GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 316, 1 June 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE THREE-MILE LIMIT. ißy cable.—Press Association—Copyright Ottawa, May 30. The American fishing vessel Edric, captured within the three-mile limit of Vancouver Island, has bceu confiscated. An armed party from the cruiser Rainbow arrested the captain and crew in March last. THE AUSTRALIAN TARIFF. London, May 30. Mr. Hamilton Wickes, British' Trade Commissioner, addressing the Belfast Chamber of Commerce, said that a revision of the Australian tariff was in the air. Australia desired to support British industry, which gave better value than its rivals. ROBBERY AT A CATHEDRAL. Rome, May 30. Unknown persons stole £IOO,OOO worth of jewels from the Messina Cathedral. A GOVERNOR IMPRISONED. St. Petersburg, May 30. The Senate Tribunal sentenced General Reinbott, a former Governor of Moscow, to twelve months' imprisonment and loss of rights for having misappropriated funds; his assistant, Korotoki, was similarly sentenced. THE CORONATION. London, Slay 30. King George has commanded the Earl Marshal to invite two representatives ef trade unionists to attend the coronation. FATAL MOTOR RACE. New York, May 30.

The Memorial Day automobile race at Indianapolis had barely started when S. P. Dickson was killad and Arthur Greener fatally injured.

FIRE IN MINING TOWN. Vancouver, May 30. Five people were fatally burned in a fire at Silverton, a mining town near Vancouver. SURVEYORS' INSTITUTE. London, May 30. The Surveyors' Institution of Britain gave a banquet to the overseas delegates to the surveyors' conference. The guests included Mr. Bridge, a New Zealander. ROUMANIAN WHEAT CROP. Bucharest, May 30. The official report states that the Roumanian wheat crop is in good condition, and will probably be about twenty per cent, above the average. NEW GERMAN LINER. Berlin, May 30. The Vulcan yard at Stettin is building the Hamburg-American liner Imperator. She is to be a 50.000-tonner and a sister ship to the Europa. AX ALPINE FATALITY. Borne, May 30. The body of Mis 3 Bates, who set out in October last to climb the Col-de-Dalme, has been found at the bottom of a gully near Lc Praz. A POST OFFICE ROBBED. London, May 30. Two masked burglars bound and gagged the postmistress at Lee Green, Lewishara, and robbed the od'ice of £l3O.