GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 275, 11 April 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 10, 10.15 p.m. London, April 10. Fifty books selected under the late Alfn 1 Huth's will have been added to the British Museum, equalling the cream of the Grcnville collection. They include wonderful manuscripts and rare French and German incunobula, also a spotless copy of Caxton's edition of the "Diets and Sayings of Philosophers," and many other treasures. STEAMER REFLOATED. Received 10, 11.15 p.m. Berlin, April 10? The steamer Prinzess Irene, which •went ashore on the American coast, has b<;en refloated. THE YEMEN REVOLT. Received 10, 10.15 p.m. Constantinoj-lc, April 10. Five hundred Arabs and 150 Imperial troops were killed at Sinanpasha, near Snnaar. Rebels elsewhere were dislodge! from their entrenchments, and a hundred killed. NAVAL YARD STRIKE. Received 10, 10.15 p.m. Berlin, April 10. Seven hundred employees at the Schichau naval yard, Dantzig, where the battleship fereatzaegir is building, have struck for an increase of wages. POTATO CROPS RUINED. Received 10, 10.15 p.m. London, April 10. Blizzards have ruined the early Jersey potato crops, the loss being estimated at £IOO,OOO. A TOKIO CONFLAGRATION. Tokio, April 9. By a fire in the Yoshiwara quarter 5000 houses were destroyed, and 0000 women are homeless. A GENERAL MURDERED. Received 11, 12.25 a.m. Hong Kong, April 10. It is reported that insurgents in the Canton district murdered a Tartar general.