GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 66, 8 September 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE POWER OF SUGGESTION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright New York, September (i. After seeing a father shoot his daughter in a moving picture, a man named Richetiti, who lived in the Italian quarter, went home and killed liis daughter and committed suicide in a similur fashion. A STRIKE INCIDENT. London, September 0. Roberts, who fired a revolver at. strikers in the iMinories who attempted to stop his car, and slightly wounded a boy, was acquitted at the Old Bailey. Evidence was given that the police were powerless to deal will the inob. The Recorder said that if the Government was unable to protect the public they must protect themselves. The jury stopped the case. FLOW OF NATURAL GAS STRUCK. Ottawa, September (I. It is announced from Calgary that a (low of gas struck at llow Island is the largest in America, THE FISHERIES TREATY. Ottawa, September (5. Canada intends to 'withdraw from the Fisheries Treaty concluded with tho United States in 100S, consequent on the failuro of Congress to ratify tho treaty. ■ FRENCH MURDER CASE. Paris, September (5. Iloussard, in a letter to the examining magistrate, confesses tliait lie murdered Guillotin owing to his passion for Madame Guillotin. He declares the laitter is innocent. AMERICAN MISSIONARY POISONED. Paris, September 0. It is reported from Georgetown, Guinea, tlmt natives in the interior, becoming exasperated by his preaching against jwlygamy, fatally poisoned Davis, an American missionary. THE IMPORTATION 'OF MEAT. Paris, September 0. The Ministerial Committee for Food recommends the modification of the regulation relating to the importation of frozen meat, and similar articles., A PECULIAR HAPPENING. New York, September f>. Tit has been established that the collision on the Erie line, between a passenger and freight train, was accidental, being due to the death of the enginedriver while his hand wa.s on tho throttle valve. The train ran four miles a;t full speed past the signals and through the dock junction.

NEW STEAMER LINE. New York, September fi. The incorporation is announced of the Atlanf ic-Pacific Transportation Company with headquarters at Biltimorc. The new company will run a weekly service between New York and San Francisco when the Panama Canal is opened, PRESENT OF MARK TWAIN'S HOUSE. New York, September 6. Mark Twain's old home in High street, Hannilml, -Missouri, has been bought by n wealthy attorney and presented lo the city authorities. The house m only a few feet distant, frotn the alley where Tom Sawyer made the other boys paint the fence. WTRELES.S STATIONS. Lisbon, September 0. The Government is erecting Marconi stations ait Lisbon, on the coast of Portugal, and at Cape Yerde. NEW ENGINE FOR CRUISERS. London, September f>. The Admiralty is substituting a 0000-horse-power Drcxel engine for one of the sets of steam engines on an existing twin-screw cruiser. SIR HERBERT TREE'S MACBETH. London. September 0. Newspapers describe Sir Herbert Becrbohm Tree's production of Macbeth as a great triumph. Miss Eve Balfour, of ChrUtchureh, plays the part of Hecate. ANG LO-J A PAX ESE TREAT Y. Sydney. September 7. The annual report of (he National Defence League utters a warning against placing too much reliance on the Anglo-Japanese treaty. Treaties are as easily broken as made. The new treaty has not the effect of a general arbitration treaty, and can only be a defence against what it expressly applies to.

CANADIAN WHEAT CROP. Ottawa, September fi. Crop reports in Western Canada indicate that the wheat crop will exceett 178.000.000 bushels, the largest in the history of Canada.