GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 1 April 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE LATEST DREADNOUGHT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 31, 11.50 p.m. London, March 31. The warship. Monarch was launched with its boilers, funnels and bridges installed. VALUABLE RECORDS SAVED. Received 31, 11.40 p.m. Mew York, March 31. Many valuable records were discovered in the "ruins of the legislative library at Albany, unscathed. Document.? covering the history of the War of Independence were intact.

OIL FOR AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Received 31, 11.40 p.m. London, March 31. The first consignment of fuel oil for the Australian navy, consisting of a hundred tons, has been despatched by the Commonwealth Oil Corporation. The supply is practically unlimited.

FRENCH WINE-GROWERS. Received 31, 11.40 p.m. Paris, March 31. In connection with the trouble with the wine-growers, a compromise is being arranged wherebv a special label will be provided for Aube champagnes.

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. Received 31, 11.40 p.m. New York, March 31. A tornado destroyed a settlement called Gainville, Alabama. No lives were lost, but the crops were ruined, and forests levelled for miles. A hundred farmhouses were wrecked.

AN UNSEAWORTHY VESSEL. Received 31, 11.40 p.m. Ottawa, March 31. An inquiry into the wreck of the Sechelt disclosed the fact that the vesser was um-ca worthy, Witnesses asserted that she was unlit to weather a severe gale. THE RECIPROCITY (QUESTION, .deceived 31, 11.40 a.m. Ottawa, March 31. The Dominion House of Parliament is debating the question of bow rccipineity will affect preferential relations with the Went Indies. The Bon. Vv. S. Fielding declared that he was unable to see how the present relations could be affected, save to a small extent.