GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 279, 18 April 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

SAVED FROM A BURNING FACTORY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received IG, 5.5 p.m. New York, April 15. During a fire at a shirt factory at St. Louis, the police prevented two hundred ' terrified girl employees from leaping from windows. Firemen subsequently assisted them to safety. NEWSPAPER FABRICATIONS. Received 16, 5.5 p.m. ' New York, April 15. In the Senate, Senator Lodge declared the reports of Japanese activity in Mexico as inimical to American interests was merely a newspaper fabrication. No secret treaty existed. FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKERS. Received 10, 5.5 p.m. Paris, April 15. The Chamber of Deputies, by a large majority, voted confidence in the Government's declaration to adopt measures to influence the railway companies to reinstate the strikers. M. Monis, the Premier, declared that the Government did not possess a weapon of compulsion, except that of public opinion. If their efforts proved unavailing, he would ask the Chamber to supply power. STRIKERS v. POLICE. Received 16, 5.5 p.m. Paris, April 5. Five hundred navvies, on strike at the canal works at Marseilles, came into conflict with the police. Twelve police and many strikers were injured, WHOLE HOGGERS. Received 18, 5.5 p.m. London, April 15. Speakers at the Social Democratic Conference at Coventry accused the Labor Party of abandoning their independence and identifying themselves with Liberals. The conference rejected a proposal for national affiliation, but allowed local branches the option of affiliating. The Labor-ite branches denounced the Government's invalidity, unemployment and insurance proposals as insufficiently democratic. HELP FOR STRIKERS AND FAMILIES. Received 16, 5.5 p.m. London, April 15. Keir Ilardie has written to the Australasian mining unions, appealing for assistance for the hungry women and children of the Rhondda Valley strikers. HOME AND FOREIGN. Capetown, April 14. Miss Peggy Fulton, daughter of Sir Forest Fulton, Recorder of London, who was appearing with Marie Studholme in "San Toy" at his Majesty's Theatre, Johannesburg, fell from a sixth floor balcony in the Carlton Hotel, and alighted on a glass verandah. She is not expected to recover.

Berlin, April 14. Newspapers are mooting the expediency of bringing the Algeciras Act up to date, alleging that it is based on the fiction that the Powers are able to count upon the Sultan's real sovereignty. Three persons were fatally electrocuted by clutching a high-tension wire which had been snapped by a storm. Helsingfors, April 14. The Bov Scout movement, which had made rapid headway, has been checked, the Russian authorities having ordered the police to search headquarters. London, April 14. A procession, including the Bishops of London, Kensington, Stepney and Islington, in full canonicals, 150 clergy, 750 choirmen and 2000 laymen, marched from Trafalgar Square to St. Paul's, where an interccssary service for the nation for the Coronation year was held. To-morrow the Board of Agriculture withdraws the restrictions on the movements of animals in connection with the outbreak of foot and mouth disease at Chobham. The Trust Agency of Australia pays'; a dividend of one shilling and carries £SOOO to the reserve. The old potteries railway from Shrewsbury to Llanminach, which cost £2,000,000, and has been derelict for thirty years, was recently purchased for £32,000 and re-opened. The Mansion House Fund for the King Edward memorial has reached £58,400. Miss Mary Conley met 'with success in the production of "The Messiah" by the Royal Choral Society at the Albert Hall. Paris, April 14. The Senate has adopted a Bill whereby it its intended to build two battleships in 1011. Buenos Ayres, April 14. On the ground that he is mentally and morally incapacitated for his duties, the political prosecution of Senor Crispo, Governor of Santa Fe, has commenced. This is in connection with the misappropriation of lands. Mr. John, M.P. for Denbigh, speaking at Mountain Ash, suggested that if the Welsh and Scottish parties united in claiming Home Rule for themselves they would be entitled to equal consideration with the Irish. Lagos, April 14. The 400-mile railway connecting Baro on the Niger with Kano has opened the heart of Northern Nigeria.