GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 246, 23 February 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

Disastrous earthquake

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. • Constantinople, February 21. I Some fatalities are reported in con- , nection with an earthquake in the >lonastien district. Several mosques arid a hundred houses collapsed, and inhabits 1 ants are now camping out. EATEN BY WOLVES. Constantinople, February 2.1; ■' The severity of the winter drove wolves to the outskirts of Scutari, and six persons have been eaten. CANCER AND CONSUMPTION. London, February 21. The death-rate from tuberculosis and phthisis in 1909 was the lowest on record, but cancer showed a slight increase. FRENCH RAILWAY FIRE. Paris, February 21. A goods depot on the Western Railways station at Havre was burned, the damage amounting to £ 120,000. A HUGE METEORITE. New York, February 21. A huge meteorite' fell in Washington State and the earth was shaken by the terific. concussion. No aerolite was found. A TRAIN ACCIDENT. New York, February 21. The China and Japan express train was wrecked at Palisade Canyon, Nevada. Six cars fell over the embankment. The passengers had an extraordinary escape, only three being injured. OPIUM SMUGGLING. New York, February 21. Opium valued at £20,000 has been seized in various cities of the United States since the Customs campaign was staTted. Detectives report that smuggling is chiefly via the Canadian and Mexican frontiers.

AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER. London, February 21. A representative of every trades union has been invited to a banquet to meet Mr. Fisher, the' Premier of the Commonwealth, on May 23. CHOLERA AT MADEIRA. ■ Lisbon, February 21. The Island of Madeira has been declared free from cholera. • THE LAUDERDALE. The Maoriland Steamship Company's Lauderdale has been launched at Camp.belltown. • THE HAYTIAN REVOLT. Cap Haytien, February 21. The Hayti Government troops, when capturing Onanaminth, broke from control, and pillaged the town and massacred the inhabitants.