GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 266, 20 March 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE HOUNDSDITCH MURDERS. .By <teWe—iVess Association—Copyr-isrht. London, March 17. Luba Millatem, giving evidence for the prosecution in the Houndsditch case, said her first statement was not quite true, 'as she was afraid of implicating, her j people in Grove Street, and that she [ might be charged with being concerned in the affray. SANER FIGURES. ] Thursday Island, March 18. An official correction makes the mini- | ber of deaths from plague in Manchuria 190,000, not 19.000,000 as stated yesterday. ALASKAN LAND FRAUDS. New York, March 17. Three citizens are included in the indictments before the Federal grand jury at Chicago alleging frauds, in connection with Alaskan coal land transactions, against the United States Governmentaggregating two million sterling. COAL MINE DISPUTE. Ottawa, March 17. Wage demands in Western Canadian coal mines will probably lead to a strike. Negotiations are proceeding, and a definite result is expected on April 1. Thousands of employees are affected. A COLLISION: Paris, March 17. The schooner Marivonic was sunk at Saint Pol de Leon after collision with a trawler. Twenty-six persons were drowned. CHINESE TARIFF. Calcutta, March 17. The newspaper Englishman states that China proposes to prohibit the importation of Indian tea and to reduce the duty on all exported articles. STEAMER ON FIRE. London, March 17. The steamer Northpoint, bound to Philadelphia with a cargo of creosote, when leaving the Thames suddenly burst into flames in every part. The crew, numbering fifty, were rescued and the vessel beached. BANK FAILURE. Ottawa, March 17. The Government has refused to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the- failure of the Farmers' Bank at Toronto. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. London, March 17. The' Royal Geographical Society has awarded the Founder's Medal to Colonel Yozloff, the explorer of Asia, and the Patron's Medal to Dr. Charcot, the Antarctic explorer. A MILLIONAIRE'S ESTATE. i London, March 17.! The estate of the late Sir John Aird, contractor, has been sworn at £1,000,000. ELECTRIC LAMP TRUST. New York, March 17. The electric lamp trust will reduce the price of lamps by one-third as a result of the institution by Government of a suit to dissolve the trust. FREE SCHOLARSHIPS REFUSED. London, March 17. The University College School at Hampstead decided to forego the £3OOO yearly grant from the County Council which Avas carried, on the condition that free scholarships be given to board school scholars. The action is mainly due to the class prejudice against feepaying scholars and objections by parents. TRAWLERS FOR DEFENCE. London, March 17. The Jason, as parent ship, and six subsidised trawlers will shortly be sta- [ tioned at Grimsby. Three hundred fishermen are being enrolled and will be specially trained for mine-sweeping, and will be liable for service as reserves.