GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 42, 11 August 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

LOCK-OUT IN OERMANY. I By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. ' Berlin, August 9. Twenty-two thousand metal workers are locked out at Leipsic and in !the Tnringian towns. Anxiety is felt lest the movement extend to lierlin. WEDDING PARTY KILLED. Constantinople, August 9. A Jewish powder merchant was celebrating his wedding at Sinan, in Yemen, Arabia, wlien there was a terrific explosion, and the bride, bridegroom and twenty-eight guests perished; some were terribly mutilated. FOUR STUDENTS KILLED. Paris, August 9. Ten medical students were motoring after a festive gathering, when a tyre burst and the motor dashed into a barber's shop. Four students were killed, and the rest seriously injured. BRITISH CROP REPORTS. •London, August 9. The Times reports on British crops (taking 100 as a standard crop) is: Wheat 95, barley 86.fi, oats 83.3. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Rotterdam, August 9. The boiler of the steamer Gutenberg exploded and the vessel sank. Two of the crew were killed and two seri; ously injured. A number of passengers were also injured.

lIOOLEY IN GAOL. London, August 0. The High Court refused an application for Mr. Ilooley's release, the judge characterising the application as impertinent. EIGHT BARGES AFIRE., Calcutta. August 0. The Howrali bridge, and shipping in the Hooghly, has been in great danger for the last .'l4 hours through eight barges full of burning straw floating down the river. The five is believed to be the work of anarchists. SOCTALTSTS ABOARD A WARSHIP. Madrid, August 9. A Socialist outbreak took place on the cruiser Numaeia against the Moroccan expedition. It is rumored that seven mutineers have been shot aboard the vessel. COMMAND OF THE PERSIAN ARMY. London, August 0. Sir Edward Grey, in reply to a question whether Major Stokes' appointment to the command of the Persian forces included Northern Persia, said that there were strong grounds for considering that such an appointment would be inconsistent: with the AngloRussian agreement.

A SENSATION'A L FIRE. London, August !). A sensation fire broke out in the upper storeys of the Carlton Hotel. The servants escaped by ladders. The entire tire brigade was called out to prevent the fire spreading to His Maiesty's Theatre. ' * THEATRICAL AMALGAMATION. London, August !). As the result of negotiations in London between Mr. J. C. Williamson and Sir Rupert Clark, the theatrical ventures of Clark and Meynell will be taken over and incorporated in Williamson's on September 1. Both firms will be represented on the directorate. CHOLERA IX FRANCE. Paris, August 9. Since Sunday 2" cases of cholera have been reported at a lunatic asylum in Marseilles, of which twelve have proved fatal. SWDIMfXC, THE CHANNEL. London, August fl. Heaton started from Dover to swim the Channel, but failed when within five miles of Cape (Iris Nez.