GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 278, 15 April 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

ARREST OF SPIES. By Cable.—Press Associateon.—Op/right Received 14, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, April 18. The arrest of the Sclnveidnitz spies was due to Russia informing the authorities that they had offered Russia plans. EMPRESS DOWAGER'S MILLIONS. Peking, April 13. There are persistent reports - that £6,000,000 worth of gold, part of the Dowager Empress's hoard, was secretly shipped to England. BUENOS AYRES FLOODED. , Buenos Ayres, April 13. Several quarters of the city were flooded by a rainstorm. Numerous buildings collapsed. Two people were killed, and fifty injured. FRUIT RUINED. Received 14, 5.5 p.m. New York, April 13. It is estimated that two-thirds of the Malama shipping grapes and seedless raisins in the San Francisco district were killed by frost. Damage is reported also from other districts. THE "BLACK HAND." Received 14, 5.5 p.m. New York, April 13. A nitro-glycerine bomb exploded inChicago by the "Black Hand" broke hundreds of windows, and started a panic, but no fatalities were reported. SALE OF AN "OLD MASTER." Received 14, 5.5 p.m. Lonon, April 13. 1 Turner's picture, called "The Packet Boat," \va.s sold to America foi £40,000. BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL. Received 15, 1.10 a.m. Lisbon, April 14. Great Britain and Portugal are negotiating a commercial treaty.