GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 63, 5 September 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. j ■ Jiy Cable —Press Association—Copyright, j I London, September 3. | I Lord Carrhigton, President of the \ Board of Agriculture, has appointed a / departmental committee, including representatives of the leading agricultural | societies, with Mr. Ailwyn Fcllowes as chairman, to enquire into foot-and mouth disease and to consider further measure for its prevention. SHIPPING REBATES. London, September 3. It is understood that the Union Castle Company declined to tender for the carriage of the South African mails, owing to the clause in the new Post Office Act against rebates. STANDARD OIL'S METHODS. London, September 3. The Standard Oil Company is perfecting plans for combating the Scottish Oil Companies by adopting the bitters' system of local distribution in Glasgow, Edinburgh and elsewhere. FALSE ATTESTATION, i London, September 3. Paul Harturg, a German, has been sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for false attestation in enlisting in the Lancaster Regiment as a Britisher. When discovered he offered to become naturalised. BAD WEATHER IN SWITZERLAND. Berne, September 3. There has been a deluge of rain at Lugano, Constant violent storms have caused great havoc in the Berne district. (Several farms were set on fire by lightning. Snow has fallen in the Orisons Canton, and there has 'been a , heavy .snowfall in the Bernina Pass. AMERICA AND GERMANY. Berlin, September 3. The Kaiser at Potsdam unveiled a replica of the monument at Washington to the German-American General Steuben at Washington, and cabled to Mr. Taft, asking him to convey his hearty thanks to Congress for the beautiful present, which was a happy token of the frienship of the two nations. POLICE FIGHT BURGLARS. Berlin, September 3. The police surpri>ed seven robbers breaking a safe in a builder's premises in Northern Berlin. Shots' were exchanged, and two robbers seriously and five slightly injured. Five were arrested. Two police officers were injured. I A TRAMCAR DERAILED. j London, September 3. A tramcar was derailed and overturned on a sharp curve at Lewisham. One person was killed and five seriously and twenty-live slightly injured. SPANISH ARMY INSUBORDINATION. Madrid, September 3. Twenty-five sergeants at Mallory are on trial for insubordination. A MOTOR RECORD. New York, September 3. Burnian, driving a Benz car, established a world's record for two miles at 11m Brighton beach automobile races, covering the distance in 07see. FIGHTING AT A GAMBLING RESORT. Lisbon. September 3. A crowd attacked the stall of the Casino at Rio Maior, owing to the re- ] port that the roulette tables were faked. I Two persons were 'killed and .several in--1 jnred, and £2OOO was stolen. A CASK OF PLAGUE. 1 Mauritius, September 3. j A case of plague is reported here. OUTBREAK OF SPOTTED FEVER. London, September 3. fere'liro-nieiiingitis has attacked 20 persons at Stowmarket, and five cases have proved fatal. THE ORIGIN OF CANCER. , London, September *3. | There was a discussion at the British Association as to whether A. Smith's . remarkable discoveries regarding tumor- [ ous growth on plants may possibly lead to the discovery of the origin of cancer. TRAIN SMASH IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, September 3. Twenty-nine persons were severely injured in a train smash near Kiclee. f ' ===== I