GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 220, 28 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A BENZINE BLAZE. By Association —Copyright. Received 28, 12.5 a.m. Rome, December 27. .' A keg of benzine fell from a cart and exploded in Catania. Six other kegs.ignited and iburst, flooding the street. The flaming fluid set 'fire to houses on both sides and six persons were fatally and others seriously burned. THE ALMOND-EYED TERROR. Vancouver. December 23. At the qnquiry at Vancouver into the immigration of Chinese, evidence showed the existence of a vast organisation with ramifications throughout China for smuggling Chinese into Canada and the United States. The captain of the steamer Aymeric denied that he, was bribed or went halves with the Chinamen. OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTAISJCE. Brussels, December 23. Notice of motion lias been given in the Chamber of Deputies to interpellate the Minister of Foreign Affaire concerning coastal defences. The Independence Beige declares that it is impossible for Holland to maintain that her coastal defence scheme causes ■o political anxiety abroad. She cannot forget that the kingdom of the Netherlands is of English creation. THE "VICTORY" ENDANGERED,. London, December, 23. A fire af a .yacht-builder's at Gfosport momentarily imperilled Lord Nelson's flagship the Victory. " STRIKERS RESUME WORK! London, December 23. At a meeting at Powell Duffryn, the strikers of South Wales decided to resume work after Christmas, and refer their grievances to a conciliation board. THE RISE IN TEA. London, December 23. • Th« rise in tea is confined to cheaper grades. Advertising cheaper tea has', widened the market beyond supply. EDUCATION CONTROL. London, December 23. .j The Board of Education lias fined the London County Council £IO,OOO for not reducing the strength of classes to. .sixty I scholars: v i GAINED THEIR POINT. New York, December 25. •. The Chicago Western Railroad dispute .has been settled. The* enginemen get an all-round advance. RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN SPAIN. Madrid, December 24. The Chamber, by 108' votes to 20, passed Cadina's Bill, limiting religious establishments.

ITALIAN EMIGRATION SCHEME. Rome, December 24. The Council of Immigration heard the report on recruiting peasants for Victoria and a sub-committee was instructed to consider the matter and report to the Council in January. "ESPIONAGE CASES AT LEIPZIG. Berlin, November 24. The Press is moderate in its comments on the Leipzig trial, and the papers pay a tribute to the open, steadfast character of the prisoners. One newspaper argues that the evidence showed that the German fortifications were purely for defence, and de : scribes the x/utch plans as similarly originating solely from the requirements of Dutch defence. RIOT EFFECTIVELY QUENCHED. 1 . New YorK, December 24. A riot started amongst the occupants of a prison at Fresno, California. The fire engine was summoned, and with a hose swamped the cells, and the riot ended. A BOGUS THJEF. ' New York, December 24. Diamonds valued at £2OOO were reported to have been stolen from a Cincinatti jeweller's. The proprietor of the shop was arrested later, and the missing stones were found in his possession. SENTENCED FOR TREASON. • Belgrade, December 25. G. Voie, author of the forgeries used in the Friedjnng libel action in AustriaHungary last year, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude on a charge of treason, on the ground that he knowingly served a foreign mission by the forgeries, thereby prejudicing the interests of the State. The forged documents were ini tended to implicate Servia and certain Croatian deputies. The Court found that Vosie co-operated with a certain functionary connected with the Austria-Hun-garian Legation.

A UNIVERSITY FOR INDIA. Calcutta. December 20. Agakhun, the head of the Ismali Mahomedans, offers a lattch of rupees to found a university at Aligarh, an intellect tual centre in the Moslem world. . DURAND'S SENTENCE. Paris, December 20. A hundred of the Deputies have petitioned M. Fallieres to reprieve Durand, the union secretary, under sentence of death for being concerned in a man's death. . . The Senate adopted the Automatic Lighters Bill. COLD-BLOODED, HOT-HEADED UNIONISM. London, December 20. The North-Eastern Railwaymen's District Councils' Federation resolved' that* all organised men should on a fixed day j decline to work alongside non-unionists. ■ A BRUSH WITH ARABS. London, December 20. Reuters Bushire correspondent reports: in connection with' the suppression •of traffic in arms with Persia, that the cruiser Hvacinfch landed a force har to effect a search, and lost fourteen v