GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 220, 23 January 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

WASHED ASHORE. By Cable—Tpress Association—Copyright. London, January 20. In connection with the discovery of cases washed ashore at Vcndsyssel, the steamer Apolda has arrived at Frederikshaven, and the Athenic passed Dover for Aden on the 20th. SCANDAL IN SOCIETY. London, January 20. Sir Algernon West is appealing against the verdict in the slander case brought against him by his daughter-in-law.

AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS'S SUCCESS. London, January 20.

Miss Marie Lohr, a young Australian actress, scored a great success in Pinero's light comedy "Preserving Mr. Panmure."

OUT OF THE DARK AGES. Berlin, January 20. News has been received stating that a discovery has been made in Samaria of one hundred clay tablets apparently belonging to King Ahab. One tablet is a communication from an unknown Assyrian King to Ahab, another is an inventory of Ahab's palace furniture. THE PLAGUE IN CHINA. Pekin, January 20. Owing to the outbreak of plague in Manchuria business is at a standstill in Shanghairan and other towns of the interior.

THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT. London, January 20. In connection with a compositor's action against the Scottish Typographical Association, the Court of Session at Edinburgh lias decided that the Osborne judgment does not apply to an unregistered trade union. The court held that plaintiff society was entitled to an injunction without making a declaration that the defendant society's rule was ultra vires and illegal.

AMERICAN LABOR TROUBLES. New York, January 20.

Californian carpenters are demanding increased wages, and threaten to strike if their demands are not acceded- to. Twenty-two unions have agreed to strike in sympathy at Los Angeles if the carpenters' claims are not allowed.

COW ON THE LINE. New York, January 20. The Chicago-Rock Island train dashed into a cow at Fort Smith, in Arkansas, and was derailed. Four persons were killed, and 30 injured. THE MEXICAN RAILWAYS.New York, January 20. The Mexican trainmen have, secured the Southern Pacific railway lines, and traffic has been resmued.