GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 54, 25 August 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

CHARGE OF FRAUD. jßy Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 23. Mrs. Ethel Campbell has been remanded on a charge of obtaining £l5O from Mrs. Foote, a New Zealander. The parties journeyed from Adelaide on the steamer Commonwealth last April. Accused alleged that her effects had been robbed at a London hotel, and she obtained assistance from Mrs. Foote. FROZEN TO DEATH. New York, August 23. Two tourists, a Mr. Skinner and his wife, were frozen to death on the summit of Pike's Peak. It is believed that they were overtaken by a storm, and lost their way. EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER. London, August 23. It is reported from Matadi, Congo Free State, that the German steamer Edea was unloading gunpowder when an explosion killed three whites, including one of the ship's offioers, and ten natives.

OUTRAGE BY STRIKERS. ■Lisbon, August 23. Strikers fired twe cork factories at Villarinho on the 'bank of the Tagus and hindered the firemen. The buildings were gutted. CHOLERA AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Constantinople, August 23. All the schools are closed owing to the outbreak of cholera. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. Lisibon, August 23. The salary of the President has been fixed at £5300 annually. A scheme for the payment of members has also been adopted. , DEFEAT OF THE EX-SHAH. Teheran, August 23. The tK-Shah's army at Savadkuh has been routed, losing over three hundred men. KIDNAPPED BY BANDITS. Berlin, August 23. Professor Richtcr, who was kidnapped by bandits at the end of last May, has been discovered safe on the Greek frontier. LOCK OUT IN GERMANY. Berlin, August 23. Acting on a proposal of the Thuringian Metal Manufacturers' Federation, a general lock-out in the German metal trades has been decided on.

"SMOKE, OH." London, August 23. The Department of the Australian High Commissioner is closing, owing to the hot weather.

AMERICAS' DREADNOUGHTS. Washington, August 23. Two additional Dreadnoughts will be placed in commission in September. The displacement of each is ai,825 tons; the guns of the main battery are ten 12in. guns and twenty-one Sin.