GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 262, 27 March 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

NO COMPENSATION. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 25, 5.5 p.m. London, March 25. Russia has informed the Board oi Trade that it refuses to compensate C'oyne, the British merchant who -was injured aboard the steamer Woodburn in the Baltic Sea some time ago, on the ground that the pilot was responsible for a breach of the naval regulations. A FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH. Received 25, 5.5 p.m. Paris, March 25. A family of five living on the premises perished in a (ire which occurred after a fire at a cinematograph theatre at Lille. IRON SHORT IN RUSSIA. Received 25, .5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg, March 24. Owing to a shortage of cast iron, the Minister for Finance proposes to allow 10.000,000 poods to be imported at a reduced rate before January 1913. THE HOUNDSDTTCII AFFAIR. Received 2fi. 5.5 p.m. London. March 25. The Home Office has appointed commissioners to investigate the police statements concerning the arrest of Morrison, and to consider the compensation chiims of the Sydney street property owners whose buildings were destroyed in the anarchist affray. EXPLOSION IN A QUARRY. Received 2G, 5.5 p.m. London, March 25. By an explosion at Granville colliery, Burton, windows and crockery were broker, and people thrown down within a radius of a mile. One man's body was hurled a hundred yards. SUNDAY WORKING. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. Capetown, March 25. The Senate negatived the Bill providing for the stoppage of Sunday working in mines and mining batteries. CAPTATN SCOTT'S EXPEDITION. Received 2fi, 5.5 p.m. London, 'March 25. Mrs. Scott, wife of Captain Scott, has made an appeal for ,-CfIOOO sterling t< complete .C 50.000, so n- to relieve th Antarctic CYllrvlHinn nf [innnpinl nnvintv