GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 334, 22 June 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

INDIAN TROOPS AT HOME. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright London, June 20. Three hundred Indian troops inspected the licet at Spithuad and the dockyards. ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA. ' I London, June 20. Tho Commonwealth has selected agri-1 culiurists from each State to attend tne j Norwich Show and explain the products oi the various States. GIFT OF PEARS FOR THE KING. London, June 20. The King has accepted Tasmania's gift of pears. EPIDEMIC OF POISONING. London, June 20. ' Two -hundred residents of Edinburgh are suffering from poisoning. AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. London, June 20. A juiy at Gloucestershire assizes awarded the Rev. R. Purnell £IO,OOO damages against the Rev. G. A. Pearson for having persistently sent notices to the newspapers, alleging plaintiff's pending marriage to defendant's wife.

BRITISH TELEPHONES. London, June 20. Mr. Samuel, Postmaster-General, said that when the Post Office assumes the telephones of the National Telephone Company in December £6,001,000 a Dove the purchase price will be raised for development purposes.

THE HOUNDSDITCH MURDERS. London, June 20. The Court of Appeal quashed the con--1 viction of Lena Vassileva, on the ground that she was doubtless doing domestic work in the Exchange buildings, and that there was no direct evidence that she had a guilty knowledge of the burglary. TOWN WIPED OUT BY FIRE. New York, June -20. The town of Caricopa, in Arizona, has been practically wiped out by fire. The loss is £50,000. TYPHOON IN JAPAN. Tokio, June 20. Hundreds were killed in a typhoon which devastated the entire eastern aoast. The destruction of houses was enormous, and shipping suffered haavy loss.