GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 224, 4 January 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

ANOTHER HOLIDAY HORROR.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright,

London, January 2. A man was discovered stabbed on Clapliam Common. He was named Beron, a.nd was a Frenbh Jew. He had been living at Rowton House, Whitec'hapel, and had been collecting' rents at Balham. His brother Solomon was arrested, but afterwards released.

OPERA UNPOPULAR IX BRITAIN. London, January 2. Mr. Beecham, the operatic impresario, interviewed, said that he was profoundly dissatisfied with his third opera season. There was no public demand in 1910 for opera of any kind, and frequently not one-seventh of the house was filled to hear the best artists brought to England to sing celebrated operas. An elephant standing on one. foot on tile top of the Nelson Column would draw a much larger crowd than twenty-five Salomes.

CHARITABLE BEQUESTS. London, January 2. During the last five years 379 wills iwere proved for an aggregate of £77,000,000, of which £12,250,000 was bequeathed to charities. Of this amount £4,000,000 belongs to the present year. STATUE TO GENERAL WOLFE. London, January 2. Lord Roberts unveiled Mr. Derwent Wood's statue of General Wolfe at his native village of Westerham. STEAMER WRECKED. Algiers, January 2. Wreckage of the French steamer Norma has been discovered; 15 persons are missing.' THE WELSH STRIKERS. London, January 2. Six thousand strikers at Aberdare are ready to resume work, but 2500 cannot be employed owing to the damage done to the mines during the strike. MAFIA SECRET SOCIETY. Rome, January 2. Vita, the manager of a sulphur mine in Sicily, and member of the Mafia Secret Society, was accused of betraying the supreme tribunal, and condemned to death. Six masked men fired fourteen shots at him as he was going to work, and killed him.

SMITHFIELD MEAT FOR A YEAR. London, January 2. Smithfield'e 1910 meat supply comprised 419,550 tons, including 122,345 from South America, 105,732 Australasian 94,408 from the United Kingdom, and 44,203 tons from Canada and the United States.

CANNY SCOTS. London, January 2. There were 21,000 fewer convictions for drunkenness in Scotland in 1910 than in 1909. The decrease is attributed to the higher price of spirits. ROSYTH NAVAL BASE. London, January 2. Addition to the original contract for a (graving dock a closed basin and entrance lock capable of being used as a graving dock will be constructed at Rosyt'h naval base. The forthcoming estimates provide for a Dreadnought dock.

THE QUEEN OF ITALY. Rome, January 2. Queen Elena, while visiting her children, fell on a staircase in the palace and Btrained her arm and wrist. The injuries are not serious.

INDIAN OPIUM. Calcutta, January 2. A communique states that the Government will vigorously adhere to the agreement to bring about the annual reduction of opium exports by 5100 chests. Special certificates for all opium leaving under declaration for China, namely 30,600 chests, are being issued. A BITER BIT. Paris, January 2. A workman who had been expelled from a public-house at Rennes afterwards laid a bomb outside the house. It exploded, killing the perpetrator. Another bomb was exploded outside the Aries police station, but no one was hurt. OPENING FOR FROZEN MEAT. Vienna, January 2. Trieste butchers have closed their shops as a protest against the scarcity of meat. INTERNATIONAL 'FOOTBALL. Paris, January 2. In a Rugby football match France scored 10 points and Scotland 15.