GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 255, 7 March 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

A PANIC-STRICKEN CREW. By Cable—Press Association—Cepyright. London, March 5. i The steamer Bannockburn, from Antwerp for San Francisco, lias been beached at Dover after a collision. T'lie Chinese erew were seized with panic, and mutinied. The mate of the vessel drew a revolver, and after wounding two Chinese succeeded in quelling the insurrection. FOREIGN WAITERS. London, March 5. f Two previously convicted German waiters were heavily sentenced at London for stealing their employers' pfate. The prisoners had organised a thieving gang of young foreign waiters. LORD SWATIILING'S WILL. London, March 5. Lord Swathling's estate has been proved at £1,150,000. His children and grandchildren will be disinherited, except for £IOO annually, if they do not profess the Jewish faith, or if they marry out of their religion. FRUIT-PICKERS' STRIKE. Adelaide, March G. A mob of Renmark strikers attacked growers who wcrg doing their owr picking, and knocked one down, severely injuring him. CONDITIONS IN ALASKA. New York, March 5. The Congressional Committee appointed to the political and economic conditions of Alaska, has been employed to recommend legislation in the December session of Congress. CONFESSION OF MURDER. London, March 6. A laborer named Bedford has surrendered to justice and confessed to the murder of Harry Martin at the Cafe Royal, London, on December 5, 1894.