GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 330, 17 June 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

COMPULSORY INSURANCE IN SWITZERLAND. By OoUtt— Preaa Association—Copyright.' Berne, June 15. The Compulsory Insurance for Sickness and Aocident Bill has passed both Houses after eleven gears' ell'ort. KILLED BY BEES. Berne, June 13. Twin children overturned a bee-hiv.e. The bees attacked them and both succumbed. THE COAL PORTERS' STRIKE. London, June 15. The coal porters at Southampton have accepted the employers' terms. LATE BARON ROTHSCHILD'S ESTATE. London, June 13. Baron Albert Rothschild's estate in Britain has been proved at £733,027. DEVASTATING STORM. Vienna, June 13. A storm played havoc with shipping at Trieste. Twenty fatalities are reported, and it is feared forty fisherm«n have perished. THE SUPPRESSION OF ABSINTHE. Paris, Jjfiie 15. The Senate has approved the principle of the suppression of absinthe, a liquor which is the cause of almost all uie drinkenness in France. COTTON MILLS CLOSED. New York, June 15. Big cotton mills at Ashcville, a town in North Carolina, have suspended operations indefinitely, as the industry has been unprofitable for the last two' years. A WOMAN IMMURED. Madrid, June 15. A cousin has secured the release of a wealthy spinster named Matildo Andeyrs, who has been immured in different asylums by relatives for thirty years. A celebrated alienist has certified she is perfectly sane. ENTERTAINING POOR CHILDREN. London, June 15. The Dunedin Star is entertaining five thousand East End children, the first thousand of whom were given a picnic at Epping Forest. Sir Joseph Ward sent a message of New Zealand's goodwill. Mrs. and Miss Seddon were present. The latter addressed the children. A GREAT BREWING COMBINE. London, June 15. _ Allsop and Sons have signed a provisional agreement for amalgamation with Ind, Coope and Co. Negotiations to amalgamate with other conoerns are proceeding. THE CHAMPAGNE AREA. Paris, June 15. The Cabinet has abandoned the delimitation of the champagne araa, and is introducing a BilJ to prevent fraudulent nrfuHcration and to protect oldestablished brands.