ENGINE EXPLODES. New York, December 4. An engine was blown up on the Denver-Rio Grand'e railway, and three men killed. ■ ' THE WARATAH MYSTERY. London, December 4. The owners of the Waratah have appealed against the award of £3<}Q damages to the widow of the purser. The Appeal Court directed the case to be reheard. A RISING IN BURMAH. Rangoon, December 4. The leader of the recent rising has been captured, with his principal fol- ' lowers. All are petty cultivators. MANUFACTURERS ORGANISING. London, December 4. A Chamber of British Manufacturers similar to the Australian institution is being organised l in London. BIG BENZINE BLAZE. » Berlin, December 4. The benzine fire was extinguished after burning five days. SWTFT RETRIBUTION. St. Petersburg, December 4. Three convicts killed six warders at Kharkoff, but were all shot when scaling a wall.