GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 224, 16 January 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

FALSE HARKING OF GOODS. [ By Cable—J?ress Association—Copyright. Loudon, January la. Sir Edward Grey, in a letter, informs the Association of Chambers of Commerce that Government is bringing the matter of the false marking of goods before the conference for the protection of industrial property to be held in New York. THE SELBY ABBEY WRECK. London, January 13. The remainder of the crew of the Selby Abbey have been saved. INTERESTING FOR THE DEPOSITORS. Ottawa, January 13. Travers, general manager of the Farmers' Bank at Toronto, has pleadeu. guilty to three charges of theft ana false returns involving £BOOO. TRAINS SNOWED UP. Ottawa, January 13. The storm in Canada and the northwestern States continues very bad. Trains have been snowed up on the lines for several days. The weather is very cold. FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION. N«w York, January 13. Six people were killed and eighteen injured in a railway collision on the New York Central Batahia line, near New York. SUGGESTED MAIL SUBSIDY. Ottawa, January 13. Sir Wilfrid Laurier will give notice in the House of Commons that the Government intends to recommend granting a subsidy to a steamship service between Vancouver and China ana Japan for a period not exceeding ten years. EASILY EARNED £2OO. London, January 13. Harold Belcher, theatrical agent, has been awarded £2OO damages against Lloyd's News for libel by using his name for a character in a serial story entitled "Motley and Tinsel." SUICIDES BY HUNDREDS. Vienna, January 13. Four hundred and five men and 182 women committed suicide in Vienna during 1910, and 49!) men and 392 women attempted suicide.

FRIGHTENING EMIGRANTS. Ottawa, Jauuary 13. Private members of the House of Commons denied the attacks which are made on Canada in the English periodical '•John Bull." The paper alleged that hardships, starvation, and wolves menace incoming immigrants to Western Canada. A REMARKABLE ESCAPE. Ottawa, January 13. Railway builders at Prince Rujert, British Columbia, were inserting a dynamite blast in rocks, when by a premature explosion six mci were killad and others mortally wounded. The foreman was blown into the adjoining harbor, and rescued alive but injured. WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT. St. Petersburg, January 13. The Finnish elections resulted in the position of parties remaining unaltered. Nineteen women were elected. A MAD ACT. Amsterdam, January 13. ' Sigrist, a discharged naval' cook, slashed with a knile Rembrandt's "Night Watch." in the State Museum. He was arrested. GERMAN STEAMER LOST. Berlin, January 13. The German steamer Mariauss has foundered at Morderney. Twelve men were drowned. A HOTEL BURNED. Berne, January 13. _ Fire destroyed the Grand Hotel Continental at Montreaux. The guests were rescued through the burning roof. MOHAMMEDAN RIOTS. Bombay, January 13. The mob stoned the police and military, whose baton charges were fruitless. The rioters dashed at the kneelt ing troops when they were preparing ■ to fire, but volleys instantly dispersed them. i =