GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 258, 10 March 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE HOUNDSDITCH MURDERS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 8. Hoffman and the woman Trassjonski, who were under arrest in connection with the lloundsditeh murders, have been discharged on account of insufficient evidence. PARIS FASHIONS. London, March S. Nottingham Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution that grotesque Taris , fashions are gravely injuring the textile trades. | WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. London, March 8. The Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. notifies the establishment of a wireless telegraph plant at Cocos Island, which will be able to maintain communication with vessels within a radius of 250 miles. THE ROUBAIX EXHIBITION. ' London, March 8. The Commonwealth has prepared a great display of v products, especially wool, for the Rouhaix Exhibition, and New Zealand will make a fine show of meat, showing the processes of preparation and refrigeration. The various exhibition buildings are almost completed. EMIGRATING EX-SOLDIERS. London, Marcli 8. Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald PoleCarew has been elected chairman of the Central Emigration Board's special committee to deal with the emigration of ex-soldiers. BAD WEATHER IN CALIFORNIA. New York, March 8. Heavy rain and snow storms have taken place throughout California. The railways are blocked, and the San Jose orchards flooded and ruined. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. Paris, Marc]; 8. A committee has been formed to erect a monument to King Edward at Cannes. A GRUESOME FIND. Paris, March 8. The corpse of a negro was discovered inside a bale of cotton on a ship discharging at Castres. It is believed that there has been foul play.

A NEW DEPARTURE. Paris, March 8. The courts have made a new departure in demands for restitution of conjugal rights, fining the wife for every day's delay in complying with the order.

AMERICAN RAILWAYS. Sew York, March 8. Mr. Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, has declined the presidency of the MissouriPacific. CINEMATOGRAPH FIRE. * Lisbon, March 8. A cinematograph theatre has been burnt at Abrantes. In the panic which ensued fifty were injured.