GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 27 February 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

A COFFEE COMBINE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. New York, February 24. The House of Representatives referred resolutions asserting the existence of monopolistic control of the coffee market by Brazilian producing. interests, and demanding investigation, to a committee. British and French capital is reported to be largely involved. NEW NAVAL ARTILLERY. London, February 24. ■ The Morning Post announces trials of a 15-inch bore naval gun, also of a 3-inch Maxim firing shells fed into the magazine from a band. These latter weapons will prove invaluable to a battleship in resisting torepdo boats. . SMALL-POX IN ENGLAND. 1 London, February 24. Owing to the anti-vaccination views held by the Mile End Board of Guardians the people of the district are largely unvaccinated. Medical men recall tlic similar condition which existed in Montreal in 1886, when there were 3000 deaths. CANADIAN DEFENCE. Ottawa, February 24. The Minister of Militia has announced that the Canadian artillery, cavalry, and infantry will be increased to the highest standard as soon as possible. The difficulty of securing officers is not insuperable. A TRAIN DERAILED. Valparaiso, February 24. A train was derailed on a bridge and precipitated into a ravine near the Braden copper mines, in the province of O'Higgins, in Chili. The killed and injured numbered fifty. ' BURNED AT SEA. Constantinople, February 24. It is reported that the Turkish steamer Hurricet, carrying Moslem pilgrims, has been burned at sea, and that all on board perished. THE COLONIAL OFFICE. London, February 24. The Standard protests against the inexplicable delay in replacing Sir Francis Hopwood at the Colonial Office. A THEATRE FIRE. Paris, February 24. By a fire at a cinematograph performance'at Les Marches Drome thirtyfive people were injured, several of them fatally. SMOICER'S CARELESSNESS. Brussels, February 24. A commission of experts has decided that the fire at the Exhibition was not due to spontaneous combustion nor to incendiarism, but probably to some smoker's carelessness.

j CHILIAN CENTENARY. Valparaiso, February 24. The British cruisers Kent and Challenger will visit Valparaiso in April to compensate for the inability of Great Britain to send a representative to the Chilian centenary of independence celebrations. THE GROSNY OUTRAGE. St. Petersburg, February 24. In connection with the assassination of Macharvey at Grosny naphtha works, three of the assassins have been arrested, and a fourth has committed suicide. RAILWAY SHARES. London, February 24, Owing to the American Inter-State Commission's refusal to permit an increase in freights, the London Stock Exchange is greatly excited, and all American railroad shares have dropped several points, including a ten points drop in Union Pacific shares. The market has now recovered considerably. English railway shares were affected similarly.