GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 13, 10 July 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

| FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. By Cable.—PTesi Association.—Copyright London, July 7. Foot and mouth disease has made its appearance at Harlington through immediate contagion from Ilounslow. A WHARF COLLAPSES, i Ottawa, July 7. A wharf collapsed at Aylmer and fifty members of a picnic party were thrown into the water. Bathers rescued some and people in boats others. One woman was drowned. BEQUESTS TO CHARITY. London, July ,7. Major Fern, who built a church at Stockport at a cost of £BO,OOO, has bequeathed £50,000 to charities. MAORI BORN IN ENGLAND. London, July 7. The first Maori boy born out of New Zealand was christened in the White City and named Karaneiehana, meaning Coronation. BRITISH TRADE.London, July 7. Imports for the month decreased £3,523,928, exportß increased £1,313,490, and re-exports £369,745. A MURDER CHARGE. Singapore, July 7. The sentence oil Mrs. Proudlock, who was -charged with murder by shooting an Englishman, has been commuted. A NEW ZEALAND APPEAL. London, July 7. In the Nevr Zealand appeal to the Privy Council, Allardyce v. Allardyce, judgment waa reserved. Respondent's counsel was not called upon.

A DYNAMITE OUTRAGE. San Francisco, July 7. At t/he Los Angeles trial, Clarence Darrow and Joseph Scott are arguing that McNainara. can only be tried upon the charge on which he was brought from Chicago, namely, that of attempting to place dynamite in Llewellyn's ironworks. '' STEAMER RUNS AGROUND. ' San Francisco, July 7. The steamer Santa Rosa, with 290 passengers, is aground. All the passengers are safe. There was a panic when she struck, and many women and children wanted to jump overboard.

TRAIN DERAILED AT NANTES. Paris, July 7. The Havre-Paris express was derailed at Nantes. The guard, two Post Office sorters, and three passengers were injured. SPAIN AND THE VATICAN. Madrid, July 7. The Vatican has refused to accept an ambassador from Spain while Senhor Canalejas, the Premier, remains in oftce. THE MAINE. Washington, July 7. The Navy Department has selected a board of naval officers to study the hull of the battleship Maine, with a view to determining the cause of its destruction- <