GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 42, 11 August 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

PRINCE'S NARROW ESCAPE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 10. 11.30 p.m. Berlin. August 10. Prince Henry of Prussia, while motoring. swerved to avoid another ear and dashed into a tree. The car was shat- ( tered, and the chauffeur's skull fractured. Prince Henry was steering himself. and had a wonderful escape. He was only bruised . AMERICAN WHEAT CROP. Received 11. 1.10 a.m. New York, August 10. The drought and the intense heat art seriously affecting the wheat-growing areas, according to the Department of Agriculture, which reports that a shortage ill the yield is feared. A THEATRICAL COMBINE. Received 11, 12.30 a.m. Melbourne, August 10. The objects of the Will iamson-Clarko theatrical combine is to reduce the cost o' 'he production of plays, which, during the In-1 four or five years, has been doubled, mainly owing to the increase in royalties a»d salaries. Another object is to raise the artistic tone of the productions through! out and regulate the dates and nature of attractions touring Australasia. Anion;'- ' the theatres taken over by the combination are the Opera House (Wellington) and the Royal Theatre (Christchurch). Ten to twelve expensive companies will !>•> kept touring I Australia and New Zealand,