GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 277, 13 April 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright Paris, April 11. A searching inquiry has been opened | iato financial and administrative irregularities of the cash accountancy de-! partments of the Ministry for Foreign' : Affairs. , PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX. ' London, April 11. The property and income tax for the i first week of the financial year amount- : ed to £3,393,000, compared with £159,•00 for the same week in 1910. NEW TRIAL ORDERED. New York, April 11. A new trial has been Ordered for Dr. Hyde, who was convicted of the murder of Colonel Swope. TOWN BURNED IN ALASKA. New York, April 11. A cable from Ivaltag, Alaska, states that practically all the business section of Iditaroa was burned on Tuesday. Twenty concerns lose £250,000. SWEPT BY A CYCLONE. New York, April 11. A cyclone has swept the country near Frederick. The members of one family were lifted out of a demolished house on their beds seriously injured, and a guest was killed. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. . Berlin, April 11. The North German Gazette, welcoming the Crown Prince and Princess on their return from their journey in the East, acknowledged the warmth of their reception in India, and adds that the journey was a complete success for the Crown Prince and a gain for the Empire. PIERCING THE ALPS. Geneva, April 11. The first train from Goppenstein to Kandersteg, with fifty railway men, has traversed the Loostachberg tunnel through the Alps. A. MINING DISPUTE. Ottawa, April 11. Western Canadian coal owners affected by the Crow's Nest strike informed the Labor Department that they would welcome the proposal of Government interference with a view to compulsory arbitration. The owners previously offered arbitration, but the miners refused. ROYAL VISIT TO DUBLIN. London, April 11. The Chamber of Commerce of Dublin is convening a meeting of citizens to form a reception committee with the president in connection with the Royal viiit. A REFORMER KILLED. Pekin, April 11. The Tartar general who was assassinated was a member of the Reform Society repatriated from Singapore. A MILLIONAIRE VAGRANT. Paris, April 11. An American was arrested on a publican's complaint and sentenced to two years' imprisonment for vagrancy. He has since been released, as it has been proved that he is a millionaire. SMALL HOLDINGS IN ENGLAND. London, April 11. The county councils acquired 33,335 acres for small holdings in 1910. The Board of Agriculture has applied to the Development Commissioners for an annual grant of £20,000 to enable councils to appoint organisers to assist holders in marketing their goods, and forming co-operative societies.