GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 53, 24 August 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

A FAMINE THREATENED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 23. Private advices state that the Indian monsoon is a failure, and that famine i.-i threatened in a large area. MORTGAGE AND AGENCY CO. London, August 22, Messrs. Monerieff and Horsburg, secretaries of the Australian Mortgage & Agency Co., expect that the final sales of properties, when held, will enable the company ultimately to repay preference stockholders 90 per cent, and to reduce the amount of stock outstanding. FATALITIES IN THE ALPS. Geneva, August 22. There have been many Alpine fatalities this summer. Six persons have been killed during the last few days. ESPERANTO. Brussels, August 22. A congress of two thousand Esperantists, including 000 British representatives, is being held at Antwerp. A STEAMER ASHORE. Monte Video, August" 22. The Arcsthusa, bound for Adelaide, is ashore on the English Bank in a bad position. ■'■■ MOTOR RACER KILLED. Washington, August 22. At Elgin, Illinois, Ralph Ireland,' an automobile racer, was killed while racing at 73 miles an li»ur. The machine burst a. tyre. The mechanician was also hurt, probably fatally. VALUABLE PORTRAIT STOLEN. Paris, August 22. Leonardo da Vinci's La Gioconda, one of the world's most famous portraits, painted on a wooden panel, has been stolen from 'he Louvre.