GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 2, 27 June 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A STEAMER REFLOATED.

By Cable—Press Asiociafcioa—Couyrijjht. London, .June 25. The Cunard liner Iverniii, which struck the Daunt Rock in a fog ami was (beached in Quccnstowu Harbor, litis been refloated. GERMAN-JAPANESE TREATY. Berlin, June 25. A German-Japanese treaty on trade, and navigation and a tariff agreement have been signed. DUELLING IN BERLIN. Berlin, June 25. Augustus Thyssen, a millionaire's son, lias been sentenced to three months' honorable detention for having fought a duel with a lawyer. ARRESTED FOR MURDER. Calcutta, Juno 25. Ten arrests have been made in conmection with the murder of Mr. Ashe, an English collector. Evidence is accumulating that the murder was the result of a deliberate conspiracy. A FERRY OVERTURNED . Brussels, June 25. The Mechlin ferry, with forty women a«d children on board, suddenly sank, j There ensued a desperate panic, eight persons being drovvnefl. DEATH FROM CHOLERA. Port Said, June 25. An Englishman died of cholera aboard the North German Lloyd steamer Golben. FIVE CHILDREN SUFFOCATED. St. Petersburg, June 25. Five children named Paboyanka in the Arkerman district climbed into an iron safe, the lid of which was propped by a piece of wood which was accidentally knocked away, and the children were suffocated. MERGING OF RAILWAYS. New York, June 25. The United States circuit court at St. Louis dismissed the Government's petition seeking to restrain the Union Pacific Railway Company from controlling the Southern Pacific line. The court by & majority decided that the merger did not amount to a direct restraint of trade.,