GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 230, 3 February 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE THUNDERER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, February 1. The battleship Thunderer has been launched. NEW NAVAL BASE. London, February 1. The Admiralty is considering the advisableness of making Harwich a strong naval base. Nine thousand bluejackets are expected to he stationed there in summer.

COLLIERS ON STRIKE. London, February 1. A thousand colliery employees at Glyn Neath have struck on the question of wages for abnormal places. UNEARNED INCREMENT. Berlin, February 1. The Unearned Increment Bill has passed the third reading in the Reichstag. The Conservative amendment exempting ruling Princes, including the Kaiser, has now been adopted. CARNEGIE'S MILLIONS. London, February 1. Mr. Carnegie has added £250,000 to his original £500,000 for the Dunfermline Trust. PURE FOOD STANDARD. •London, February 1. Mr. John Burns is applying to Parliament to fix legal standards for food and drink. EXTRADITION TREATY. Berlin, February 1. Britain and Germany have signed a treaty extending to their respective protectorates the provisions of the AngloGerman treaty of 1894. A CANADIAN BLIZZARD. New York, February 1. There is a blizzard and fuel famine on the Canadian prairies. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. New York, February 1. An explosion of several boxes of dynamite at the docks caused much damage, and alarmed all New York. SHAREBROKER'S FAILURE. London, February 1. In connection with the Bullrush shares, Edward Otter, trading as Otter and Co., has been declared a defaulter on the Stock Exchange. THE PRINTERS' STRIKE. . London, February 1.

In connection with the national lockout, the printers have decided to give a fortnight's notice.

THE PARISIANA WRECK. Perth, February 2. The harbormaster v;'no conducted a preliminary enquiry into the loss of the Parisiana, found that no blame was attachable to the captain, officers or crew. On the other hand, their efforts to extinguish the fire were commendable. The Colonial Secretary has approved the finding, and no further action will be taken. RIOTING IN CHINA. Pekin, February 1. Rioting has occurred at Nungpe, in the Vunnan province, and the Rev. Father Meriott iind a Chinese Christian have been murdered, and eleven houses belonging to Christians set on fire. THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT. London, February 1. Sir Oeorge Darwin, reading a paper before the Royal Society, said that after comparing Sir Ernest Shackleton's and Captain Scott's tide records he had arrived at the conclusion that there existed a deop bay stretching across and almost cutting in two the Antarctic continent.