GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 243, 20 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Berlin, February 17. Kaim, a business agent, has been arrested for embezzling a million marks. He placed large orders with firms, and misappropriated the goods. EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID. Ottawa, February 17. There are over six hundred typhoid fever cases at Ottawa, and the cpTfomle is spreading alarmingly. A MIXING DISASTER. London, February 17. The Blue Book report on the Whitehaven mining disaster states that there is no cause for criminal proceedings, though there was some laxity in the organisation, and in the absence of strict discipline breaches of the statutory regulations took place. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALASIA. London, February 17. Mr. Williamson, emigration organiser of the central unemployed body, has furnished an optimistic report of the opportunities for emigrants in Australasia, where there is a great demand for every form of labor. A HOTEL BURNED. New York, February 17. A hotel was destroyed by fire at Cleveland, Ohio. Six women were rescued unconscious. It is unknown if any lives were lost. A ZIONIST COLONY. Ottawa, February 17. Canadian Zionists intend to found a colony in Palestine as a memorial of King Edward's interest in the movement and in Jewish affairs generally.